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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2022

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2022

TEMPERATURES June 2022 Mean Temperatures were just a bit above Normal in the area, with Average Maxima having Normal to slightly negative departures and Average Minimum departures of +1.0° to +1.8° at the three official Portland stations (downtown, PDX airport, and weather forecast office). The first two days of the month began relatively warm with Maximum Temperatures in the upper 70s but it quickly cooled to the 60s under wet skies for the next 4 days until rebounding to the…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: FEBRUARY 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: FEBRUARY 2020

TEMPERATURES This February averaged almost exactly Normal for both the Maximum and Minimum Temperatures. The first half of the month had Maximums averaging 5.6° cooler than the second half but the Minimums were nearly identical between the two halves. Splitting the month in two, here are the Max/Min/Mean Temperatures: 1st-15th  47.4°/37.9°/42.6°, 16th-29th  53.0°/37.1°/45.1°. Only 3 days managed to reach the freezing mark, the month’s lowest falling to just 30.5° on the 4th. For Maximums, 8 days reached ≥55° with one…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: DECEMBER 2019

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: DECEMBER 2019

TEMPERATURES December 2019 averaged about 2° above the Normal. The warmest weather came 2/3 of the way through the month when Maximum Temperatures reached over 50° from the 19th-21st, including a very warm Minimum Temperature for this time of year of only 50.7° on the 20th, the only Minimum Temperature that didn’t fall below 45° this month. Only one day managed to reach the freezing mark this month as Christmas Eve recorded the coldest Max. and Min. Temperatures with 38.7°…

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The Solar Eclipse and the Temperature

The Solar Eclipse and the Temperature

Now that the great U.S. Solar Eclipse has passed through, it was interesting to see the temperature change during the event. Under fully clear skies, the eclipse began around 9:05 A.M. in Happy Valley, Oregon. The temperature on my Davis Vantage Pro2 (VP2) station stopped its typical morning rise and began leveling off at around 9:15 A.M., peaked at 66.5°F just before 10:00 A.M., then began dropping. Happy Valley saw 99.6% of totality, occurring around 10:18 A.M., and the temperature continued…

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