HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MARCH 2022
TEMPERATURES
March 2022 was a bit above Normal, the Average Maxima being less than a +1° departure, the Minima being between a +1° a +2° departure. Maximum Temperatures were slightly below Normal through the first 10 days (6 of these days remaining ≤50°), with the 8th of the month recording March’s coolest at 46.0°. Maxs then rode an above/below-Normal roller coaster until finally warming into the 60s from the 22nd-29th, peaking at 69.5° on the 27th before cooling to the mid-50s to end the month.
Minimum Temperatures started quite a bit above Normal on the 1st and 2nd before falling to below Normal from the 3rd-12th, with 10-consecutive days in the 30s, during which the coldest temperature of the month occurred, 30.9° on the 10th, the only temperature to fall to ≤32° this March. Just 4 more days managed to fall into the 30s the remainder of the month. Overall, 15 days dropped to ≤40°.
Splitting the month in two, the Max/Min/Mean Temperatures were thus:
– 1st-15th 53.0°/38.9°/45.9°
– 16th-31st 58.6°/43.4°/51.0°
The greatest diurnal range was 27.2° on the 24th (64.5°/37.3°), the least was 6.1° on the rainy 2nd (52.5°/46.4°).
PRECIPITATION
March was above Normal as the total of 5.83″ was 110% of the Average of 5.31″ but with a caveat. Due to the precipitation observation time being 7:00 AM, more than 3/4 of the 1.52″ that was recorded on March 1st actually fell after 7:00 AM on February 28th (this total was also the highest daily amount all month). Overall, 20 days in March had measurable rain, seven of which were ≥0.25″. Though there were 9 days with measurable rain in the first half of the month and 11 days in the second half, by far, the majority of the month’s precipitation occurred in the first half. From the 1st-15th, 4.58″ was recorded, leaving only another 1.25″ from the 16th-31st to be added to the March total, with a percentage-wise split of 78.6%/21.4% between these 2 periods.
≥0.25″: 7
≥0.50″: 4
≥1.00″: 1
≥0.25″: 6
≥0.50″: 3
≥1.00″: 0
OTHER OBSERVATIONS
Sky Cover: 1 Clear, 15 Partly Cloudy, and 15 Cloudy days.
Barometric Pressure: Average Maximum/Minimum readings were 30.26″/30.06″, with the Highest Daily Value of 30.59” on the 7th, the Lowest Daily Reading of 29.61” on the 27th.
Relative Humidity: Maximum/Minimum Averages were 95%/63%, having a Daily Maximum of 99% on the 2nd & 3rd; Daily Minimum of 31% on the 10th & 11th.
Dew Point: Averages were a Maximum/Minimum of 47°/37°, with a Daily Maximum of 58° on the 22nd, Daily Minimum of 19° on the 10th.
Wind: The Daily Average Speed was 1.0 MPH and the highest Daily Average was 3.1 MPH from the SE on the 13th; the Daily Average Gust was 11.4 MPH and the Highest Gust reached 19 MPH from the SW on the 13th & 15th.
HAPPY VALLEY MONTHLY WEATHER FORM: MARCH 2022 (click the month/year to link to the form).
Cover photo: Streaking Cirrus with Cumulus Clouds and Blooming Pear Trees_2022-03-29