TEMPERATURES January 2023 had a warm start and cold finish; well, “warm” is relative when referring to January. Through the first half of the month, Maximum Temperatures ranged from 40.8° on the 2nd to a monthly Max. of 56.0° on the 12th. On the Minimum Temperature side, no freezing temperatures occurred from the 1st-15th, ranging from a low of 34.4° on the 1st to the monthly High Min. of 47.9° on the 13th. For the second half of the month,…
TEMPERATURES December 2022 at Portland’s three official stations reported Average Temperature Departures-from-Normal ranging from -2.6° at the Portland International Airport (PDX) to -3.8° at the Portland National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) in the Park Rose neighborhood. Through the first 2/3 of the month, the weather was fairly uneventful temperature-wise. Here in Happy Valley, through the first 21 days, Maximum Temperatures only varied by 10.9°, ranging from 37.2° to 48.1°. Polar air briefly invaded the area beginning in the early…
TEMPERATURES Following the Portland area’s all-time warmest October, November 2022 began very chilly, one of the coolest starts ever, and the cool days continued throughout the month. November didn’t have any extremely cold days, mainly just no warm days. For the 3 official Portland stations, the highest temperatures for the month remained in the 50s, except just touching 60° at the Portland International Airport (PDX). For the longer-term Downtown Portland weather station (currently at KGW-TV), it was the 10th coldest…
TEMPERATURES October 2022 was one of the warmest on record in the area, especially for Maximum and Mean Temperatures. Of the three official Portland weather stations (Downtown, Airport, and Weather Forecast Office), the Average Maximum Departures ranged from +5.4° to +7.5°. October was also rainless through the first 20 days in Portland before receiving sufficient rains to bring totals to near the monthly Normals. Here in Happy Valley, three days reached Maximum Temperatures of ≥80° (highest being the 82.6° on…
TEMPERATURES September 2022 was record-warm in the Portland area; the three official Portland weather stations had Mean Temperature Departures ranging from +2.9° to +4.1°. Here in Happy Valley, the Average Maximum/Minimum/Mean Temperatures were 75.9°/55.6°/65.8°. The warmest period was, as usual, during the beginning of the month but Max. Temperatures had several similar peaks later in the month until cooling significantly at month’s end. The Max. Temp. reached 84.9° on the 10th but a half dozen other days were within 2°…
TEMPERATURES August 2022 was a historically warm month, not only the warmest August at the Portland Airport but was the warmest month of all-time, with the data record going back to Nov. 1940. Even the longer-term official Downtown locations (currently at KGW-TV) recorded the second-warmest August and second-warmest all-time month, with a data record back to 1871. The 3 official Portland stations (Downtown, Portland Airport (PDX), and National Weather Service Forecast Office (WFO) recorded the following Departures from Normal: Max….
TEMPERATURES July 2022 averaged quite a bit above Normal in the area for the three official Portland stations, with Maximum Temperatures having greater departures (+3.2° to +3.8°) than Minimum Temperatures (+2.1° to +3.3°), providing overall Mean Temperature departures ranging from +2.6° to +3.5°. The first 10 days of July were rather cool, with this Happy Valley location having Max/Min/Mean Averages of 74.9°/56.1°/65.5°. The first reading this month of ≥80° occurred the following day on the 11th when it actually soared…
TEMPERATURES May 2022 averaged much cooler than Normal for this area. In fact, due to the persistent clouds and rain, Maximum Temperatures averaged between 4 and 5 degrees below Normal. Through the first 20 days of the month, there was only 1 day when the temperature reach ≥70° here in Happy Valley (72.3° on the 4th), with a chilly Max. of just 49.2°, coldest of the month, occurring on the 8th (and the first sub-50° Max. Temp. in any May)….
TEMPERATURES April 2022 was quite a chilly one as nearly every day this month averaged below Normal. In fact, only a day or two averaged more than a +1° departure from Normal. The warmest day, oddly, occurred early in the month with a Max/Min/Mean on the 7th of 73.5°/50.6°/62.1°, and no other day even came close (the second-warmest was on the 24th with 70.5°/41.2°/55.9°). The coolest overall period was the 9th-20th when Average Max/Min/Mean Temperatures were thus: 50.7°/36.2°/43.5°, a period…
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…