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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: FEBRUARY 2022

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: FEBRUARY 2022

TEMPERATURES February 2022’s area Average Temperatures were slightly below Normal, with the greater departures being with Average Minimum Temperatures. The month was a topsy-turvy one compared to most Februaries as the first half was quite a bit warmer than the second half. Maximum Temperatures were cool the first two days but then hovered around 50° through the 10th, followed by 3 days ≥60°, peaking at 63.3° on the lucky 13th before retreating to around 50° through the 20th. High Pressure…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JANUARY 2022

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JANUARY 2022

TEMPERATURES January 2022’s area Average Temperatures were barely below Normal, with Average Maximums slightly above Normal, Average Minimums a bit below Normal. The month began quite cold, continuing the December chill. The 1st of January brought the coldest temperatures of the entire month, with a Maximum of just 33.8°, Minimum of 22.1°. This was followed by highs in the 40s to low 50s through the 10th, then spiked to the month’s Maximum of 60.3° on the 12th before falling back…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: DECEMBER 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: DECEMBER 2021

TEMPERATURES Overall, Temperatures averaged slightly below Normal for December 2021. The month began quite mild, with the warmest day of the month being on the 1st (61.1°/49.4°) but quickly cooled as Maximum Temperatures remained ≤50° from the 3rd-17th (except for 52.6° on the 7th). The 18th saw 51.0° but every day following remained ≤50° through month’s end. The coldest weather waited until the last week beginning on Christmas Day as all Maximums remained ≤40° through the 31st, including a sub-freezing…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: NOVEMBER 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: NOVEMBER 2021

TEMPERATURES November 2021 Temperatures were above Normal in the area, with the following ranges of departures from Normal between the three official Portland weather stations (Portland International Airport (PDX), KGW-TV (Downtown), and the Weather Forecast Office (Parkrose Neighborhood): Maximums +1.6 to +2.5°, Minimums +2.4° to +4.1°, providing Means of +2.0° to +3.3°. During the first half of the month here in Happy Valley, Maximum Temperatures were running fairly close to Normal until the 11th-14th, with departures well-above where they should…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: OCTOBER 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: OCTOBER 2021

TEMPERATURES October 2021 was a bit topsy-turvy from normal as the first half was a tad cooler than the second half. The Average Maximum/Minimum/Mean Temperatures were thus: 1st-15th – 58.7°/45.0°/51.9°, 16th-31st – 59.0°/48.3°/53.7°. The coolest shorter period occurred from the 7th-13th when Max./Min./Mean Temperatures were 55.7°/42.0°/48.9° and also produced the month’s coolest Max and Min Temperatures (50.9° on the 13th and 35.9° on the 12th, the latter date being when we received the first frost of the season (and the…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: SEPTEMBER 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: SEPTEMBER 2021

TEMPERATURES September 2021 averages were Normal to just above this month. It was a typical September in that the warmest weather occurred at the beginning and mostly gradually cooled as the month progressed, at least for Maximum Temperatures. The warmest period occurred from the 2nd-9th when Maxs averaged 82.5°, followed quickly by a cool down on the 10th with a daily Max. of just 64.3°, with no other reading of ≥80° until the 24th & 25th. In fact, from the…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: AUGUST 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: AUGUST 2021

TEMPERATURES Overall, August 2021 Average Temperatures were 1°-2° above the Normal in the area for both the Maximum and Minimum Temperatures. The most extended period of hot weather occurred from 11th-15th as each day made it to ≥90°, the highest being the 99.6° on the 12th, the 4th day this year to reach 100° (when rounding), including the 3 days in June. The 7 total days of ≥90° this month brought the yearly total to 16 (including 7 in June, and…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JULY 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JULY 2021

TEMPERATURES This was one of the warmest Julys on record, though there wasn’t any extreme heat, only consistently mild temperatures. The Maximum Temperature didn’t even reach 90° until the 28th (90.9°), with just one other day reaching that level when it hit 95.1° the following day, also the day with the Maximum Heat Index of 96°. The 30th of the month was predicted to reach near 100° but cloud cover suppressed the temperature and it only reached 85.7°. On the…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2021

TEMPERATURES June Temperatures were, simply, unprecedented. Never before in the Pacific Northwest’s official weather records have temperatures vaulted to the extremes as they did in late June, 2021. Over the 3-day period 26th-28th, all-time records for any day of the year were established on each of those successive days for most Willamette Valley locations as Temperatures reached well-over 100° each of these 3 days, maxing out at 107° at this Happy Valley location but soaring to 116° at the Portland…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MAY 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MAY 2021

TEMPERATURES May 2021 averaged very close to normal for this area but the warmest Maximum Temperatures waited until the final 3 days when the 80s were reached each day, bringing the monthly Average Maximum Temperature from just below normal to a bit above normal. Until these final 3 days, just one day in the month had reached 80° (81.3° on the 16th), this value occurring during the month’s longest stretch of warm weather when Maximums remained ≥70° from the 11th-16th….

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