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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2020

TEMPERATURES Overall, June 2020 averaged slightly above normal, with Maximum Temperatures very close to normal but Minimums about a degree or so above normal. The first half of the month was very wet, which especially suppressed Maximum Temperatures. For the 11-day period from the 6th-16th, 9 of these days remained ≤70°. Monthly Maximums ranged from a low of only 56.0° on the 13th to 90.0° on the 23rd (a range of 34.0°), the latter value being the only daily reading…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MAY 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MAY 2020

TEMPERATURES May 2020 averaged around two degrees above normal for this area but varied widely through the month. The first 3 days were chilly, with Maximums holding in the 50s to low 60s, warming to the upper 70s (8th) to low 80s (9th-10th), the first readings ≥80° since 9/6/2019. Maximums quickly cooled again, remaining mostly below normal until near month’s end (only 55.0° on the 20th, the month’s chilliest reading) when a quick heat spell invaded our area from the…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: APRIL 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: APRIL 2020

TEMPERATURES Overall, April Temperatures averaged slightly above the Normal. The month began quite cool as the Average Minimum Temperature through the first 13 days of the month was just below 40°, with 9 of the first 13 days reaching ≤40°. However, these would be the last days to fall this low as more Spring-like conditions moved into the area. The first and only Minimum Temperature to remain ≥50° didn’t occur until April 29th – even January had 2 such days….

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MARCH 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: MARCH 2020

TEMPERATURES March 2020 averaged slightly below the Normal for both Maximum and Minimum Temperatures. Comparing with February 2020, this March’s Average Maximum of 53.4° was 3.3° above the previous month but the Average Minimum Temperature of 38.0° was only 0.5° above February’s. Going back another month in time, this March’s Average Min. Temp. was 3.0° colder than January 2020, a very unusual occurrence as the Average Minimum for March is normally only the 4th coldest month of the year, behind…

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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: JANUARY 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JANUARY 2020

TEMPERATURES January 2020 began with mild temperatures as the first 2 days reached just over 50° then to 60.4° on the 3rd, quickly cooling by the 4th. By the 8th of the month temperatures had returned to near-normal values, even dropping to freezing on the 14th & 15th, the coldest two readings of the month. After reaching 32.8° on the 17th, only 2 more Minimum Temperatures fell below 40° the remainder of the month. The middle of the month also…

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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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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: NOVEMBER 2019

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: NOVEMBER 2019

TEMPERATURES November Mean Temperatures were almost exactly Normal, with Maximums running a bit above normal and Minimums a little below Normal. The first 2/3 of the month had fairly steady Maximum and Minimum Temperatures in the 50s/40s, declining through the remainder of the month. The month’s Average Max/Min/Mean Temps were thus: 1st-20th – 55.6°/44.6°/50.1°; 21st-30th – 45.9°/35.5°/40.7°. As happened in October 2019, the coldest Minimum Temperature waited to occur on the final day of this month, reaching 29.8°, one of…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: OCTOBER 2019

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: OCTOBER 2019

TEMPERATURES This October never saw any really warm weather and overall temperatures averaged about 3.5° below Normal for the month. The highest Maximum Temperature for the entire month was only 66.1° (6th) while 20 days remained ≤60°, with the month’s coolest Maximum being only 42.2° on the 29th, more typical of mid-winter. Mainly due to the first half of the month being mostly sunny and fairly dry, Maximum Temperatures averaged 5.5° warmer than the second half but the Minimum Temperatures…

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Happy Valley, Oregon Weather: September 2019

Happy Valley, Oregon Weather: September 2019

TEMPERATURES Mean Temperatures were slightly below normal this month; Average Maxima were actually noticeably cooler than average (about 4°) but were balanced by milder-than-normal Minima. It was a typical September in that the warmest weather occurred at the beginning and mostly gradually cooled as the month progressed. The month would likely have averaged above normal had it not been for very chilly air invading the last few days. In fact, the Portland Airport (PDX) only made it to 52° on…

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