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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: APRIL 2022

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: APRIL 2022

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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…

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Downtown Portland, Oregon Sets #2 Wettest September Day

Downtown Portland, Oregon Sets #2 Wettest September Day

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On 9/27/2021, the official Downtown Portland weather station recorded a record daily rainfall total of 1.79″. This amount was also the second highest September calendar-day total dating back to 1872, a period of 150 years! This amount is second only to the 2.41″ that fell on 9/17/1969. The nearby Portland International Airport (PDX) only recorded 0.87″, which did not even set a daily record, with a period of record back to 1940. The Portland Weather Forecast Office, with data records…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2021

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: JUNE 2021

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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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OREGON: A STATEWIDE TOP-10 COLDEST OCTOBER IN 2019

OREGON: A STATEWIDE TOP-10 COLDEST OCTOBER IN 2019

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It was a much drier than normal October in 2019 as the statewide average in Oregon was just 1.60″, only 65% of the 1895-2019 Normal of 2.46″.  However, the persistent chilly weather, especially in the northern half of the state, was the more important story this month.  Overall, it was the 4th coldest October in the last 125 years with a Mean Temperature of 43.2°, just 1.0° short of the coldest of all time which occurred exactly 100 years prior…

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Happy Valley, Oregon Weather: September 2019

Happy Valley, Oregon Weather: September 2019

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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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Portland, Oregon: All-Time Cold September Maximum Temperatures

Portland, Oregon: All-Time Cold September Maximum Temperatures

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An unusual early-Autumn weather pattern that brought incredible late-September snows to the northwestern U.S. (over 40″ in parts of Montana and 14″ at Oregon’s Timberline Ski Area on Mt. Hood) also pushed very chilly air and valley rain all the way to the Pacific Coast. Under continuous cloud-cover, Maximum temperatures struggled to even make it to 50° in the Portland-Vancouver Metro Area, resulting in the coldest readings ever seen in, at least, 147 years. The Portland Airport (official records back…

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Portland Minimum Temperature Streak of ≥60° Ends

Portland Minimum Temperature Streak of ≥60° Ends

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With a minimum temperature of 59° this morning at the Portland Airport (PDX), Portland’s third-longest streak with minimum temperatures of ≥60° came to an end at 17 consecutive days. This came close to the all-time record of 19 days ending on 8/1/1998, also recorded at PDX. Here are the Top-5 longest streaks for Portland stations located downtown and at the airport: Portland-Minimum-Temperature-Streak-60°-Tables Please click the above link to access a pdf version of the tables   Note – the latest streak…

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Salem, Oregon: All-Time Dry-Days Record

Salem, Oregon: All-Time Dry-Days Record

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FINAL UPDATE 9/10/2018: With this morning’s 0.01″ rain measurement, falling between 5:00 and 6:00 A.M., the record-streak of consecutive days with no measurable precipitation has come to an end:     UPDATE 8/31/2018: The new record of consecutive days with no measurable rain was set at 80 days on August 30, 2018.   ORIGINAL BLOG ENTRY ON 8/30/2018: Nary a drop of measurable rain has fallen at McNary Airport, Salem, Oregon, since June 11, 2018. August 29th marked the 79th…

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PORTLAND, OREGON: ALL-TIME RECORD OF 90° DAYS BROKEN

PORTLAND, OREGON: ALL-TIME RECORD OF 90° DAYS BROKEN

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UPDATE: 8/23/2018 Today at the 3:00 P.M. observation, the Portland Airport (PDX) was at 91°, setting the all-time record with the 30th occurrence of temperatures reaching or exceeding 90° for the Rose City. This breaks the previous record of 29 set in 2015.  The chart below has been updated accordingly.    UPDATE: 8/21/2018 At the 2:00 P.M. PDT observation, the Portland Airport had reached 91°, tying the all-time record for Number of Days ≥90° in a calendar year at 29 days…

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