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State of Oregon Top-10 Extreme Averages in 2022

State of Oregon Top-10 Extreme Averages in 2022

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Here are the Top-10 Oregon statewide average temperature and precipitation records set in 2022 and their rankings covering the period 1895-2022. This data is from the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), the federal archive for U.S. weather and climate data. This data could subsequently be updated as new/delayed data becomes available and incorporated in future updates. Number 1 rankings are shown in bold text.    Please click the link below for a pdf version of this data and for…

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HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: SEPTEMBER 2022

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: SEPTEMBER 2022

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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°…

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Portland, Oregon Weather: July 2022 Record Warmth

Portland, Oregon Weather: July 2022 Record Warmth

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The year 2022 continued the trend of warm months of July in the Portland area.  Five of the Top-10 Warmest Julys have occurred since 2014 and eight of the Top-10 since 2003. At the Portland Airport (PDX), where official records have been kept since 1940, several daily records were broken, especially on the warm Minimum side. This month’s Average Minimum Temperature of 61.8° was the warmest for any month of the year since records began. July temperatures averaged close to…

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Portland, Oregon Sets Its Wettest April-May-June

Portland, Oregon Sets Its Wettest April-May-June

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FINAL UPDATE ON 7/3/2022 AT 7:20 AM: The Portland Airport (PDX) established its wettest period covering the three months of April, May, and June.  PDX measured 12.60″, surpassing the previous record of 11.87″ set in 2010.  The 2022 monthly amounts were: April 5.73″, May 3.78″, June 3.09″. The 1991-2020 average for this 3-month period is 7.03″ so PDX ended up with 178.2% of that average. The Portland Airport’s official climate archive for precipitation began in October 1940. For the longer-term…

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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: SEPTEMBER 2020

HAPPY VALLEY, OREGON WEATHER: SEPTEMBER 2020

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The big windstorm and subsequent wildfires were the big news this month. Here in Happy Valley, very strong, dry east winds out of the Columbia River Gorge brought many trees and power lines down as gusts reached over 50 MPH for the 3-day period 7th-9th (our power outage lasted for about 30 hours, from early morning on the 7th through late morning on the 8th). Fire evacuations were in effect, with Happy Valley mostly at the lowest Level 1 category,…

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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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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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