Portland, Oregon Airport: Second-Warmest January Mean Temperature
With the end of January now upon us, it has certainly been a mild month in the Portland area. In fact, the Portland Airport (PDX) recorded its second-warmest January Mean Temperature since records began there in 1939, nearly 80 years ago! Only 4 days in the month averaged below the 30-year Normal, the greatest of these having just a -3.0° departure. When combining the longer-term record of the official downtown station locations with a Period of Record (POR) back to…