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We drove up here yesterday under sunny skies and very warm temperatures.  We are expecting this weather to remain through the weekend with just a chance for rain on Friday.  After all the rain that we’ve had, t […]

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 […]

Our generally cooler than normal pattern persisted over the last third of the month, with a few notable warm 80s max interludes. We continued to also be drier than normal though we did have 5 measurable rainfall […]

Today will really feel like summer with highs expected in the upper 80s.  The weekend was a bit chilly but nice for working in the yard.  Sunday night finished off with a shower which left 0.19″ in my gauge.  Th […]

The cover photo was taken by Dennis Brown during Saturday morning’s storm. Thanks for sharing, Dennis! Information in this post is accurate as of 8:00 am PDT Saturday.

The Storm Prediction Center has upgraded […]

After 2 days of rain, today’s skies are clear although temperatures are below normal.  We received 0.22″ of rain yesterday early in the day.  Then the afternoon turned mostly sunny and this should continue t […]

Today is starting out with light to moderate rain and temperatures much cooler than what we have had.  There was only 0.08″ in my rain gauge at 9 AM, but we have had heavier rain showers since then.  Northern M […]

Rain is something that we don’t need, but there seems to be no end to it.  The forecast is calling for  up to an inch of precip over the next few days.  Storms formed yesterday afternoon, but all we got was a fe […]

Highs reached near 90F yesterday and a few storms developed, but we only had a few sprinkles here.  It’s amazing that we haven’t turned the AC off over the past 3 days, and it looks like we’ll be needing the […]

I’m committing one of the cardinal sins of weather blogging here: putting a high-impact, but uncertain, forecast in the title of a weather blog. I truly believe that this is an unethical practice, and that those […]

A very warm day led to some afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday.  We barely caught the edge of them, and there was only 0.08″ in my rain gauge this morning.    Today will be another hot day with highs expected to […]

MONTHLY SUMMARY

April 2020 was cooler and wetter than normal. My maximum temperature average (61.9°) was 3.4° below normal but my minimum temperature average (43.6°) was still a bit above normal (+0.7°), res […]

One of our family friends described Pacific Northwest weather as being ‘stuck in a wet sock.’ Today has certainly felt that way. We’ve had a steady drip of rain here on Whidbey Island but hardly anything in the […]

There was 0.38″ of rain in my gauge which was a bit of a surprise.  The areas around me didn’t record nearly that much, and we  sure didn’t need it.  I see that there are new flood warnings up for the Sa […]

Friday was a drizzly, damp day but at least it was warm.  Today is looking to be better although there are still a lot of clouds.  There is filtered sun shining through and it’s warm enough to go out without a c […]

Our day is beginning with clouds but very nice temperatures.  I was able to sleep with my window open last night and that was wonderful.  I felt a few sprinkles when I went out earlier but we aren’t expecting a […]

Our continued cool pattern persisted over this second middle May period, but the rain stopped. We were totally dry for the 10 day period despite persistent cloudiness on most days. So we still have a total of 1.35 […]

We came back home yesterday and could see many flooded fields as we  traveled through the Mt. Pleasant-Clare area.  US 10, which passes Midland, was completely closed due to flooding.  They are saying that this is […]

After 2 days of rain, yesterday finally broke out in a little sun by late afternoon.  Today is expected to be very nice but we have to head for home.  Highs here are expected to be in the low 70s.  That’s wa […]

Monday’s storm over the Columbia Basin produced plenty of lightning and heavy rain. Hermiston recorded 0.51″, the Southridge area of Kennewick had 0.58″, and I even received a report from Beck Road south of […]