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Yesterday was great but today is even better.  We should see high temps reaching the mid 70s although it will be quite breezy.  But we won’t complain.  This should continue up to Tuesday when more rain is ex […]

Spring of 2022 was notoriously wet across the Pacific Northwest, but an abrupt pattern change in June left the region unusually dry through the rest of the summer and into the first half of fall. Some rain did […]

After the cold, rainy weather of the past 2 days, we now have plenty of sun and much warmer temperatures.  This is expected to last through the next 3 days.  It is certainly welcome after the miserable weather t […]

Whew, what an unusual season it has been!  As of October 19, Portland International Airport is running 8.7 degrees F above normal, by far the warmest early/mid October period in recorded history.  Today, Oc […]

Our morning began with clouds and rain, but now the sun is out and temps are warming up a bit.  They should only reach the upper 40s, but with the sun, that will be pleasant.  It was raining when we went to the s […]

Note: This article is using the meteorological definition for fall, which is September 1 to November 30. The first half of meteorological fall is September 1 to October 15.

The weather pattern over the Western […]

At least, it isn’t raining today and we could see a little clearing later on.  Other than that, there isn’t much of a change from what we had yesterday.  Temperature are much below normal, and we continue to h […]

The first half of October brought mostly sunny skies and warm temperatures to the Pacific Northwest as a persistent ridge of high pressure sat overhead, forcing the storm track into Southeast Alaska. The […]

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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 M […]

Today is a dark, dreary day with intermittent rain falling.  Yesterday’s showers brought us our first snow of the season, and even though it was a snow and rain mix, it still looked like white flakes to me.  T […]

Although our temperatures are much below average, we are expecting another warmup by the weekend.  Temps could rise to near 70F once again.  But before that happens, we could get our first taste of snow.  No […]

This cold spell continues and is expected to remain up until next weekend.  I’m hearing that there is a winter storm warning up for our UP with 18 inches of snow possible.  I’m not quite ready to hear that yet, a […]

Back in June, most extended forecasts were calling for near or slightly cooler-than-average temperatures for the Pacific Northwest with near or slightly below-average precipitation. It was a reasonable forecast; […]

We are supposed to see the sun today, but haven’t seen much so far.  It was clear earlier but since then, clouds have taken over.  We received a total of 0.12″ of rain overnight and we aren’t expecting anymore t […]

I hope you’ve been making the most of this once-in-a-lifetime October weather!  Granted, for some of us (especially in the Puget Sound and the southern Willamette Valley), the persistent wildfire smoke has been […]

Yesterday brought us off-and-on showers but no large amounts.  There was 0nly 0.04″ in my gauge this morning although we did run into some heavy rain when we went to Owosso.  There was even a little hail mixed i […]

We had to go to Owosso this morning, and there were several strong showers that dumped on us.  One even had a little hail mixed in.  When we got home, there was only 0.04″ in my gauge.  So most of the rain has mi […]

After a few days of great fall weather, reality has returned.  Temps today won’t be too chilly, but the cold front moves in tomorrow with much colder temps and even possible thunderstorms possible.  We received 0 […]

I know that my blogs gets a bit redundant at times, but there is really nothing else to be said.  Our weather so far this autumn has been amazing.  We are seeing more color each day and temperatures have been c […]