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UPDATE: Measurable rain amounting to 0.22” fell on November 10, 2024, ending Baltimore’s longest streak without measurable precipitation at 38 days, covering the period October 3rd-November 9th.

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November 2023 averaged just about Normal, with all 3 official Portland weather stations having Mean Temperature Departures ranging from +0.6° at PDX Airport, +0.1° at the Downtown location ( […]

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October 2023 averaged slightly above Normal but was rather typical in that the warmest weather occurred towards the beginning of the month. Of the three official Portland weather stations (Downtown, […]

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September 2023 averaged around Normal in the Portland area; the three official Portland weather stations had Mean Temperature Departures ranging from -0.9° to +1.0°. See detailed data for P […]

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August 2023 was another historically hot month in the Portland Metro, not only was it the warmest August, with a Mean Temperature of 75.4° at the Portland Airport, but it was the warmest month of […]

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July 2023 averaged quite a bit above Normal in the area, with Maximum Temperatures having greater departures (+2.3° to +4.0°) than Minimum Temperatures (+1.2° to +2.4°), providing overall Mean Tem […]

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June 2023 Mean Temperatures were just a bit above Normal in the area, with Average Maximum Departures from +1.8° to +3.8° and Average Minimum departures of -0.3° to +0.7° at the three official Por […]

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May 2023’s temperatures began mostly hovering around seasonal Normals, though two days of Maximum Temperatures remained in the 50s, with 58.6° on the 1st and the month’s lowest Max. of 55.2° on the 4 […]

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April 2023 continued the relentless cool, damp weather that has persisted since mid-October. Maximum Temperatures didn’t even reach 60° until April 14th, the first time reaching that value since […]

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March 2023 had a very cool start, with Maximums not even reaching 50° until the 11th day. The coolness only was briefly alleviated mid-month before returning to below normal through month’s end. The […]

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Overall, February was a colder-than-usual month, averaging 3 to 4 degrees below Normal. As happened in 2022, February 2023 was a topsy-turvy one as the warmest weather was at the beginning of the […]

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 […]

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January 2023 had a warm start and cold finish; well, “warm” is relative when referring to January. Through the first half of the month, Maximum Temperatures ranged from 40.8° on the 2nd to a monthly […]

UPDATE:

Early in the morning on Feb. 1, 2023, snow began falling in the Baltimore/DC. area, providing the first measurable snowfall for many. As of 7:00 AM, Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall […]

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December 2022 at Portland’s three official stations reported Average Temperature Departures-from-Normal ranging from -2.6° at the Portland International Airport (PDX) to -3.8° at the Portland N […]

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Following the Portland area’s all-time warmest October, November 2022 began very chilly, one of the coolest starts ever, and the cool days continued throughout the month. November didn’t have any […]

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October 2022 was one of the warmest on record in the area, especially for Maximum and Mean Temperatures. Of the three official Portland weather stations (Downtown, Airport, and Weather Forecast […]

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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 […]

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August 2022 was a historically warm month, not only the warmest August at the Portland Airport but was the warmest month of all-time, with the data record going back to Nov. 1940. Even the […]

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July 2022 averaged quite a bit above Normal in the area for the three official Portland stations, with Maximum Temperatures having greater departures (+3.2° to +3.8°) than Minimum Temperatures ( […]