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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
815 AM PDT WED JUN 5 2013
...MONTH IN REVIEW FOR NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FOR
THE MONTH OF MAY 2013...
I. TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OVERVIEW
MAY 2013 AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS
THE REGION. TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL ACROSS MOST
OF THE REGION, EXCEPT SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON WHICH REPORTED ABOVE
NORMAL PRECIPITATION TOTALS.
MAY 2013 DATA AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL FOR SELECTED CITIES:
MAX DEP MIN DEP AVE DEP PCPN DEP
TEMP NORM TEMP NORM TEMP NORM TOTL NORM
YAKIMA 75.9 +3.5 44.6 +2.7 60.3 +3.1 2.48 +1.90
KENNEWICK 76.0 +1.5 51.2 +1.7 63.6 +1.6 0.70 +0.06
WALLA WALLA 74.3 +3.9 50.2 +1.9 62.3 +2.9 0.99 -1.14
THE DALLES 73.9 +1.0 48.4 -0.2 61.1 +0.1 1.50 +0.94
REDMOND 70.3 +2.8 34.9 -0.5 52.6 +1.2 0.61 -0.41
PENDLETON AIRPORT 72.2 +2.3 44.2 -1.4 58.2 +0.4 1.18 -0.17
LA GRANDE 68.0 +1.3 41.3 -0.8 54.6 +0.2 1.62 -0.37
II. SELECTED RECORDS
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILT OVER THE REGION DURING THE
MIDDLE OF THE MONTH OF MAY. THIS LED TO SEVERAL DAYS WITH ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. SEVERAL WEATHER STATIONS BROKE RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES ON MAY 9TH.
CITY PREVIOUS RECORD NEW RECORD
LONG CREEK, OR 80 IN 1969 83
MADRAS, OR 86 IN 1987 87
MEACHAM, OR 73 IN 1969 78
REDMOND, OR 85 IN 1987 85 (TIED)
BICKLETON, WA 85 IN 1987 88
SATUS PASS, WA 83 IN 1969 86
YAKIMA, WA 95 IN 1949 95 (TIED)
THE FOLLOWING STATIONS BROKE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES ON MAY 10TH.
CITY PREVIOUS RECORD NEW RECORD
BOARDMAN, OR 92 IN 1993 93
GRIZZLY, OR 84 IN 2001 84 (TIED)
HEPPNER, OR 90 IN 1924 90 (TIED)
HERMISTON ARPT, OR 95 IN 1924 96
LA GRANDE, OR 84 IN 1994 86
LONG CREEK, OR 83 IN 1993 85
MEACHAM, OR 75 IN 1960 83
THE DALLES, OR 92 IN 1993 92 (TIED)
REDMOND, OR 86 IN 1993 87
SENECA, OR 78 IN 1997 79
BICKLETON, WA 84 IN 1949 88
GOLDENDALE, WA 90 IN 1924 91
SATUS PASS, WA 80 IN 2001 88
WALLA WALLA, WA 90 IN 1949 93
WHITMAN MISSION, WA 90 IN 1971 94
YAKIMA, WA 95 IN 1949 97
THE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES FOR YAKIMA,
WASHINGTON ON MAY 10TH WAS THE RECORD EARLIEST DATE FOR 97 DEGREES
FOR THAT STATION. THE EARLIEST 97 DEGREE DAY OR WARMER WAS MAY 11TH
SET IN 1949.
III. SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS DURING THE LAST HALF OF THE MONTH BROUGHT
HEAVY RAIN TO SEVERAL LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON. SEVERAL DAYS OF RAIN DURING THE END OF THE MONTH BROUGHT
THE WEATHER STATION AT YAKIMA, WASHINGTON TO A MONTHLY TOTAL OF 2.48
INCHES. THIS BECAME THE THIRD WETTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR YAKIMA. THE
WETTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR YAKIMA IS 2.76 INCHES SET IN 1948.
BICKLETON, WASHINGTON REPORTED THEIR 5TH WETTEST MAY ON RECORD WITH
2.04 INCHES. THE WETTEST MAY ON RECORD FOR BICKLETON IS 2.90 INCHES
SET IN 2010.
ONE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SET UP OVER THE AREA ON MAY 21ST AND
22ND. THIS BROUGHT HEAVY PRECIPITATION TO PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
YAKIMA, WASHINGTON REPORTED 0.94 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE DAY ON
MAY 22ND, BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL
OF 0.27 INCHES SET IN 1990. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS COOPERATIVE
WEATHER STATIONS THAT BROKE RECORD 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTALS
ENDING THE MORNING OF THE 22ND.
CITY PREVIOUS RECORD NEW RECORD
ARLINGTON, OR 0.22 IN 2008 0.45
BOARDMAN, OR 0.40 IN 1996 0.44
MORO, OR 0.25 IN 1996 0.34
CLE ELUM, WA 0.20 IN 1990 0.22
GOLDENDALE, WA 0.24 IN 1914 0.40
SATUS PASS, WA 0.59 IN 2008 0.61
SUNNYSIDE, WA 0.43 IN 1942 1.05
ENDING MAY 22ND, THE 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR SUNNYSIDE WAS
1.05 INCHES, WHICH IS THE THIRD HIGHEST 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTAL
FOR THE MONTH OF MAY FOR SUNNYSIDE. THE HIGHEST MAY 24-HOUR
PRECIPITATION TOTAL FOR SUNNYSIDE IS 1.60 INCHES SET IN 1972.
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