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CXUS56 KPQR 011738
CLAPDX
ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
830 AM PST SUN 1 JAN 2023
..PORTLAND 2022 WEATHER IN REVIEW
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2022 NOTABLE RECORDS... 2022 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
*** 4TH WARMEST JULY *** APRIL SNOW (RECORD LATEST)
*** THE WARMEST AUGUST *** COOL & WET MAY/JUNE
*** THE DRIEST AUGUST *** HEAT WAVE IN LATE JULY
*** THE WARMEST SEPTEMBER *** DRY AND WARM JUL TO SEPT
*** THE WARMEST OCTOBER *** WARM START TO OCTOBER
*** WARMEST JUL TO SEPT EVER *** EARLY DECEMBER SNOW
*** WETTEST APR TO JUNE EVER *** LATE DECEMBER ICE AND WIND
*** 2ND MOST DAYS ABOVE 90 IN A YEAR
MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...
JANUARY...AFTER A CHILLY FIRST DAY OF THE NEW YEAR, 2022 GENERALLY
BEGAN MILD AND WET. IT RAINED ON 9 OF THE FIRST 13 DAYS AS A SERIES
OF STRONG FRONTS PUSHED ONSHORE DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE
MONTH. DAILY RECORD RAINFALLS OF 1.49 INCHES AND 1.15 INCHES WERE
RECORDED ON THE 3RD AND 5TH. HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COLUMBIA GORGE
DURING THAT TIME LED TO A DEBRIS FLOW NEAR DODSON, CLOSING I-84 FOR
A TIME. THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY WAS DRIER, INCLUDING A NINE DAY
STRETCH OF NO PRECIPITATION FROM THE 21ST THROUGH 29TH. OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES ALSO DROPPED BELOW FREEZING MUCH OF THE FINAL WEEK OF
JANUARY, FROM THE 23RD TO 29TH.
FEBRUARY...LIGHT SHOWERS AND NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RETURNED THE
FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THEN, A BREAK IN THE WEATHER FROM THE 6TH TO
13TH. DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S OCCURRED FROM THE
11TH TO 13TH. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED THE 19TH THROUGH 21ST.
THEN, A MODERATED ARCTIC COLD FRONT ARRIVED WITH OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING THE 22ND THROUGH 25TH. MORE
ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED, HIGHLIGHTED BY AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THAT
BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN ON THE 28TH. THE PORTLAND AIRPORT RECEIVED A
DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.66 INCHES. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ALSO
OCCURRED ALONG THE FRONT WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH KNOCKING DOWN
TREES AND POWERLINES.
MARCH...OVERALL, WEATHER WAS RATHER TYPICAL FOR MARCH. THE
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER LINGERED AS THE FRONT REMAINED NEARLY STATIONARY
THROUGH THE 2ND. GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH CONTINUED ON THE 1ST WITH
REPORTS OF DOWNED TREES ON POWERLINES CAUSING POWER OUTAGES AND
BLOCKING ROADS. A COLD FRONT DROPPED ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN ON THE
8TH. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED
THROUGH FROM THE 12TH TO 13TH, FOLLOWED BY OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.
ANOTHER SERIES OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS FROM THE 19TH TO 21ST BROUGHT MORE
RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE THEN RETURNED FOR MILD AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER
WITH HIGHS AROUND THE MID 60S TO FINISH THE MONTH OUT LIKE A LAMB.
APRIL...WET AND COOLISH APRIL AS ACTIVE SPRING WEATHER CONTINUED.
MEASURABLE RAINFALL OCCURRED ON 24 DAYS IN APRIL AS SEVERAL FRONTAL
SYSTEMS PUSHED THROUGH FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS. AN IMPRESSIVE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IMPACTED THE AREA THE 10TH TO 12TH, FIRST WITH HEAVY
RAIN, FOLLOWED BY THE LATEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ON RECORD IN
PORTLAND. IN FACT, THE 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW THAT FELL ON THE 11TH WAS
THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL IN APRIL AT THE PORTLAND AIRPORT,
WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY 0.3 INCH OF SNOW ON THE 12TH. AN UNSEASONABLY
COOL AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS PERSISTED WHILE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
VICINITY WERE REPORTED ON THE 12TH TO 14TH, AND 16TH. MARCH LIKE
WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUED AS A WET COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH ON THE
18TH. ANOTHER WET FRONT PUSHED INLAND THE 29TH TO 30TH. TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 5.73 INCHES WAS THE WETTEST APRIL ON RECORD (SINCE
1941).
MAY...COOL AND WET SPRING PATTERN CONTINUED INTO MAY. THE 3.78
INCHES OF RAINFALL WAS THE 10TH WETTEST ON RECORD (SINCE 1941).
SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVED THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK, FOLLOWED BY
COOL, SHOWERY WEATHER PATTERN. A PAIR OF FRONTAL SYSTEMS THEN PUSHED
THROUGH THE 12TH AND 13TH. MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER THE 20TH THROUGH
25TH. THEN, WEATHER BECAME MORE UNSETTLED AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT
PUSHED THROUGH ALONG WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 26TH. STRONG LOW
PRESSURE PUSHED ACROSS THE AREA ON THE 28TH BRINGING MORE RAIN.
ENDED THE MONTH ON A WARM NOTE AS HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT SUNSHINE AND
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S.
JUNE...STARTED OFF WARM, BUT AS HIGH PRESSURE EXITED, ACTIVE WEATHER
QUICKLY RETURNED WITH GENERALLY MILD AND WET CONDITIONS. A FRONTAL
SYSTEM BROUGHT RAIN THE 4TH TO 5TH. THEN, A BREAK IN THE WEATHER THE
7TH AND 8TH. AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THE 9TH THROUGH 10TH BROUGHT HEAVY
RAIN AND MINOR FLOODING. THE 1.42 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 10TH WAS THE
4TH RAINIEST DAY IN JUNE ON RECORD (SINCE 1941). UNSEASONABLY COOL
AND UNSETTLED WEATHER CONTINUED THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH. THE RAINS
THEN TURNED OFF THE 20TH WITH WARM AND DRY WEATHER PERSISTING
THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO BUILD,
COUPLED WITH LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE FLOW, SAW HIGHS IN THE 90S THE 25TH
THROUGH 27TH, REACHING 99 DEGREES ON THE 26TH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF
3.09 INCHES WAS THE 7TH WETTEST JUNE ON RECORD.
JULY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED. ONLY TWO DAYS OF MEASURABLE
RAIN, THE WETTEST BEING THE 6TH, WITH 0.16 INCH OF RAIN. A PROLONGED
HEAT WAVE DEVELOPED LATE IN THE MONTH WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO
LOWER 100S DURING THE LAST 7 DAYS OF JULY. HIGHS REACHED 102 DEGREES
THE 26TH AND 30TH. THIS RESULTED IN SEVERAL SUSPECTED HEAT RELATED
DEATHS. ENDED AS THE 4TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD.
AUGUST...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED
THE WEATHER PATTERN. IN FACT, IT WAS THE WARMEST AND DRIEST AUGUST
ON RECORD. WHILE DRY AUGUSTS ARE NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON, AUGUST 2022
JOINED 2012, 1998, 1970, 1967, AND 1955 AS THE ONLY OTHER AUGUSTS
WITH A TRACE RECORDED. HIGHS GENERALLY OSCILLATED BETWEEN THE UPPER
70S AND MID 90S, BUT DID REACH 100 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 30TH. THE
MEAN TEMPERATURE OF 75.1 DEG ENDED UP AS THE WARMEST OF ANY MONTH ON
RECORD, SURPASSING 74.1 DEG OF JULY 1985.
SEPTEMBER...CONTINUED STRETCH OF WARM AND DRY WEATHER. HIGHS
GENERALLY 80 TO 90 DEGREES THE FIRST ELEVEN DAYS OF THE MONTH. THEN,
MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER, BUT MOSTLY DRY. ONLY 0.05 INCH OF RAIN
MEASURED THROUGH THE 27TH. HIGHS AGAIN WARMED TO 85 TO 90 DEGREES
THE 25TH TO 27TH. A FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE 28TH BRINGING MORE
RAIN. TOTAL RAINFALL WAS 0.31 INCH, WELL BELOW NORMAL (1.52 IN). ALL
30 DAYS OF THE MONTH RECORDED HIGHS OF 70 OR MORE DEGREES. ENDED AS
THE WARMEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.
OCTOBER...UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE 20TH. MULTIPLE DAILY
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET ON THE 8TH, 9TH AND 12TH THROUGH 16TH.
12 DAYS WITH A HIGH OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER BROKE THE OLD RECORD OF
6 (1991) FOR THE MONTH. ENDED AS THE WARMEST OCTOBER ON RECORD. MORE
TYPICAL FALL WEATHER PATTERN ARRIVED THE 21ST AND CONTINUED THROUGH
END OF THE MONTH. SEVERAL FRONTS BROUGHT RAIN, WITH THE WETTEST DAY
OCCURRING ON HALLOWEEN. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 3.18 INCHES REMAINED
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. OF NOTE, POSTFRONTAL SHOWERS ON THE 22ND
SPAWNED A WEAK TORNADO NEAR CHERRYVILLE.
NOVEMBER...COOL AND WET. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH FIRST PART
OF THE MONTH. A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT RECORD RAINFALL OF
1.87 INCHES ON THE 4TH, ALONG WITH VERY WINDY CONDITIONS. THEN, A
RELATIVE BREAK IN THE WEATHER AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE REGION
FOR NEARLY 2 WEEKS. A STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER OCCURRED FROM THE 8TH
TO 21ST, WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGED BETWEEN THE UPPER 40S AND
LOWER 50S. DURING THIS PERIOD, LOWS WERE TYPICALLY BELOW NORMAL BUT
ONLY FELL BELOW FREEZING THE 13TH AND 14TH. A COLD FRONT PUSHED
THROUGH THE 22ND, FOLLOWED BY MORE ACTIVE WEATHER THROUGH THE END OF
THE MONTH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5.17 INCHES WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.
DECEMBER...THE ACTIVE WEATHER OF NOVEMBER CONTINUED INTO DECEMBER,
WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MID 40S AND ONSHORE FLOW
MAINTAINING OCCASIONAL RAIN THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. A
SERIES OF POTENT FRONTS THEN PUSHED THROUGH THE 8TH THROUGH 10TH
WITH AROUND A HALF INCH OF RAINFALL EACH DAY. THEN, DRY AND COOL
THROUGH THE 17TH. COLDER TEMPERATURES AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS FILTERED
INTO THE REGION THE 22ND AND 23RD, WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING
RAIN. EAST WINDS THE 22ND ALSO BROUGHT GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH AT
LOCAL AIRPORTS. THE YEAR FINISHED OFF WITH A SERIES OF PACIFIC
FRONTAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THE 26TH
SETTING A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 2.12 INCHES. STRONG SOUTHERLY
WINDS THE 27TH, WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH, DOWNED TREES AND
POWERLINES.
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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2022 (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
+ INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES
JANUARY...
3RD NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.49" (1.32"/1966 )
5TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.15" (0.95"/1966 )
20TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 60 ( 56 /1961 )
FEBRUARY...
11TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 67 ( 62 /1971 )
12TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 63 ( 63 /2015 )
13TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 63 ( 60 /1996 )
MARCH....
2ND NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 48 ( 47 /1994 )
2ND NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 0.59" (0.53"/1991 )
27TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 49 ( 49 /1978 )
28TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 49 ( 49 /1978 )
APRIL...
10TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 0.48" (0.42"/1999 )
11TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.13" (0.57"/1982 )
11TH NEW. DAILY SNOWFALL 1.6" ( 0.0"/ - )
12TH NEW. DAILY SNOWFALL 0.3" ( 0.0"/ - )
12TH SNOW OF 0.3 IS THE LATEST MEASUREABLE SNOWFALL OF WINTER
SEASON. PRIOR LATEST SUCH SNOWFALL WAS 25 MAR 1965.
MAY...
NO NEW RECORDS SET OR TIED.
JUNE...
10TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.42" (0.66"/1948 )
JULY...
6TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 63 /2014 )
26TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 102 ( 100 /2020 )
26TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 67 ( 67 /1960 )
30TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 69 ( 69 /2021 )
31ST TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 69 ( 69 /2021 )
*** 4TH WARMEST JUL ON RECORD W/MEAN TEMP OF 73.7
AUGUST...
1ST TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 66 ( 66 /2014 )
17TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 67 ( 67 /2008 )
18TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 73 ( 65 /2004 )
19TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 68 ( 64 /2016 )
22ND TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 64 /1942 )
26TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 63 /2014 )
30TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 100 ( 98 /1987 )
*** WARMEST AUG ON RECORD W/MEAN TEMP OF 75.1 ( 73.6/2017 )
*** DRIEST AUG ON RECORD W/TOTAL PRECIP OF TRACE
(AUG 2022 TIED W/2012, 1997, 1970, 1967 AND 1955)
*** LOW OF 73 ON 18TH WAS THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT LOW ON RECORD
FOR ANY AUGUST, AND 5TH WARMEST NIGHT EVER.
SEPTEMBER...
3RD TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 63 ( 63 /2017 )
10TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 66 ( 63 /1997 )
13TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 64 ( 64 /2009 )
SEP NEW. DAYS WITH HIGH OF 70+ DEG 30 ( 29 /1974 )
*** WARMEST SEP ON RECORD W/MEAN TEMP OF 69.5 ( 67.6/2014 )
*** LOW OF 66 ON 10TH WAS THE WARMEST OVERNIGHT LOW ON RECORD
FOR ANY SEPTEMBER.
OCTOBER...
5TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 58 ( 57 /1943 )
8TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 87 ( 82 /1971 )
9TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 85 ( 83 /1996 )
12TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 80 ( 78 /2006 )
13TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 84 ( 81 /2004 )
14TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 82 ( 82 /1991 )
15TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 87 ( 80 /2015 )
16TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 86 ( 80 /2002 )
OCT NEW. DAYS WITH HIGH OF 80+ DEG 12 ( 6 /1991+)
OCT TIED. DAYS WITH HIGH OF 70+ DEG 19 ( 19 /1952 )
*** WARMEST OCT ON RECORD W/MEAN TEMP OF 61.4 ( 60.1/2015 )
NOVEMBER...
4TH TIED. DAILY RAINFALL 1.87" (1.87"/1969 )
DECEMBER...
23RD TIED. DAILY SNOWFALL 0.1" ( 0.1"/2008 )
26TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 2.12" (1.08"/1996 )
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2022 PORTLAND MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS
THIS SHOWS WHERE MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN PORTLANDS CLIMATE RECORD
(OCT 1940 THROUGH 2022). RANKINGS APPLY TO ALL OF SAME MONTH,
OR IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE JAN 2022 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JAN.
RANKINGS ARE 1 TO 82, WHERE 1 IS WARMEST OR WETTEST ON RECORD
AND 82 IS DRIEST OR COLDEST.
JA FE MA AP MA JU JL AU SE OC NO DE 2022
AVG T 27 35 13 66 51 22 4 1 1 1 68 62 7
PRECIP 42 59 54 1 10 7 58 82 72 37 43 20 28
MAX T 22 32 22 68 61 31 5 2 3 1 71 68 9
MIN T 34 42 5 51 32 8 1 1 1 3 7 58 9
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2022 PORTLAND AIRPORT TEMPERATURE DATA
+ BY DATE INDICATES LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES LISTED
|--- AVERAGES ----| MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS & DATE|
MONTH |HIGHS LOWS MEAN| FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST LOWEST |
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JAN 48.1 35.5 41.8 -0.1 DEG 60 /20TH 25 / 1ST
FEB 51.2 36.0 43.6 -0.5 DEG 67 /11TH 24 /25TH
MAR 57.5 42.3 49.9 +1.6 DEG 70 /27TH 28 /10TH
APR 57.9 41.5 49.7 -3.1 DEG 75 / 7TH 33 /11TH+
MAY 65.3 48.5 56.9 -2.5 DEG 78 /31ST 40 /13TH
JUN 74.4 55.9 65.1 +0.9 DEG 99 /26TH 50 / 7TH
JUL 85.7 61.8 73.7 +3.5 DEG 102 /30TH+ 55 /18TH
AUG 87.3 62.8 75.1 +4.5 DEG 100 /30TH+ 56 /28TH
SEP 80.9 58.1 69.5 +4.1 DEG 93 / 6TH 50 /23RD
OCT 71.9 50.9 61.4 +5.8 DEG 88 / 2ND 44 /27TH
NOV 49.9 37.4 43.7 -3.4 DEG 60 / 4TH 30 /14TH
DEC 43.8 34.1 39.0 -2.6 DEG 55 /30TH 20 /23RD+
2022 64.6 47.1 55.9 +0.8 DEG 102 /JUL 30 20 /DEC 23+
NORMAL 64.0 46.3 55.1
DAYS IN 2022 WITH TEMPERATURE OF...
|------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
<=32 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ <=20 <=32 60+ 70+
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JAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
FEB 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
MAR 0 11 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
APR 0 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MAY 0 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
JUN 0 30 18 7 3 0 0 0 3 0
JUL 0 31 31 21 12 3 0 0 21 0
AUG 0 31 31 25 11 2 0 0 28 1
SEP 0 30 30 17 3 0 0 0 10 0
OCT 0 23 19 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
NOV 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
DEC 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 X X
2022 2 197 141 82 29 5 2 31 62 1
NORMAL 1 197 124 58 11 <1 2 29 29 0
FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF... IN 2022 AVERAGE
LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING 10 MAR (26 MAR)
FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 27 MAR ( 2 APR)
FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 2 JUN ( 8 MAY)
FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 25 JUN ( 4 JUN)
LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 26 SEP ( 5 SEP)
LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 16 OCT (28 SEP)
LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 20 OCT (17 OCT)
FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL 13 NOV (12 NOV)
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2022 PORTLAND AIRPORT RAINFALL DATA...
TOTAL DEPARTURE DAYS WITH AT LEAST... GREATEST IN
MONTH RAIN FM NORMAL 0.01 0.10 0.50 1.00 24HRS & DATE
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JAN 5.10 +0.07 14 10 3 2 2.05 JAN 2-3
FEB 2.77 -0.91 12 6 1 1 1.76 FEB 27-28
MAR 2.96 -1.01 17 8 2 0 0.66 MAR 21-22
APR 5.73 +2.84 24 17 3 1 1.60 APR 10-11
MAY 3.78 +1.27 19 14 1 0 0.85 MAY 6-7
JUN 3.09 +1.46 13 7 1 1 1.42 JUN 10
JUL 0.17 -0.33 2 1 0 0 0.17 JUL 5-6
AUG TRACE -0.54 0 0 0 0 T AUG 1
SEP 0.31 -1.21 4 2 0 0 0.26 SEP 28-29
OCT 3.18 -0.24 8 7 2 1 1.01 OCT 31
NOV 5.17 -0.28 13 9 3 1 1.87 NOV 4
DEC 7.76 +1.99 16 13 7 2 2.74 DEC 26-27
2022 40.02 +3.11 142 94 23 9 2.74 DEC 26-27
NORMAL 36.91 156 93 20 4
TOTAL SNOWFALL... 2.6 INCHES (AVERAGE 4.2 INCHES)
PORTLAND WATER YEAR 2021-22 (1 OCT 2021 THROUGH 30 SEP 2022)
41.16 INCHES (4.25 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL)
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2022 PORTLAND AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...
AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) STRONGEST WIND GUST
2022 (NORMAL) DIRECTION SPEED DATE
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JAN 6.5 (9.3) SOUTHWEST 43 MPH JAN 2
FEB 5.8 (8.7) SOUTH 39 MPH FEB 28
MAR 5.3 (7.7) SOUTH 33 MPH MAR 13+
APR 6.8 (7.1) WEST 42 MPH APR 4
MAY 6.2 (6.7) SOUTHWEST 31 MPH MAY 5
JUN 6.1 (7.0) EAST 32 MPH JUN 25
JUL 6.0 (7.2) NORTHWEST 24 MPH JUL 24
AUG 5.6 (6.8) NORTHWEST 27 MPH AUG 3
SEP 5.7 (6.2) EAST 41 MPH SEP 9
OCT 4.1 (6.3) EAST 32 MPH OCT 15
NOV 8.3 (8.0) EAST 49 MPH NOV 17
DEC 8.6 (9.3) SOUTH 48 MPH DEC 27
2022 6.3 MPH (7.5) EAST 49 MPH NOV 17
2022 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
HIGHEST 30.66 INCHES 21 JAN ( 1119 AM PST )
LOWEST 28.99 INCHES 27 DEC ( 0400 AM PST )
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2022 MAJOR RIVER EXTREMES
WILLAMETTE RIVER (AT MORRISON ST BRIDGE, DOWNTOWN PORTLAND)
HIGHEST 16.3 FT 14 JUN (FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FT)
LOWEST -0.6 FT 19 OCT
COLUMBIA RIVER (AT INTERSTATE BRIDGE)
HIGHEST 16.5 FT 14 JAN (FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FT)
LOWEST -0.6 FT 19 OCT
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PORTLAND AIRPORT CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS... OCT 1940 TO 2022
PORTLAND AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS... 1991 TO 2020
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY AND HARTSOCK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
ONLINE AT: WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND
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