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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
750 PM PDT FRI SEP 7 2018
..SUMMER RECAP
CORRECTION TO EUGENE MEAN TEMPS
WELL, IT WAS A WARM SUMMER ACROSS THE REGION, ESPECIALLY INLAND.
ADD TO THAT A VERY DRY SUMMER. NOW THAT A TASTE OF AUTUMN IS ABOUT
TO ARRIVE, LETS PUT THE SUMMER OF 2018 INTO HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE.
DRY ACROSS THE REGION, BUT A FEW DROPS HERE AND THERE DID SNAP
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO RAIN FOR MOST AREAS. BUT, DRY STREAKS
CONTINUE AT SALEM AND EUGENE.
CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH NO RAIN (THROUGH THURSDAY 6 SEP)
SALEM NOW AT 87 DAYS ...LAST RAIN OCCURRED 12 JUNE
**** PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 79 DAYS, SET IN 1967.
EUGENE NOW AT 81 DAYS ...LAST RAIN OCCURRED 18 JUNE
**** RECORD IS 83 DAYS, SET IN SUMMER OF 1998.
NOW, FOR TEMPERATURES
PERIOD OF JUNE THROUGH AUGUST:
MEAN TEMP (IS THE AVERAGE OF THE HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURES)
MEAN TEMP NORMAL 2018 /RANKING RECORD WARMEST
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PORTLAND AIRPORT 67.5 70.7 / 2ND 2015 WITH 72.2 DEG
VANCOUVER 65.2 69.2 / 5TH 2015 WITH 71.1
HILLSBORO 65.1 67.4 / 8TH 1958 WITH 70.2
MCMINNVILLE 65.7 66.2 / 19TH 2015 WITH 69.5
SALEM 65.6 69.0 / 4TH 2015 WITH 71.3
EUGENE 64.8 66.4 / 12TH 2015 WITH 69.5
ONLY HIGH TEMP NORMAL 2018 /RANKING RECORD WARMEST
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PORTLAND AIRPORT 78.4 82.7 / 3RD 2015 WITH 84.6 DEG
VANCOUVER 77.1 81.8 / 3RD 2015 WITH 84.0
HILLSBORO 78.5 82.5 / 7TH 1961 WITH 85.3
MCMINNVILLE 80.2 81.8 / 22ND 1922 WITH 87.8
SALEM 79.5 83.3 / 6TH 2015 WITH 85.9
EUGENE 79.5 82.8 / 7TH 2015 WITH 85.9
HERE IS A LOOK AT THE WARMEST MONTHS THIS YEAR, JULY AND AUGUST.
MEAN TEMP JUL/ RANK/ RECORD AUG/ RANK/ RECORD
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PORTLAND ARPT 74.0/ 2ND/ 74.1 IN 1985 72.1/ 5TH/ 73.6 2017
VANCOUVER 72.4/ 3RD/ 72.6 IN 2015 70.8/ 5TH/ 72.9 1967
HILLSBORO 70.2/ 5TH/ 73.0 IN 1958 68.8/ 16TH/ 62.6 1967
MCMINNVILLE 69.0/ 20TH/ 71.5 IN 2015 68.0/ 30TH/ 71.3 2014
SALEM 72.2/ 3RD/ 73.1 IN 2015 69.2/ 10TH/ 72.0 1967
EUGENE 68.8/ 21ST/ 71.5 IN 2015 69.2/ 10TH/ 72.0 1967
HIGH TEMP JUL/ RANK/ RECORD AUG/ RANK/ RECORD
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PORTLAND ARPT 87.5/ 1ST/ TIED 1985 84.3/ 8TH/ 88.1 1967
VANCOUVER 86.5/ 2ND/ 89.2 IN 1906 83.5/ 16TH/ 87.4 1906
HILLSBORO 87.3/ 2ND/ 88.4 IN 1958 84.7/ 10TH/ 91.6 1967
MCMINNVILLE 86.5/ 17TH/ 91.7 IN 1922 83.5/ 43RD/ 92.6 1967
SALEM 88.2/ 2ND/ 88.4 2015,'58 84.6/ 23RD/ 91.1 1967
EUGENE 87.4/ 5TH/ 88.2 IN 2015 85.2/ 13TH/ 90.4 1967
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