wx_statman Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Two very impressive events! Here's a selected list of locations that saw their warmest readings on record for so early in the season. Many of the readings for the latter event were also monthly records. Especially impressive was the 93 at Estacada in the first event, which was easily the earliest 93 degree reading ever recorded in the Willamette Valley. Downsloping was on full display here. Estacada hit 93 again in the second event, but the monthly record of 94 from 1926 survived. Similarly the KQEN station in Roseburg hit 94 in the first event, which was very likely the earliest 94 degree reading on record in western Oregon, and hit 94 again in the second event two weeks later. Just like with Estacada, the monthly record of 95 barely survived - in both cases the monthly record was from the last week of April and was nearly tied three weeks earlier in the calendar. Downtown Portland hit 90 on April 19th, edging out the long standing benchmark for the earliest 90 on record. Previously there had been a tie between April 20, 1906 and April 20, 1934. Other readings that really jumped out were 88 at Clatskanie in the first event - setting a monthly record only a week into April - and the 88 at Anacortes in the second event, which occurred a full month earlier than their next-earliest 88 degree reading. Incredibly, Anacortes hit 90 on May 2nd - which was a month earlier than their next-earliest 90 degree reading. Records at this location go back to 1892. Event of April 7-8, 2016: 94 at Roseburg - KQEN93 at Estacada92 at Grants Pass91 at MFR91 at RBG88 at Longview88 at Clatskanie87 at SLE87 at Battle Ground87 at Forest Grove87 at Vernonia86 at Landsburg86 at Raymond85 at Tillamook85 at Portland - Downtown85 at PDX85 at Vancouver 4NNE85 at Aberdeen85 at Concrete82 at UIL81 at AST80 at HQM80 at OLM78 at Laurel Mountain (3,600')74 at Government Camp (4,000') Event of April 18-19, 2016: 94 at Roseburg - KQEN93 at Estacada90 at Portland - Downtown90 at Longview89 at SEA89 at PDX89 at Seattle - Sand Point89 at Battle Ground89 at Landsburg89 at Kent89 at Bremerton89 at Oregon City89 at Vernonia88 at OLM88 at Anacortes88 at Monroe87 at PAE87 at Quilcene85 at AST83 at BLI83 at Blaine82 at Forks 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hole Posted August 26, 2016 Report Share Posted August 26, 2016 Nice research as always! Quote Winter 23-24: Total Snow (3.2") Total Ice (0.2") Coldest Low: 1F Coldest High: 5F Snow Events: 0.1" Jan 5th, 0.2" Jan 9th, 1.6" Jan 14, 0.2" (ice) Jan 22, 1.3" Feb 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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