October 2019 Weather Discussion for the PNW

[wx_statman]

-7 in Alberton, MT yesterday. This is a milder location west of the continental divide. Previous October record was 1 degree, in 1971 and 2002. 

[wx_statman]

Some crazy cold minimums this morning in Wyoming:

 

-26 at Big Piney (prev. Oct record -15 in 1971)

-25 at Old Faithful (prev. Oct record -11 in 1991)

-22 at Saratoga (prev. Oct record -8 in 1972)

-20 at Rawlins Airport (prev. Oct record -7 in 1972)

 

In Idaho, -17 this morning at Island Park is a preliminary state record for October. The listed record is -16 at Big Springs in 1917. Island Park had also set the Idaho state record low for pre-10/15 readings when they fell to -3 in the earlier cold wave around the 10th this month. 

[Kayla]

That is, in fact, the greatest departure I have ever seen on a NWS daily climate report.

 

Believe it or not, back on March 4th of this year the Bozeman Airport had a -53.7 degree departure with a -4/-39 day.

 

It's really remarkable and unheard of to see two historic air masses during the same year during transition season (Spring/Fall) putting out those massive temp departures.

[Dave]

Peter Sinks, UT is currently at -41.4. Not sure what their low was.

 

https://climate.usu.edu/PeterSinks/index.php

[TT-SEA]

00Z ECMWF shows the rain returning by next Thursday... as the block is undercut.

 

Makes sense... seems like the most logical progression.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Got down to 26 here. Nothing historical, but my coldest October temp in the 9 years I've lived here. 

[Chewbacca Defense]

27 with a DP of 24

[TT-SEA]

22 in Olympia on the hour.

 

35 here with a little wind... 37 down in North Bend.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Impressive temps east side. 

 

Burns 1

Baker City 3

La Grande 8

Hermiston 12

The Dalles 19

Redmond 6

Ontario 10

Seneca -3

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Lovely morning. 24F DP 15.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

5 min obs show Olympia down to 21. 

[Tyler Mode]

24 this morning.

[TacomaWaWx]

30 degrees in Tacoma at sunrise. Here in port Townsend it’s 38. Getting ready to take the ferry to whidbey then another ferry to orcas island. Should be fun!

[TacomaWaWx]

Beautiful sunrise up north this morning.

[Blizzard777]

27*

dp 16

[Skagit Weather]

Wind never completely died up here so only dropped to 31F. Kind of weird to think it was colder at the beginning of October. Anyways I guess the garden survives another day.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Really wouldn't surprise me if some locations especially around PDX had their coldest lows tonight. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

In Oregon it appears this will not be quite as cold with overnight lows than what October 2002 bottomed out at. 

[Omegaraptor]

HIO got to 24.

 

PDX, despite being a joke, got to 31. First frost, yay!

[Blizzard777]

Poor Troutdale.....the last stronghold for the wind 

36* dp12

East wind sustained 23....gust 33

meanwhile up on Larch Mt

28* wsw wind 2–4 
dp 2

[MossMan]

29 with a DP of 22. 28 was my official low. Crunchy!

[Blizzard777]

Now 26* at the house

Cant imagine how the folks on the street are handling this already 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

Missed the record by a couple degrees but apparently Roseburg and several places in the Umpqua Basin set records, breaking the previous marks...from 2002.

 

The parallels are pretty staggering and worrisome going forward.

[Omegaraptor]

Missed the record by a couple degrees but apparently Roseburg and several places in the Umpqua Basin set records, breaking the previous marks...from 2002.

 

The parallels are pretty staggering and worrisome going forward.

This year is a moderate El Niño, strong +PDO, and solar maximum, right?

[Blizzard777]

Brother just reported 5* in La Pine 

[Jesse]

Missed the record by a couple degrees but apparently Roseburg and several places in the Umpqua Basin set records, breaking the previous marks...from 2002.

 

The parallels are pretty staggering and worrisome going forward.

When we were seeing cold earlier in the month and in late September, during times when years that went to have great winters saw cold, you were worried then too.

 

Really this fall has been nothing like 2002. October 2002 was fairly torchy leading up to the late month events, this one will end up the coldest in decades. Not to mention the robust Niño that year.

[Blizzard777]

SE Portland east wind still breezy

35*

NE side of trees all naked 

[Blizzard777]

Crown point winds are screaming!!!

that will water up your eyeballs! 

[umadbro]

Crown point winds are screaming!!!

that will water up your eyeballs!

Screaming at crown point is 90mph or higher

[wx_statman]

Peter Sinks, UT is currently at -41.4. Not sure what their low was.

 

https://climate.usu.edu/PeterSinks/index.php

 

On the bottom of that page, you can scroll back to see they hit at least -45.5 between 2:15 and 2:30 AM. 

[Timmy]

19f at timber junction, that’s on the west side.

[wx_statman]

Would have been sexier if PDX hit the 20s this morning. Oh well, maybe tomorrow. 

[Blizzard777]

Screaming at crown point is 90mph or higher

This is a great day to take little kids up there, attach string to their chest and fly them! 

 

[IbrChris]

Some crazy cold minimums this morning in Wyoming:

 

-26 at Big Piney (prev. Oct record -15 in 1971)

-25 at Old Faithful (prev. Oct record -11 in 1991)

-22 at Saratoga (prev. Oct record -8 in 1972)

-20 at Rawlins Airport (prev. Oct record -7 in 1972)

 

In Idaho, -17 this morning at Island Park is a preliminary state record for October. The listed record is -16 at Big Springs in 1917. Island Park had also set the Idaho state record low for pre-10/15 readings when they fell to -3 in the earlier cold wave around the 10th this month. 

-21 at Copper Basin and -20 at Fairfield. Fairfield is a town in Camas County, ID and may go down as the new Oct state record low. -18 at Island Park. Surprisingly Stanley didn't post anything under -10...perhaps no snow cover over there.

 

-29 at Old Faithful Lodge (new station) while the Ranger Station fell to -25.

[ShawniganLake]

27F here. Not sure what the official numbers will say for Shawnigan Lake, but likely the coldest it’s been in October since 2009, or more likely 2006.

[IbrChris]

-7 at Foster Flat (Oregon's coldest)...far cry from the -14 on Oct 31, 2002 and didn't even beat the official OR record of -11 at Seneca and Fort Rock on Oct 31, 2002.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Looks like Baker City set a daily record and came 1 degree from tying the October record. It also appears La Grande shattered their monthly record. 

[Phil]

It's a bit ironic, when last winter you were arguing to the end that it was going to be neutral, and it ended up being a weak Nino. The inverse of this year, perhaps.

I didn’t think last year would pull it off, but I was open to the possibility. This year would be somewhat more borderline but the system state does favor it.

[wx_statman]

Some crazy cold minimums this morning in Wyoming:

 

-26 at Big Piney (prev. Oct record -15 in 1971)

-25 at Old Faithful (prev. Oct record -11 in 1991)

-22 at Saratoga (prev. Oct record -8 in 1972)

-20 at Rawlins Airport (prev. Oct record -7 in 1972)

 

In Idaho, -17 this morning at Island Park is a preliminary state record for October. The listed record is -16 at Big Springs in 1917. Island Park had also set the Idaho state record low for pre-10/15 readings when they fell to -3 in the earlier cold wave around the 10th this month. 

 

The Saratoga 4N COOP bottomed out at -29 this morning. Unbelievable. 

[SilverFallsAndrew]

I didn’t think last year would pull it off, but I was open to the possibility. This year would be somewhat more borderline but the system state does favor it.