Both March and April were warmer and drier than average at PDX and VUO, the latter of which seems to have a lot less in the way of UHI issues. And May is obviously tbd since we’re not even halfway through the month yet.
But even going off of your recent cherry picked station of choice, I wouldn’t say there’s a lot to “pay for” this summer. Which doesn’t matter anyway since odds are overwhelming that we’ll have another hott one regardless. Any more rain or cool weather we can scrape together before the hellfire sets in is a blessing.
Downtown Portland temp anomalies so far.
March: 0.0
April: +.1
May: 0.0
Definitely on the dry side for the first half of spring, but thanks to the very wet start, most places in NW OR/SW WA are running close to double normal May precip to this point. And promise in the pattern ahead.
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