The change seems obvious if you’ve lived every year in the Pacific Northwest. Front Ranger has lived in Denver for a while, right? That might be the source of the disconnect. There are certain things that these statistics don’t perfectly capture—sunshine hours, rainy days as opposed to amount of rain, cloud cover, etc.
A fairly sizable increase there as well. May 2022 and May 2024 are the only post-2013 years that came in at or below the historical average there in that metric.
I don't know why this would be a revelation to someone who supposedly follows our weather, either. The warming in May is not something that is exclusive to PDX.
Yes, because May has bled into the summer shoulder season more and more in the last decade....
Again, this is pretty incontrovertible. There's a reason why everyone who actually lives here and has experienced it is in agreement.