Looks like PDX will end up with the 4th or 5th warmest December on record, probably not quite as warm as last year though.

Rainfall this month has been pretty pedestrian. 0.86" overnight, up to 9.86" on the month. Starting to think we end up almost exactly average. PDX and SLE are now slightly above average on the month. Eugene still about half an inch BELOW average.

Memories keep me positive.

Some southern lower Michigan weather history for December 27. 1959: Southerly winds bring mild weather with lows in the 40s and highs in the upper 50s. 1993: Temperatures plunge below zero, beginning a long stretch of arctic weather that will continue through much of January. 1904, there was a maximum temperature of 56 degrees in Detroit between 3 and 4 pm that fell steadily to a minimum of 18 by midnight.

.02” so far on the day, 5.98” for the month, 58.34” on the year. 40 degrees and dribbling currently. And it’s coming!