This May was about 1.5 degrees below the long term average for downtown Portland.
Interestingly, May 2022 was actually more than a degree colder than May 1964 in downtown Portland.
Eric is a giant weenie. He's been saying for weeks now that IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME before Mexican heat dome moves into SW U.S. and locks in..meanwhile, the Euro says the current heat there (which is not particularly noteworthy) is transient and this is next.