tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65194833643318693962024-03-28T20:28:51.824-07:00Clark County Weather BlogMusings about our Clark County weatherRod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.comBlogger260125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-64738084028133270112024-01-19T11:25:00.000-08:002024-01-19T11:25:01.738-08:00Persistent Cold into its 11th Day<p>The last 11 days has seen some chilly weather including some bitter cold weather, with some snow and ice, along with a very atypical persistence of the cold weather. On Tuesday January 9th a cold system came in a dropped about an inch of snow here any my house. I sit at 300 feet above sea level and it seems like areas at sea level barely got any snow at all. That snow stayed on the ground for a day or two then mostly melted away. On Friday the 12th a mass of arctic air that was anticipated rolled inform the north. At about the same time a system was coming in off the coast. Friday was cold and cloudy all day and into the evening with temps dropping down to around 15º and staying there all day Saturday. Then the moisture arrived and that lead to several hours of often heavy snow. I ended up with 4.5 inches on the ground of very dry snow. With the arctic air firmly in place all of that snow layer on the ground through Tuesday night when a warm front came in from the south west. This storm came over the top of all that entrenched cold air that continued to be fed with more cold air through the Columbia River Gorge. Thus sleet and freezing rain hit us Tuesday night. By yesterday the freezing temperatures were gone but that dry snow has been able to soak up all the water coming in from the rain. I still have 2.5 inches of last Saturday's snow sitting on the ground. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmpTh4tio_HzZ1KHA6yWdSxp4jDcVnTz0oxpkqSDDILDG6VMo9iQv4npgPShaeoihV7NxoaF0FnIXqdsWrqUwWr4lpk8KeiwadAjhDm0qbQjz31j3E-Ts41Aq60MAjmQaHVxXLSz5fXpjL3a1NT4jqXsREXaao6hoFNcE75LPWImy9EEkV4gP_52Uoys/s498/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%2011.15.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="492" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRmpTh4tio_HzZ1KHA6yWdSxp4jDcVnTz0oxpkqSDDILDG6VMo9iQv4npgPShaeoihV7NxoaF0FnIXqdsWrqUwWr4lpk8KeiwadAjhDm0qbQjz31j3E-Ts41Aq60MAjmQaHVxXLSz5fXpjL3a1NT4jqXsREXaao6hoFNcE75LPWImy9EEkV4gP_52Uoys/w220-h222/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%2011.15.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="220" /></a>It looks like we could see 40º today and with a little help from the sun should she choose to make an appearance, this snow and ice should retire. This storm had all the weather models arguing with each other and local weather officials were rather baffled by it. Here is a report of the events leading to and during this winter event. The 13th is a little misleading as that high temp came at 12:01 AM and steadily fell until it hit 15º and stayed flat until after midnight when it bottomed out the morning the 14th. The lows produced by this arctic air were not really that remarkable. We routinely see lows int he teens during cold air outbreaks. But those are typically clear and cold conditions not cloudy and snowy. Having daytime highs in the teens is downright rare around here. </p><p>As I wrap this report up the sun is trying to peek out so the slushy mess that is our neighborhood streets is likely to meet its end today or tomorrow. The outlook for this upcoming week is rain showers with highs in the upper 40s and low 50's a distinct possibility. Overnight lows are expected to remain mostly above freezing. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05HEahn1Pd-qs0qxv9oUFM9_jXlcs23BYc7HIo7ZHtFV_E311YZep6HFur6su3MAfDkqExeVLjylHF8OYToGyqXQVxlh00vp4g-gnuiHyQ4UddNb9dFgPZjGvdAR7Gi4SlLb4P-_wl0j3wohX6tZPHFhrQDog29PvQ1gQ7oAJN4Fwhd1Ff7biMWWTawI/s1026/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%2011.15.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="674" data-original-width="1026" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg05HEahn1Pd-qs0qxv9oUFM9_jXlcs23BYc7HIo7ZHtFV_E311YZep6HFur6su3MAfDkqExeVLjylHF8OYToGyqXQVxlh00vp4g-gnuiHyQ4UddNb9dFgPZjGvdAR7Gi4SlLb4P-_wl0j3wohX6tZPHFhrQDog29PvQ1gQ7oAJN4Fwhd1Ff7biMWWTawI/w536-h352/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%2011.15.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="536" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-10513222913683246392023-08-01T15:21:00.002-07:002023-08-01T15:21:45.077-07:00June and July Typical <p>The last two months featured typical summer weather and we didn't see much in the way of records. This blog is going to change a bit from a monthly review of local weather statistics to more of an anecdotal review of weather and extreme events as they occur. I will continue to gather data but will not be presenting monthly stats on a schedule as I have before. </p><p>I will return with more information soon.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-44611918781352076872023-06-01T11:13:00.000-07:002023-06-01T11:13:34.584-07:00May didn't feel that warm<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfXLE7QTw5_y4rTnyiGoSlHB1rUg83QddhGw9yaf8HmX2X_XQbd3J_Ouvc7T9Ps1uLrlar1tjZf3_cN5cZAmSr_mWsvGn3IfP7zAmiZ6FyhXci-BaRxKe_VWzGaUm1w-y0wGZRlloJvvOqlEqexjN0Uox7QxpcuIGoBfopMUNf4a4bBV7yFH0EG9J/s1274/Screenshot%202023-06-01%20at%2010.13.51%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1166" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdfXLE7QTw5_y4rTnyiGoSlHB1rUg83QddhGw9yaf8HmX2X_XQbd3J_Ouvc7T9Ps1uLrlar1tjZf3_cN5cZAmSr_mWsvGn3IfP7zAmiZ6FyhXci-BaRxKe_VWzGaUm1w-y0wGZRlloJvvOqlEqexjN0Uox7QxpcuIGoBfopMUNf4a4bBV7yFH0EG9J/s320/Screenshot%202023-06-01%20at%2010.13.51%20AM.png" width="293" /></a>It's true, other than a couple days it wasn't really that warm last month, yet the data has something else to say. May 2023 set several warm temp records and by several I mean EIGHT, yes eight daily records for my station fell. Bear in mind these are not true 'all time' records as I have operated a weather station at this location for the last 22 years. That however is still a lot of dailies to fall in one month.</p><p>It is not unusual for May to bring the seasons first 90º mark and in fact May did just that this year. We cracked that on May 13th and would follow it up with another on May 15th. A total of two days at or above 90º and several other days in the 80s. Nary a freezing temperature all month and that is no surprise as subfreezing weather in May is rare. In fact we failed to drop below 40º on any of May's 31 days. Just nine days had lows below 50º and 3 days managed stay above 60º all night long. The warmest over night low a summer-like 62º on the 15th. Five overnight lows were daily records for warm minimums. Despite several warm afternoons above 85º only two of those were daily records, the third daily record fell on the 20th with a mild 79.6º temp. That remains as one of only two days in May with local records under 80º. The warmest afternoon was a 90.8º mark on May 13th no where near the all time May record of over 95º. With all that warm weather you might think there wasn't a chilly day, but there was. The coolest evening low came on the 9th with a crisp 42.9º and three afternoons failed to reach 60º the chilliest of which was May 4th at 56.7º. Monthly averages were well above my 22 year average with mornings coming in at 52.8º nearly 4º above normal and daily high averaged out to almost 74º a full 6º above normal. Yikes, it really didn't feel that warm.</p><p>Rainfall was pitifully low coming in about a third of typical for May. A very July like 1.14 inches in the bucket, but there were thunderstorms around and some local areas got drenched. Even with those isolated downpours it was a dry May. More than half the monthly total came on one day, with 0.61 inch on the 5th. A total of just four days with measurable precipitation all of it in the first half of the month.</p><p>June is starting out like May ended with coastal clouds moving in mid morning and burning off around noon. Temps in the comfortable upper 60s and low 70s. That's fine by me, I'll take that all month long :)</p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-11002151555460118292023-05-01T21:33:00.001-07:002023-05-01T21:33:51.879-07:00Soggy and Chilly April ends Toasty<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-i2r0MnBRNiF7_vMz1xx13HH5pM-fg4gOqtDvccVxngsTydYYwctI7bUzXyhzhq2v4KpDrZEEzuIxt6QGSagTlATEcYX0ttiMYuSD05tiZybgaDyjKsJ0GdFAYjlCzM8Hls6inViks-m7dARxO8GVdVou9WOs3dlhc9a35yDPlEoRbKjvxHp6jQ3c/s1298/Screenshot%202023-05-01%20at%208.53.43%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1160" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-i2r0MnBRNiF7_vMz1xx13HH5pM-fg4gOqtDvccVxngsTydYYwctI7bUzXyhzhq2v4KpDrZEEzuIxt6QGSagTlATEcYX0ttiMYuSD05tiZybgaDyjKsJ0GdFAYjlCzM8Hls6inViks-m7dARxO8GVdVou9WOs3dlhc9a35yDPlEoRbKjvxHp6jQ3c/s320/Screenshot%202023-05-01%20at%208.53.43%20PM.png" width="286" /></a></div>What a wild month we had in April. There was rain, there was snow, the was summer heat, and there were records broken.<p></p><p>Starting with the the temps, April was chilly by day and about average by night. The coldest morning low was a 32.9º mark on the 12th a day that saw an inch of sticking snow. The coldest afternoon high was a January like 42.3 and the coldest afternoon high I have ever recorded in April. There were two daily low max temps records last month along with 7 days that failed to reach 50º. The month stayed above freezing but delivered 11 days with low temps below 40º. </p><p>March gave me my first 60º day of the year and April as expected delivered the first 70º day with a nice 74.8º mark on the 26th. That is pretty late for the first 70º+ day. It was the first 70º day since October 16th which was also the last time we saw an 80º day. April delivered pair of eighties on the 28th and 29th with 87.1º and 84.3º respectively both of which were daily high records. No where near the all time April record of 91º. Four days above 70º and eight days above 60º. On the evening side there was also a daily record warm overnight low with 57.7º on the 29th following that crispy 87.1º high on the 28th. </p><p>As for precipitation, I did record the latest sticking snowfall ever, besting last years record of April 11th with an inch that fell the morning of the 12th. It stuck around for part of the day but was gone before sunset. Other than a brief tenth of an inch that stuck for about 10 minutes on the 3rd, that was it for frozen perception. There were a few days with wintry mix that didn't stick. Rainfall was plentiful so I'll assume those April showers will deliver lots of May flowers this month. I recorded more than 6 inches of rain compared to my average of 4.24 inches. 19 days with measurable precipitation is bit heavy for April, even in the soggy Northwest. 8 of those days saw a 1/4 inch or more but I didn't receive more than an inch on any one day. The wettest day got close with 0.95 inch on the 11th. </p><p>April was wild on the weather side and its leaving me wondering what May will bring.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-6356938577859174012023-04-03T12:11:00.001-07:002023-04-03T12:11:46.169-07:00March was in like a Lion and Out the same way<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHovkUn_uEnimaHYgLloCv8ikSwNfypxqtXvW_AppY6B2isTRuhxyBrlnZQf_Tr36M7RFrv1pqizzpXGoH27sbH2h26AKIa45W8gFQAo__b1CvbD-9fXXPZJDe9UCs3DDxdk3kJZc1NmX8tWO_0uQwtd_nAsEcZXKViwDqUovKuV-CG-VvAZEofliM/s1282/Screenshot%202023-04-03%20at%2011.40.55%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1158" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHovkUn_uEnimaHYgLloCv8ikSwNfypxqtXvW_AppY6B2isTRuhxyBrlnZQf_Tr36M7RFrv1pqizzpXGoH27sbH2h26AKIa45W8gFQAo__b1CvbD-9fXXPZJDe9UCs3DDxdk3kJZc1NmX8tWO_0uQwtd_nAsEcZXKViwDqUovKuV-CG-VvAZEofliM/s320/Screenshot%202023-04-03%20at%2011.40.55%20AM.png" width="289" /></a></div>March was pretty wild or so it seemed. The actual numbers show pretty normal precipitation both in wet and frozen varieties. Temps seemed much cooler than average and they were in the afternoon. Overnight lows were observed to be about 1º under 'normal' but daytime highs were a whopping 5º under 'normal' for the month. The month came in chilly and blustery with mixed winter precipitation dominating the weather. There was one spring-like patch but then the month ended on a cold and chilly note with wind, thunder, and mixed winter precipitation. The snow levels locally stayed under 2000 feet for nearly the whole month and dipped under 1000 feet at least 15 days of the month even finding sea level a few times.<p></p><p>On the temperature side of things the month had just two days with morning lows below freezing with one daily record low of 29.7º on the 16th which was the coldest temp of the month. No where near my all time low for March at 19.4º. 27 days had morning lows under 40º which is a tad cool for March. The warmest overnight temp was 44.3º on the 19th. </p><p>Daytime highs really felt more like January with 18 days that failed to reach 50º and two that couldn't even muster 40º. There were four daily records for cold maximum temps. The chilliest was a high temp of 39º on the 12th. There were four days that managed to get above 60º with the warmest afternoon coming on the 18th with 66.1º. </p><p>The real story was precipitation. Despite very close to normal rainfall and snowfall, March felt wet and wild. 5.34 inches of rain came down just a few tenths shy of typical for March. The frozen variety was a typical 0.60 inch a tad shy of normal. The only sticking snow fell over the 7th and 8th with about 1/2 inch on the ground on the 8th. The wettest day was the 14th when 1.18 inches fell which was one of 8 days with more than 1/4 inch of rain. March was uncharacteristically cloudy and damp with 22 days of measurable precipitation and just four sunny days. We were definitely living up to our reputation as a cloudy and soggy area.</p><p>April is starting out like March ended with mixed winter precipitation, cool temps and very low snow levels. The local weather experts are predicting a warm up of spring appropriate temps starting next week with some forecasts showing upper 70s by the end of next week. We shall see about that ;)</p><br /><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-11613440296545300572023-03-01T11:41:00.005-08:002023-03-01T11:41:53.308-08:00February is done and now wears the Snow Crown<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-gLRBElbd_U_43pN7oNsSs-wTiG4-yo8tEro6OLDK1E8ClB6dtspyN0-UZxcO6ouTJ4cisGa96sBkdA35gwLsW818Aokk_wAcGE-ryUIGmgie0DkAXRkOOcyQHkd3QBEr9MOq2NGT0uB22jqanm6SLuid0d5bSshUKAFDuJsE33looUcjUXBbO8G/s1386/Screenshot%202023-03-01%20at%2010.38.29%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1314" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN-gLRBElbd_U_43pN7oNsSs-wTiG4-yo8tEro6OLDK1E8ClB6dtspyN0-UZxcO6ouTJ4cisGa96sBkdA35gwLsW818Aokk_wAcGE-ryUIGmgie0DkAXRkOOcyQHkd3QBEr9MOq2NGT0uB22jqanm6SLuid0d5bSshUKAFDuJsE33looUcjUXBbO8G/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-01%20at%2010.38.29%20AM.png" width="303" /></a></div>What's this snow crown baloney? I'll get to that later; first let's take a look at February's numbers shall we?<p></p><p>As the title at least in part suggests, we had some snow in February and not just a typical Western Washington dusting. The month was notably cooler than my 22 year average with daytime highs averaging 46.1º nearly three below normal, and morning lows averaging 32.5º which is two and a half degrees cooler than normal. The month was pretty dry as far as water content is concerned. </p><p>Temps ranged from a high of 54.8º on the 9th to a low of 14.3º on the 2nd which was a 22 year all time low for February edging out the previous record by a mere two tenths of a degree. Now these are my records for my 22 years of reporting from this site, Vancouver's all time record low for February came in 1950 with a reading of -2º so we were no where near that. The chilliest afternoon high arrived on the 23rd with 31.3º which was also a 22 year record daily at this location. Three daily record lows fell last month and two daily record low max temps as well. February delivered eight days with temps above 50º and four days that failed to reach 40º. A dozen days dipped below the freezing mark overnight but only one day failed to rise above freezing. The warmest overnight low arrived on the morning of the 20th when the mercury only dipped to 43.8º. </p><p>On the precipitation side of weather, February was actually a bit boring. There were just 4 sunny days the whole month and 14 rainy/snowy days. The wettest day was mere 0.29 inch on the 27th, which was one of just 3 days measuring more than 1/4 inch. The total water content was only a third of normal with 2.06 inches. There were six days with winter precipitation falling mostly as snow with the snowiest day being the 22nd when I measured 5 inches. The month of February ended up with 7.5 inches of snow. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6B2jK_6rGjtQ2-SnKiQ03G1jHtofyhE_GtfhKqSYiHoaBx-YgzJGbZ8pUB8pfCLUNLu3WBV34Vg9-sRxxxc_s821vqOKoBubiiZY-N--kwYcvp2qZOxJ0ZraczHN-o9_-e8P7nbPuIot0K72vxyTrs361Q-j1ZplPH3GxKXnofJpDhufcsPgN5pD/s1530/Screenshot%202023-03-01%20at%2011.32.11%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="1530" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO6B2jK_6rGjtQ2-SnKiQ03G1jHtofyhE_GtfhKqSYiHoaBx-YgzJGbZ8pUB8pfCLUNLu3WBV34Vg9-sRxxxc_s821vqOKoBubiiZY-N--kwYcvp2qZOxJ0ZraczHN-o9_-e8P7nbPuIot0K72vxyTrs361Q-j1ZplPH3GxKXnofJpDhufcsPgN5pD/s320/Screenshot%202023-03-01%20at%2011.32.11%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />So what's up with the title? Snow Crown? The first dozen years of recording weather at this location February was always a distant third behind January and December in terms of average snowfall. But the last decade has seen February quietly moving closer to the December and January averages with several 'snowmeggeddon' events. This year for the first time in my 22 years of records February is now the snowiest month averaging 2.62 inches a year ahead of January which has fallen to 2.48 inches average and December which has been steady averaging 2.49 inches. I haven't had a big snowstorm in January since 2017 when the month recorded more than 8 inches. I've had three Januaries since then with ZERO snowfall. Historically, according to long time weather records, January has been the juggernaut for snowfall with 4.29 inches on average compared to paltry numbers for December and February at 1.4 and 1.1 inches respectively. So for now, February is the snowiest month at my house. I'd imagine that we will get some monster 'snowpocalypse' in January in the next year or so and that month will reclaim the crown. The chart shows February's snow fall versus the other months since the 01-02 winter season.<p></p><div>March looks like it' coming in like a lion we shall see if it goes out like a lamb.</div>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-25549749791968642922023-02-01T10:00:00.011-08:002023-02-01T10:00:00.211-08:002023 off to gloomy start<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3YQqebq78-kgiQi3e-vItWYJH7fma2pbgIF0Jsap6marejs7giwA17KUOSoEE7cgTTrfQfEo2vM3shWuUcddff769daJrjGBSZlfL2djAdO3vnbWVlGgpFzQw3KEBuAWi2hdXStsyKHhzY_mfSLLxG5vgvgsDKcr60hHy5kxxUruO3Hx_tJq6mKb/s1484/Screenshot%202023-01-31%20at%203.33.10%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1348" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH3YQqebq78-kgiQi3e-vItWYJH7fma2pbgIF0Jsap6marejs7giwA17KUOSoEE7cgTTrfQfEo2vM3shWuUcddff769daJrjGBSZlfL2djAdO3vnbWVlGgpFzQw3KEBuAWi2hdXStsyKHhzY_mfSLLxG5vgvgsDKcr60hHy5kxxUruO3Hx_tJq6mKb/s320/Screenshot%202023-01-31%20at%203.33.10%20PM.png" width="291" /></a></div>The first month in 2023 is now done and the verdict is: cloudy. This past month ran a bit warmer than average with overnight lows about 3º above average and daytime highs a single degree above normal. The month was relatively drama free but limited to just two days of sunshine which happened to come on the last three days of the month and under chilly temps. There was measurable precipitation on 21 of 31 days almost all of in in the form of rain. Just one day have snowfall and that only stuck for a few minutes measuring a trace of about 0.1 inch. <p></p><p>Temperatures ranged from a chilly 13.4º on the morning of the 30th to a balmy afternoon high on the 8th of 52.6º. The warmest overnight low arrived on the 13th with 47.3º and the chilliest afternoon high arrived on the 29th with 38.1º. Obviously we managed to get above freezing on every single day in January 2023. We only had 4 days with temperatures below freezing and just the one day under 20º so really a rather uneventful temperature range. The 13.4º low on the 30th was not quite enough to break my local 21 year record for the day which was 13.3º and that is the coldest January day since I started keeping my records, so that was almost a monthly record low :) I did have a local 21 year daily record high last month recorded on the 9th with 51.2º. Another odd record was the high on 29th of 38.1º just barely edged out the previous record low maximum temp. </p><p>January delivered a whopping 8 days with highs above 50º and only 3 days that failed to reach 40º. There were 11 days with overnight lows above 40º. The month delivered 21 rainy days against just 2 sunny days and the wettest day was a modest 0.51 inch on the 12th which was one of 7 days producing a 1/4 inch or more. Total rainfall was well below average with just 4.29 inches landing in my bucket. The only snow came in flurries of snow and graupel on the 23rd sticking only for a short while.</p><p>February can be a mixed bag as normal temps tend to float in the 50s by day and upper 30s by night. But deep freezes can happen as well as heavy snow, we shall see.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-47033603024581474242023-01-03T13:05:00.005-08:002023-01-03T13:05:36.725-08:00December is done, and so is 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqVjvyQpkQa5516p1e_lsMR0D8haAf6KW3ZrZOensOkHiCKFd1DcrXF3enRRzZzbPl9hcTCToEZ-rcL8__NlvU0T0tzpq_zNY-nYqmuRcg68_VTG73R92JqssUrz-gZBLN6GYAg0vUbMm2YeBTuVdmi9I5A0OvSjGnQAUdrWFIyz7Dpm15YrtG8Mc/s1286/Screenshot%202023-01-03%20at%2011.51.29%20AM.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1202" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqVjvyQpkQa5516p1e_lsMR0D8haAf6KW3ZrZOensOkHiCKFd1DcrXF3enRRzZzbPl9hcTCToEZ-rcL8__NlvU0T0tzpq_zNY-nYqmuRcg68_VTG73R92JqssUrz-gZBLN6GYAg0vUbMm2YeBTuVdmi9I5A0OvSjGnQAUdrWFIyz7Dpm15YrtG8Mc/s320/Screenshot%202023-01-03%20at%2011.51.29%20AM.png" width="299" /></a></div>December was a bit of a wild one! I had ten, count them, ten daily records at my house this past month. My records date back 22 years. This was a mix of daily record highs, daily record lows for both maximum and minimum temps. The month had some snow, ice, and plenty of rain.<p></p><p>Temperatures started out pretty normal with lows right around freezing and highs in the upper 30s and low 40s. But starting mid-month we saw some chilly morning lows in the teens. Four daily record morning lows were recorded on the 17th and the 21st-23rd. They were 18.5º, 19.8º, 17.4º, and 21.9º respectively. None of these were the coldest of the year however that came back in February with a mark of 14.8º. I also recorded to daily record minimum high temperatures on the 22nd and 23rd with 27.5º and 27.1º respectively, the latter being the chilliest afternoon high of the year. What followed those chilly days was a warm and wet front that rolled through bringing some unseasonably warm air in to the region. On the 27th and 30th I recorded both daily record highs and daily record high minimum temperatures of 44.1º L and 56º H on the 27th and 40.7º L and 54.1º H on the 30th. The 27th had the warmest overnight low and the warmest daytime high of the month. </p><p>December yielded 11 sub freezing mornings and 2 days that failed to get above freezing at all. There were 5 days that did not drop below 40º overnight and 9 days that failed to reach 40º at all. </p><p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqx_olAXhAmqTyUXW4IESQK6nZ3IPW-Qg98-EGZSmW3bSR3_uLDG6gHzGBXPUMbWbMSsTjGyfTvYyCUGJdLlAyVTzPJj_FQzYXgGOScj9zuAcZoPiVUdCY8kCBU_AxRNOoHWeX0wmJgNmPq9KFUhzIT63aYm2lMrxdVfOLu03ytLbisbpM5r4vRfT/s3000/icestrom-12-23-2022-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="2001" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqx_olAXhAmqTyUXW4IESQK6nZ3IPW-Qg98-EGZSmW3bSR3_uLDG6gHzGBXPUMbWbMSsTjGyfTvYyCUGJdLlAyVTzPJj_FQzYXgGOScj9zuAcZoPiVUdCY8kCBU_AxRNOoHWeX0wmJgNmPq9KFUhzIT63aYm2lMrxdVfOLu03ytLbisbpM5r4vRfT/w180-h271/icestrom-12-23-2022-9.jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>About an inch of ice <br />accumulated on 12/23/22</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Precipitation was well above average for rain and about average for snow. I got 9.38 inches of rain in the bucket along with 1.5 inches of snow and 1.1 inches of ice. Average rainfall for December at my house is 8.02 inches and typical snowfall is 2.49 inches. The ice event just before Christmas was the most ice accumulation since 2004. The wettest day was the 27th no surprise it was the warmest day as well, 2.60 inches of sloppy wet rain fell and that was also the wettest day of the year. December managed to produce 11 days with at least 1/4 inch of rain. Just 2 days were sunny. All of the snowfall fell on the 4th and the ice came in a three day stretch from the 22nd-24th. Christmas was an icy mess. </p><p>The year in review:</p><p>2022 was marked with a mild first quarter followed by a surprise April snowstorm that dropped 4 inches of snow over two days. A fairly typical coolish spring followed by a pretty darn average summer. The Autumn was very atypical with October producing California like warmth and breaking several records. December brought the potpourri of weather wet and wild with some snow and the second worst ice storm I have recorded, the biggest ice event came in Jan of 2004. Below are some statistics for the year.</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Wettest day, 12/27: 2.60 inches</li><li>Snowiest day, 4/11: 3.5 inches</li><li>Hottest day, 7/26: 100.1º</li><li>Coldest high, 12/23: 27.1º</li><li>Warmest night, 8/18: 72.9º</li><li>Coldest low, 2/23: 14.8º</li><li>Total rainfall 2022: 48.77 inches<i> (average 53.36)</i></li><li>Total snowfall 2022: 7.05 inches <i>(average 8.57)</i></li><li>Days over 100º 2022: 1 <i>(average 0.6)</i></li><li>Days over 90º 2022: 23 <i>(average 12.8)</i></li><li>Morning lows < 32º: 37</li><li>Sub freezing highs: 2</li><li>Sunny days: 93</li><li>Rainy days: 135</li><li>Days with .25 inch rain: 54 </li><li>Average low 2022: 46.23º</li><li>Average high 2022: 62.76º</li></ul><div>Happy New Year!</div><p></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-68192820427185261782022-12-01T11:41:00.001-08:002022-12-01T11:41:13.336-08:00Chilly and Wet November in the Books<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHZJHRxJNGNNyJIqdQi1BZSYINk3gQ3N_SAxfLrStqLiWoDKHd6UeSJNauhUHSLZZ9UBBwglxoyXz2r0yZkDx62LPAEGZDILUJyspA_wM8sckWlNjdVh5t8kudm79LXdh4mBO9H3E1bLybYIHInEWB2uGWzxXbU4Xg6HWfeZwRsbqZCX_h1gJhwVU/s1278/Screenshot%202022-12-01%20at%2011.33.57%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1174" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUHZJHRxJNGNNyJIqdQi1BZSYINk3gQ3N_SAxfLrStqLiWoDKHd6UeSJNauhUHSLZZ9UBBwglxoyXz2r0yZkDx62LPAEGZDILUJyspA_wM8sckWlNjdVh5t8kudm79LXdh4mBO9H3E1bLybYIHInEWB2uGWzxXbU4Xg6HWfeZwRsbqZCX_h1gJhwVU/s320/Screenshot%202022-12-01%20at%2011.33.57%20AM.png" width="294" /></a></div>After last month's record heat one might expect a warmer than average followup yet this past month was much cooler than my 21 year rolling average and it was nearly as cold as October was hot relative to "normal." November delivered near normal precipitation and temps that were on average 3.5º cooler overnight and about 3.5º cooler by day as well than my 21 year normal. Five daily records were broken all cold records four overnight lows and one daily cold high. The all time monthly record for cold either overnight or daytime was not challenged, not even close in fact.<p></p><p>The warmest day last month was 57.2º on the 5th with very heavy rain coming down. The warmest overnight low of 47º came on the 4th with a wet system on approach. The coldest overnight low arrived the morning of the 19th when my thermometer reported 19.8º under clear skies. The coldest daytime high was 37.8º on the 29th under mixed precipitation. That was not a daily record cold high. Records broken for the month were all local daily records from my 21 years here. They were morning lows of 31º, 24.5º, 21º, and 19.8º on the 13th, 14th, 17th, and 19th of the month. None of these cold temps was close to challenging my all time November low of 13.8º back in 2010. The daily record cold high was not that chilly but it came early in the month on the 7th with a 42.9º mark. Overall November delivered seven days with subfreezing temps, one day under 20º, and five others in the 20s. Every day but one managed to get above 40º in the afternoon, and eight days made it to the 50s. </p><p>Precipitation ran close to normal with my number shy by less than an inch of my 21 year normal. 7.06 inches fell almost all of it as rain but a little wintry mix as well. There was no sticking snow at my house. Sticking snow was found as low as 500 feet above sea level. The wettest day came on the 5th with an all day deluge of 2.06 inches. That was one of two days exceeding an inch and seven days that exceeded 0.25 inch. All told 14 days with precipitation against nine sunny days. Nine sunny days in November is actually pretty damn good :)</p><p>It seems like we are headed towards another cooler than average month but one never knows what the weather will decide to do. I would expect some sticking snow down to sea level at some point in the next few weeks.</p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-76146468159655353822022-11-03T12:07:00.000-07:002022-11-03T12:07:13.059-07:00Warmest October I have yet Recorded<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8unVQZELs0PTgw6L7bkd7N3YpXHxO4_8bgHI5zLh-_0LUOcj973APcc67SGHPG3SoxXoiYH3Ba4N6aspxkuS66h0xsnffsi4SW6B5mJ6q4COgUexTDiOVUgiP1Xc8g6T71lYMUE1attjZuIApFewR7NNENNw6GnmvMrqs5nF1sWJYKaOK4Q05iZCI/s1290/Screenshot%202022-11-01%20at%2012.27.26%20PM.png" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1204" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8unVQZELs0PTgw6L7bkd7N3YpXHxO4_8bgHI5zLh-_0LUOcj973APcc67SGHPG3SoxXoiYH3Ba4N6aspxkuS66h0xsnffsi4SW6B5mJ6q4COgUexTDiOVUgiP1Xc8g6T71lYMUE1attjZuIApFewR7NNENNw6GnmvMrqs5nF1sWJYKaOK4Q05iZCI/s320/Screenshot%202022-11-01%20at%2012.27.26%20PM.png" width="299" /></a>You read that right friends. This October was a scorcher, well for October at least. I set more warm daily records than ever before in any month and this is my 21st October keeping temperature records at this location. 13 daily high records fell for this location and two warm morning low records as well. That is nuts. It gets nuttier because I also recorded my warmest temperature ever for October. Generally in October we get a couple of warm days in the upper seventies of maybe an 80º temp almost always in the first 10 days of the month. Then the rain train arrives and that's the end of that. Not this year, we had a proper Indian Summer with three weeks of warm weather mostly in the 70's and 80's. The end of the month was more like a regular October with rain and cool temps.</p><p></p><p>So what's all this fuss about? Here it is: October, 2022 featured the aforementioned 13 daily record highs, 2 warm low daily records, and the warmest October temperature on record at this location. All of this scattered among just 9 sunny days, 8 rainy days, and the rest were cloudy or foggy or partly cloudy. There were ten days in the 80s, and 12 in the 70s. The month was so warm we didn't get anywhere near freezing all month long with the coldest temp coming on the 12th at 38.7º and I had nary a frost. The the warmest temp of the month, my all time high for October was on the 2nd with 86.1º under brilliant sunshine nudging past the previous all time October high of 83.8º and 6º higher than the previous record for the day. The other daily records were as follows, 84.0º on the 1st which was an all-time October high for me for one day until broken on the 2nd, 81.0º on the third, 81.3º, 83.8º, 82.1º, and 75º on consecutive days the 7th through 10th, followed by 5 consecutive daily highs on the 12th through 16th with marks of 78.6º, 83.2º, 80.1º, 85.6º <i>(8.8º above the previous daily record)</i>, and 81.2º. But we were not done yet breaking daily records, on the 20th a mark of 69.6º was enough to take the record. All in all this past October had four daily highs that were enough to tie or break the pre-2022 all time monthly record! We even added two daily records for warmest overnight low done on consecutive nights on the 5th and 6th with marks of 57.4º and 56.3º respectively the latter was the warmest morning low for the month and the only morning under 40º with a reading of 38.7º on the 12th. </p><p>God didn't;t turn on the water spigot till the last week of the month and we got all of the month's rain in a 9 day period from the 22nd to the 31st with a sum total of 3.78 inches which is almost a normal October month of rain. All in the last 9 days. 1.1 inches on Halloween capped it off. 5 days over a 1/4 inch and 3 days over a 1/2 inch or rain. </p><p>The temperature average for the month was L 49.73º and H 69.83º more than +4º overnight and nearly +8º by day. Crazy.</p><p>This week has a very seasonable forecast with snow levels dropping down to the lower foothills later in the week then rebounding back above pass levels but not a single warm day in the outlook. We will likely get out first frost of the year this week and highs will remain in the 40s most of the week. Now that's November :) </p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p><p> </p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-43394329489555594782022-10-02T11:50:00.004-07:002022-10-02T11:50:44.436-07:00Hello Autumn<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96hp8bubdfC-waTKMRLoXxEypEgFfiddLYxEaFEj8DXdCpocggxS7j4j20zuAmHKGxH4syI8NH8Z2O3dRdIe5ZnPFcMSYW56AoGR4sCZ-v8-yIkiXKcjbpqg2OcIVMgfw6-ih-McA1Y2UERxe9XqYXtYSkbknHbXoXTaYyYi0tI3S-MOHsWNpL3ED/s1272/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-02%20at%2011.19.26%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1190" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj96hp8bubdfC-waTKMRLoXxEypEgFfiddLYxEaFEj8DXdCpocggxS7j4j20zuAmHKGxH4syI8NH8Z2O3dRdIe5ZnPFcMSYW56AoGR4sCZ-v8-yIkiXKcjbpqg2OcIVMgfw6-ih-McA1Y2UERxe9XqYXtYSkbknHbXoXTaYyYi0tI3S-MOHsWNpL3ED/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-02%20at%2011.19.26%20AM.png" width="299" /></a></div>September is in the books and with the new month we are fully embedded into the Autumn season. Trees are starting to show some color and overnight lows are dipping into the upper 40s. Although Indian summer isn't really a thing here, we can and do get a few warm spells in early fall including today in which the high is expected to get north of 85º. <br /><p></p><p>Last month was very dry for September and the temps were well above my 20 year average for the month. September refused to let go of summer and in that fit managed to break several daily high records and so overnight warm records as well. October may fight for a few days but ultimately should succumb to the forces of nature.</p><p>A total of seven daily records fell all warm records, four overnight low records were set for daily warmest low temp and 3 daily highs were set. All four overnight record warm lows were in a row from the 10th through the 13th at 66.3, 62.4, 61.8, and 63.7 degrees. The daily record highs came on the 19th with 82.9º, the 25th and 26th with 87.5º and 88.3º respectively. The warmest temps came on the 6th with a register of 91.5º well short of the 96.4º record. That was also the only 90º plus temp for the month. Only one overnight low dipped into the 40s with the coolest mark on the 23rd at 48.2º. Every single day last month managed to get above 60º and the chilliest afternoon was a nice 68.4º on the 16th. September was kind enough to deliver 14 sunny days and just four days of precipitation.</p><p>Precipitation was sparse with the 29th being the only day above 1/4 inch in the bucket, and barely at that with a mark of 0.27 inch. Total precipitation came in at a measly 0.49 inch just 1/5th of average for September. </p><p>Let's hope October brings enough rain to offset September's belligerence. I need two more FEET of rain by the end of the year to make it to normal levels.</p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-64103906923121967242022-09-01T18:12:00.000-07:002022-09-01T18:12:04.173-07:00Another Month of Sizzle<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_EyitW44NVSHGnUpjIB4jDimXgQoEwzFE-FsTgnoojSnejdWaejtZdT0v2cN3yrZ46_tioxV558Va-CSl6zo63oZFQ0jsMPLa5HX_9Fdiipkh8bjE8g69v0nK8HV2hjQigDljyQDhOvUxpEtJpPBFYE40lvWhCaNuVfDcE5vFEPnl48edzCAd34Oo" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1180" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_EyitW44NVSHGnUpjIB4jDimXgQoEwzFE-FsTgnoojSnejdWaejtZdT0v2cN3yrZ46_tioxV558Va-CSl6zo63oZFQ0jsMPLa5HX_9Fdiipkh8bjE8g69v0nK8HV2hjQigDljyQDhOvUxpEtJpPBFYE40lvWhCaNuVfDcE5vFEPnl48edzCAd34Oo" width="220" /></a></div>August is in the books and it was toasty. No seriously, really toasty. Even though the month did not produce any triple digit temps it did produce some record heat with 11 daily records scattered among both highs and lows. It also produced a month average daily High, Low, and mean temps well above average.<p></p><p>August had 8 days with temperatures above 90º and 25 days with lows above 60º. There were 22 sunny days and just 2 cloudy days. August also failed to produce any measurable rainfall. I did have one day with noticeable drizzle, but it evaporated before hitting the ground or on immediate impact and did not trigger the rain gauge. It was enough to get my arms damp, but that's about it.</p><p>The coldest over night low was 57.1º on the morning of the 28th and the coolest afternoon high was a mark of 74.3º on the 27th. Ok so those "cold" temps are not very cold at all, what about the heat? Well the warmest temp recorded last month was a toasty 97.8º on the 30th and that was a daily high record. Some areas around the Metro area did top 100º on the 30th and on the 7th but triple digits stayed away from my station. There were a total of 3 days above 95º among those 8 above 90º. Only 6 days in August failed to reach 80º and 19 days topped out above 85º. Keep in mind that the average August high temperature in my 21 years of recording is just 81.09º and 70s are common highs in August. Not this year! The warmest overnight low was a toasty 72.9º on the 18th. </p><p>The month's average low was 62.42º and the average daily high was 85.51º. Overnight lows were really the story for August 2022. There was just a single day all month long that was cooler than average for the overnight low. In fact the average overnight low was a full FIVE DEGREES above my 21 year "normal." Daily highs were 4.5º above my average. August had a mean temperature a bit warmer than July. Overall the summer has been Kathy toasty despite having a modest number of "heat waves." </p><p>Not much to talk about on the precipitation, there was none. Typically August does get something usually an inch or so, but it is not at all uncommon to have a completely dry August or July for that matter. </p><p>September started off with a heavy marine layer that likely settled in on the evening of the 31st at the coast and spent the whole night and part of the morning pushing inland along the Columbia River. After a 110 miles it finally arrived in the metro area around 7 or 8 this morning. That's the first time in quite awhile I have seen any marine action this far inland. Perhaps the onshore flow will cool us down a little this month.</p><p>These next few weeks will mark the end of summer and as the month progresses it is quite likely we will notice a bit of chilliness in the evenings replacing our typical summer warm evenings. Autumn is lurking in the near distance, and I welcome her. </p><p> <br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-54443032047480160622022-08-01T13:19:00.005-07:002022-08-01T13:19:47.293-07:00Sizzling July Sets Nine Daily Records!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYEvlRLPiKSLqw3gtzIZYZQfa-GhKSfDmdI3pSe-txoqW_KgIBU-oK2hS2SrmEK7WSeq2778jUXQFPz9sICQqJhjRTpDRe2XkhXVfn3K1BUOcOymaGMUHjbsElHlJevwfg-BLSQjDJSVM1yq_z8znSDJzCUaRUAbpPWjLXWzoTeh6AHi6l4nM1xFz/s1284/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.56.18%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1208" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYEvlRLPiKSLqw3gtzIZYZQfa-GhKSfDmdI3pSe-txoqW_KgIBU-oK2hS2SrmEK7WSeq2778jUXQFPz9sICQqJhjRTpDRe2XkhXVfn3K1BUOcOymaGMUHjbsElHlJevwfg-BLSQjDJSVM1yq_z8znSDJzCUaRUAbpPWjLXWzoTeh6AHi6l4nM1xFz/w281-h299/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%2012.56.18%20PM.png" width="281" /></a></div>After that cool wet spring summer decided to come with a vengeance and a flame thrower. Now in all truth, the high temps were not the real story. Sure I had a day over 100º and a whole bunch of upper 90s but the overnight lows were the real story. Seven daily records fell for warm overnight lows. Two daily high records fell. <p></p><p>The warmest day was a 100.1º mark on the 26th which was part of a string of consecutive days above 90º and keep in mind that I average about a dozen 90 plus days a year! To get eight in a row is very unusual. The coldest temp was a comfortable 55.6º the morning the 18th. The coolest daytime high arrived on the 2nd when the mercury barely topped 70 with a 70.3º reading. The warmest overnight low was a warm 70.2º on the 30th. July delivered 18 sunny days with one day over the century mark and 11 days over 90º. The average daily high last month was a whopping 4º over normal and the overnight lows were about 2º over. The real interesting part of this was the humidity which was a bit higher than normal for warm weather. Typically 90º days are met with warm dry interior air that keeps things bone dry but this 8 day streak had humidity levels in the 30-40% range which is the sticky south, but it did lead to heat indexes a few degrees above the actual temps.</p><p>As for rainfall July did not disappoint as there was just three days with rain and not much at all totaling a mere 0.26 inch for the month well under the July average of 1.02 inch.</p><p>August begins warm and a bit cloudy so we shall see if August plays the same tune.<br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-83803857251630231382022-07-01T14:00:00.003-07:002022-07-01T14:00:41.552-07:00Drippy June leads to Sunny Summer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8m0IfM-vpAavG9HsWg-vSWTAXEGci_rVTKX-s_AGjgXZ2lVhXQN2Ifl5GMEcElB0rxUbp4EXovX_6qv3r_cjz_4-VkkdDSAwGZAVatTCCoCofm1gvSsnYFBK1jNJSRCZHZX6XhdPaE3ZrDtuzCvWMY-wKfpAb_GqpPauekEOOjbH4YffCrhbfeu1C/s1282/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-01%20at%2012.50.25%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8m0IfM-vpAavG9HsWg-vSWTAXEGci_rVTKX-s_AGjgXZ2lVhXQN2Ifl5GMEcElB0rxUbp4EXovX_6qv3r_cjz_4-VkkdDSAwGZAVatTCCoCofm1gvSsnYFBK1jNJSRCZHZX6XhdPaE3ZrDtuzCvWMY-wKfpAb_GqpPauekEOOjbH4YffCrhbfeu1C/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-01%20at%2012.50.25%20PM.png" width="293" /></a></div>June was a bit on the wet side with cooler temperatures overall than typical. There was one heat wave with temps that should have been record breaking but they landed on the exact same weekend as last years HYPER-HEAT event and those records will last a lifetime. Despite the wetter than average June the month followed the classic "Rose Festival low format with cool, cloudy, and drippy skies for the first three weeks followed by summer-like weather to close the month. You can set your watch to that late spring low pressure trough, every year it seems and this year was no different. <p></p><p>Temperatures were mostly mild averaging 55.7º low and 72.9º highs the latter was spot on "normal" and the overnight lows were about 3º above normal likely due to extra cloud cover. The warmest temp I recorded was a toasty 98.1º on the 26th well below the crazy 107.1º recorded a year earlier. That was one of three days with temps above 90º all three in a row that same weekend. A warm overnight low of 68.4º was recorded that night the warmest of the month but falling short of the record, again posted last year. That was one of three nights where the temps remained above 60º. The coolest measurement came on the 7th with a 48.9º mark one of just two days that dipped below 50º. The chilliest daytime high was a brisk 58.1º recorded on the afternoon of the 13th. It was one of three days in June that failed to reach 60º. It was also the coldest daytime high I have ever recorded on that date, the June record is 53º. </p><p>June produced three days above 90º, 7 days above 80º, and 16 days above 70º. Typical I suppose for June. </p><p>On the precipitation side of the weather June was wet with a solid 3.69 inches of rain versus my local normal of 2.47 inches. This soggy spring has made up for the dry-ish winter as my local totals are now at normal with 27.8 inches in the bucket measure against a typical 1st half total of 28.5. The wettest days was the 11th when a gusher of 1.49 inch fell which was one of four days over 0.25 inch. We had 11 rainy days against 9 sunny days and the rain spigot shut off on June 20 allowing for 10 straight dry days. </p><p>Late spring wet weather often leads to flooding as mountain snowmelt in late spring can swell rivers and streams without the help of any rain. Add a foot of spring rain and things get dicey. This year the mighty Columbia crested its banks for the first time in years hitting flood stage in the middle of the month. Little to no damage but none-the-less watching the largest river in the Eastern Pacific crest its banks is a bit unnerving.</p><p>July started off with some morning clouds opening up to yet another sunshiny day! Soak it up my friends, soak it up!</p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-45635154720327529842022-06-01T13:40:00.004-07:002022-06-01T13:40:43.496-07:00Soggy Flowers this May<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj8_KhS1eWh8nChbjDowcYeqUmAjLVj--FG1AjuourWiw0ySgVEqULDjOWQ7If3HWrrWcVxNmXak0GL3O-waBakdgG9KT4N4QrMN2klBYavIIrrbzEwRt6c8ClKPtbaSo75FmBrcXZicNmOA8kF2NPzAhKYkHQW5v5n1IpUTrzdzJRR3Roddi9Tpm/s1302/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%201.11.32%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1184" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvj8_KhS1eWh8nChbjDowcYeqUmAjLVj--FG1AjuourWiw0ySgVEqULDjOWQ7If3HWrrWcVxNmXak0GL3O-waBakdgG9KT4N4QrMN2klBYavIIrrbzEwRt6c8ClKPtbaSo75FmBrcXZicNmOA8kF2NPzAhKYkHQW5v5n1IpUTrzdzJRR3Roddi9Tpm/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-01%20at%201.11.32%20PM.png" width="291" /></a></div>Wow May was more like April and last April was more like March. We seem to be a month behind this year. Overall the Month was pretty typical overnight but quite a bit chilly by day relative to my historical average. And... yes... there was this... 4.95 inches of rain which is WAY above the typical 3.25 inches at my location. <p></p><p>Temps were mostly chilly averaging 4 degrees under normal by day and just a smidge above by night. I had just four days above 70º including the warmest day of the month on May 31st at 75.3º. Every single afternoon managed to poke up above 50º but on the 8th just barely with the chilliest afternoon high of 50.8º which was a daily record cold high temp. 11 days failed to reach 60º last month. </p><p>Overnight lows were a tad above average likely due to all the cloud cover. The coldest low temp came on the 9th with a 39.7º mark one of two sub 40º mornings. 30's in May are unusual but neither of last months managed to break a daily record. The warmest overnight low came on the 15th and that was a daily record at 57.4º. </p><p>Precipitation was the real story last month. For the second straight month we were way above average for rainfall. May came roaring in with the aforementioned 4.95 inches in the bucket. 18 days with measurable precipitation against just 2 sunny days and I am being generous there ;) Five days delivered more than a 1/4 inch of rain and the wettest day was the 7th when nearly an inch fell at 0.98 inch. With the exception of yesterday and the 21st every single day was either rainy or threatening rain.</p><p>June is starting off a bit similar but a tad warmer. The first half of June is notoriously cloudy and damp round these parts but we will see if April and May squeezed out most of June's precipitation. You never know.</p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.<br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-60128722539713489922022-05-01T12:00:00.001-07:002022-05-01T12:00:59.873-07:00April was an Angry Month<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqXNGIiddaGnKlxq9jewpaGVEbFoS7MSGxegwo6bjA6pHdewgC6gK7SbPlL5zIc2kw6jn65KdKd7h6W2Juo_ZM4FyPgHTFmY7HYaYt9o93hM7IBwYNuBPNCxwWBmU8b3jXhLECAlfRWRw8roB30peB7Bd9GebHg4RzuItarVXQJZIkTsqJi4cwTJz/s1314/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%2010.06.17%20AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="1144" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqXNGIiddaGnKlxq9jewpaGVEbFoS7MSGxegwo6bjA6pHdewgC6gK7SbPlL5zIc2kw6jn65KdKd7h6W2Juo_ZM4FyPgHTFmY7HYaYt9o93hM7IBwYNuBPNCxwWBmU8b3jXhLECAlfRWRw8roB30peB7Bd9GebHg4RzuItarVXQJZIkTsqJi4cwTJz/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-05-01%20at%2010.06.17%20AM.png" width="279" /></a></div>April was all about precipitation this year. It was wild, wet, and chilly all month long. We had quite a ride and the month of May is starting off more of the same. Although there were some notable 20 year records, there were no all time records broken this past month.<p></p><p>Let's dive into the temps. April was the coldest and wettest on record at my location dating back 20 years. That said I did not set a single overnight low record. The average daily low and high were 1º under and 4º under normal respectively. </p><p>The warmest day was April 7th when a big bright sun got us up to 73.8º well short of any records. That was one of only two days to push through the seventy barrier. In fact only seven days managed to get to 60º. Six days failed to reach 50º but every day made it over 40º. The warmest overnight low arrived on the 30th with 49.7º.</p><p>The coldest low was also no where near a record, but was one of two days that dipped below freezing, the chilliest on April 11th at 31.2º. Not a single day last month stayed above 50º overnight and 18 days dipped into the 30s. The coldest afternoon high arrived on April 11th at 41.9º. It came along with nearly 4 inches of snow. That chilly afternoon high turns out to be the coldest April high temp since I began my records 20 years ago. This was one of six days that failed to get above 50º which is not super unusual in fickle April. </p><p>Precipitation is where the interesting stuff happened. April tends to be showery round these parts but this last April looked more like January other than the warmer temps of course. There were just three sunny days and I may be a little generous at that. 23 days with measurable precipitation which totaled 6.14 inches. That is January levels of rain my friends and well above my 'normal' of 4.24 inches. This was the rainiest and snowiest April on record for me. The wettest day came April 11th... surprise that date comes up again ;) 1.05 inches of water but much of it fell as wet sticking snow. That was one of six days over a 1/4 inch of rain. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgCioYU9cUKnUAKBQEwrWiysS84cFa0uVP7XsV5Pg2hFvTOHzlFldtNhUcmmdWE2QoBpjtwJDyprRnbCp3KNDGtDGD0t72m-RdpfKcp7dOcRnNBAm7K-IRzgD_Qx_gQMTsvrRqw4ad5Rl4c4dCflOBGThz7Z58Uat1N8yWqRAMGuRlHbPMupmco9K/s4032/IMG_1055.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgCioYU9cUKnUAKBQEwrWiysS84cFa0uVP7XsV5Pg2hFvTOHzlFldtNhUcmmdWE2QoBpjtwJDyprRnbCp3KNDGtDGD0t72m-RdpfKcp7dOcRnNBAm7K-IRzgD_Qx_gQMTsvrRqw4ad5Rl4c4dCflOBGThz7Z58Uat1N8yWqRAMGuRlHbPMupmco9K/s320/IMG_1055.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>So the elephant in the room is that snow event that started innocently as mixed precipitation with just a wee bit sticking on evening of April 10th. The morning of the 11th saw that mixed precipitation change over to all snow around mid morning. Most of the greater Vancouver area got at least an inch of wet snow, my location tends to yield more snow than Downtown and Pearson Field where 'official' measurements are taken. I'm pretty sure its is my proximity to the Cascade Foothills. Anyhow I had 3.5" piled up on the ground by late morning; enough to wipe out my gazebo. I had just installed the canopy for spring... oops. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z-T7wv-xRZkxOh4kAZqF5wnfeZZ7fYO9Z5BkyM9zGRN3x2P4J4DgINQWV9TK8bmRbZxcTs0KsXxExJQLjWr4gET-1T1R-hMdSUfah7ACvis2xfeUPk3555e5gR7ElBFNBPcBbjbi8Ceao_kQnUKMWzUS6MR24Hk3DlnKmPM_hB4Tb8EXTVCgDbzt/s4032/IMG_1053.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Z-T7wv-xRZkxOh4kAZqF5wnfeZZ7fYO9Z5BkyM9zGRN3x2P4J4DgINQWV9TK8bmRbZxcTs0KsXxExJQLjWr4gET-1T1R-hMdSUfah7ACvis2xfeUPk3555e5gR7ElBFNBPcBbjbi8Ceao_kQnUKMWzUS6MR24Hk3DlnKmPM_hB4Tb8EXTVCgDbzt/s320/IMG_1053.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>That is by far the largest snowfall I have recorded at this location in the month of April. It is however, not the latest I have ever seen sticking snow. April 19th, 2008 I got an inch. I did receive snow flurries in May once, but that never stuck, in fact I recall the flakes were melting before they even hit the ground. <p></p><p>This snow took almost a week to melt off. I saw parking lot snow mounds last weekend still lingering at Home Depot in East Vancouver.</p><p>So this past April was truly a wild weather month. Hopefully May will bring us the warmer spring weather that April couldn't muster. </p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-12842821565259210472022-04-01T08:30:00.001-07:002022-04-01T08:30:00.207-07:00March was in like a cool, wet lamb and out the same.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrWkAHWRcyN6wOH8sDLHnpGPi1j9IgHQG5IybS1ST5jAql6HlXCOOaPF0lFyNtoqJHsf1nJGS0gyjJLE9jD8Cl0d1F8-kTV0vmBSvqD346i_QikUEyFAlYP1GHjqzR-S1FIWUfYm3VQCeQInR1GdImjPEaXQ2aBq5b1Gv_TvQdR7iqE0gOISqfWKI/s1282/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-31%20at%203.11.10%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1162" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhrWkAHWRcyN6wOH8sDLHnpGPi1j9IgHQG5IybS1ST5jAql6HlXCOOaPF0lFyNtoqJHsf1nJGS0gyjJLE9jD8Cl0d1F8-kTV0vmBSvqD346i_QikUEyFAlYP1GHjqzR-S1FIWUfYm3VQCeQInR1GdImjPEaXQ2aBq5b1Gv_TvQdR7iqE0gOISqfWKI/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-03-31%20at%203.11.10%20PM.png" width="290" /></a></div>Temps were a bit above average but we didn't have any real warm days either. March tends to have a couple of warm 70+ days along with some chilly weather but this time it was fairly flat... for March. Rainfall came in pretty close to normal and no snow fell. <p></p><p>The warmest day at my location was March 27th when I read 68.5º although other areas around the metro popped up over 70º. I did have one record high on the 22nd with a 66º mark that was second best for the month but the warmest I have ever had on that date. The warmest overnight low was a balmy 47.1º on the 2nd of the month following the wettest day of the month. The coldest temp I recorded last month was a nippy 28.6º on the 10th but not quite into record territory. The coolest daytime high was 47.5º on the 8th, no where near any records there. March delivered seven days above 60º and two nights that dipped below freezing. Five days failed to reach 50º and 17 days stayed above 40º all through the night.</p><p>The precipitation was pretty steady with 5.12 inches in the bucket just a touch off the average for March. Six days saw greater than 0.25 inch and the Noah event came on the 1st with 1.85 inches under warm 'Pineapple Express' conditions. 17 days saw rain and just one day was sunny and I may be cheating just a tad... it was probably more like partly sunny ;)<br /></p><p>Since the snow season is officially over I'll go into snowfall data for the season. April can have sticking snow but it is usually just flurries if anything this late. I had below average snowfall for my location this season. I measured 7.1 inches. None in November, 6.6 inches in December, none in January, a light dusting of 0.5 inch in February, and none in March. The max depth was just 3 inches on the 28th of December. I had 10 days with measurable snowfall and 14 days with at least a trace on the ground. Nothing to see here folks ;)</p><p>April is here and the real spring may appear any moment, that is no fooling. Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-90741071636965447872022-03-04T20:03:00.001-08:002022-03-04T20:03:56.278-08:00February a mixed bag of chilly and warm<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzaUMU4qna8uXaSQ19N9l8AvywbFBK2982SDxyN55rPMBcswt52clqHBL-IFd2A2eE3Z2fklF_AgHr7pIDG_I5ibmjkvh47jFm7q4smQ21y3m5gjIlU2I2Rq5P2In-OEPytZlhwkgARlI2XHUlGY0M7mlmCQcPQIBqW5ID0gvzj3q2iGalktvVLcRB=s1398" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1306" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhzaUMU4qna8uXaSQ19N9l8AvywbFBK2982SDxyN55rPMBcswt52clqHBL-IFd2A2eE3Z2fklF_AgHr7pIDG_I5ibmjkvh47jFm7q4smQ21y3m5gjIlU2I2Rq5P2In-OEPytZlhwkgARlI2XHUlGY0M7mlmCQcPQIBqW5ID0gvzj3q2iGalktvVLcRB=s320" width="299" /></a></div>What a month. February turned out to be a heatwave wrapped in cold burrito! I managed to post two daily record highs in a row, a daily record low max temp, four daily morning low records in a row as well! All in the same month and the shortest month of the year to boot. After all the turmoil and the rollercoaster temps, the month came in almost dead average on both ends of the day!<p></p><p>This time I'll start with precipitation as the month came in bone dry looking more like Eastern Washington than Western Washington with just 1.86 inches of rain in a month that tends to produce closer to six inches. I did record 10 days with measurable precipitation but mostly drizzle aside from the 2 days with more than a 1/4 inch. The wettest day was the 28th with 0.64 inch that led the lion of March in, but that's a story for next month. </p><p>February managed to produce snow on the 24th, but a very meager 0.5 inch at my house. It turned out that this minor snow event was highly localized as some areas saw more than an inch of fluffy snow. Some arctic air hung over the area for nearly a week and the tiny dusting of snow stayed on the ground in the shady areas for a few days.</p><p>Temps were the real wild animal of February. Despite the overall month coming in at an almost exact statical normal, Pat Timm's expression of "normal is just a collection of extremes" was ever present last month. The warmest temp of the month was a daily record high of 64.2º on the 11th which was literally 1/2 degree off my local all time high for any February in the last 21 years. The lover's month produced another daily record high on the 12th at 61.5º for two 60+ highs last month. But February was just getting started and these two warm days were the top of the roller coaster. Some modified arctic air decided to float over the top of us later in the month and it managed to deliver a few daily records for chilly weather. From the 22nd to the 25th four straight local daily record lows happened. The coldest being a 14.8º mark that I though might be my 21 year record low for February but it was short by 0.1 degree. February is not noted for frigid over night lows but that arctic mass had other ideas. That was one of two mornings with temps below 20º last month. I even had one daily record low max temp when the mercury topped out at 36.4º on the 22nd. That day was a day of strange timing. A weather system moved through the area in the afternoon dumping a chilly 0.19 inch of rain. Had that disturbance come in a little earlier over the top of the 23º morning low, that could have been a 4 inch snow event. </p><p>There were only five days recording temps below freezing and the aforementioned two mornings with sub 20º marks. Also the two warms days above 60º. Six days last month managed to stay above 40º all day and night. There we only three days that failed to reach 40º at all but everyday managed to get above freezing. We had 10 rain days and 4 sunny days. </p><p>The very tail end of February saw some heavier rain and that lead into the first few days of March with drenching rains to start us off. We'll have to cover that next month.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-26841053663508350272022-02-01T10:29:00.002-08:002022-02-01T10:29:39.988-08:00A Very Typical Start to the New Year.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHDqIILStkH1ybuSLsKTrMr-p_xGaCqySPFkAlSDC9KpfXAf7X6cWQDaegiuDLvk_iL7SaAOuhVzv04sChFW1tg-GSPWapI7b-3HEUQlyJRMINZqoYiIbPk9JuO_8PZzZpbQHz_UW2nd88oqqLFz_gw-ZMLCQhr1fWY0rslz2AuTWqE5tzglf-eO_R=s1446" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1442" data-original-width="1446" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgHDqIILStkH1ybuSLsKTrMr-p_xGaCqySPFkAlSDC9KpfXAf7X6cWQDaegiuDLvk_iL7SaAOuhVzv04sChFW1tg-GSPWapI7b-3HEUQlyJRMINZqoYiIbPk9JuO_8PZzZpbQHz_UW2nd88oqqLFz_gw-ZMLCQhr1fWY0rslz2AuTWqE5tzglf-eO_R=w291-h290" width="291" /></a></div>Last month went down like a statistical norm. Temps averaged out to less than 1º under average by night and less than 1º over by day. Rainfall was an inch shy of my 20 year average, but still pretty 'normal' by my book. The month was not without it variances as I did manage to post two 20 year daily lows as well as three 20 year daily highs all with in the confines of a normal January.<br /><p></p><p>The year started off right out of the gate with the chilliest morning of the month on New Year's Day posting a 19.4º low which to my surprise was the coldest January 1st at this station in 20 years, and the only temperature of the month below 20 degrees. This is one of two daily record lows at my house to fall the other a 20.9º mark on the 26th. That one less surprising as the latter part of January tends to see average temps rise quite a bit from the dark and chilly weeks around the Solstice. These two records were among the 10 days with sub freezing temps, a pretty typical number for January. </p><p>The other three daily records were warm afternoon highs with the first on the 6th with a 55º day, then the warmest mark of the month at 58º on the 12th, followed up later in the month with a 56.7º degree reading on the 20th. The warmest overnight low came on the 13th with a mark of 44º one of six warm evenings in the 40s. The chilliest afternoon high arrived on the very first day of the year following that daily record low when the merc stopped at 36.8º well above the daily record and one of three days that were trapped below 40º. A total of four days managed to breach the 50º mark also not that uncommon. </p><p>The rain gauge collected 6.04 inches of precipitation all in the form of rain. January on average is the 'snowiest' month but this year saw nary a flake. I've average 7.05 over the years so a tad under but still typical for the month. The wettest day arrived on the 6th with 1.48 inches which was the only day with over an inch and one of seven days over a 1/4 inch. January delivered 14 rainy days and 2 sunny days. Several of our would be 'clear days' came under a heavy inversion layer in which fog was stuck at the valley floors while the foothills and mountains were sunny and quite warm in the 50s. The foothills above a thousand feet had at least a dozen sunny days.</p><p>Will there be anymore snow this year? Well that's a tough one as 85% of our average snowfall comes in the three months associated with winter, December, January, and February. We were well above average in December this year, I posted 6.5 inches, but January was a zero. Odds are, some snow will come this month but even if we go a snow free second half of the winter season, we will still be at 75% of normal snow so I'll say we have a 65% chance of at least a dusting of snow before the season ends. </p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p><p><br /></p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-8560595311622406892022-01-01T19:15:00.002-08:002022-01-01T19:15:43.495-08:00Happy New Year!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KYElQsGSI7g7fq-8H8y5RyvtWQzHv2VQRCthvh94bbNoRlUpYvD9DEw1ZgLWAy_Wt6jiyYP3toJVoN0tdx0n3Ctjq2SyNQ59kivl77iOtEaT9-wEED5B7-C5Ewc1WTsCI90CTdtslLg/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1202" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3KYElQsGSI7g7fq-8H8y5RyvtWQzHv2VQRCthvh94bbNoRlUpYvD9DEw1ZgLWAy_Wt6jiyYP3toJVoN0tdx0n3Ctjq2SyNQ59kivl77iOtEaT9-wEED5B7-C5Ewc1WTsCI90CTdtslLg/" width="226" /></a></div>2021 went out cold and snowy but 2022 may start a little warmer and rather wet. So this is the end of year blog where I not only wrap up last months stats but glance back at the whole of 2021 weather wise.<p></p><p>December 2021 was wet and frankly other than about double the normal snowfall it was pretty normal over all. Temps followed the typical dive through the month and were mostly average. The warmest day was the first day of the month with a balmy 59.8º. Some areas in the metro area were up above 60º and some daily record highs fell including mine. The chilliest temp came on the night of the 27th under cloudy skies and scattered snow showers with a crisp 23.1º a local daily record for me. That afternoon also recorded the coolest daytime high for the month at 29.5º That was also the coolest daytime high I have recorded any prior December 27th. The warmest overnight low was a 45.6º mark on the the first of the month that surely helped push that daytime temp to a daily record. Overall the observed averages for the month were L 35.61º and H 44.13º about 1º warmer than normal at both ends of the day. December yielded just 7 days with subfreezing temps. There were also just 7 days that failed to reach 40º as well. Despite the 9 days with measurable snowfall every day but one managed to get above freezing in the afternoon. </p><p>Precipitation was a bit above average with 8.85 inches in the bucket including 6.6 inches of snow. 27 days in December had measurable precipitation including 9 days with snow. There were 10 days with more than a quarter inch of rain. The wettest day was the 19th with 1.8 inches in the bucket. Later that day it changed over to snow and dropped an inch of wet snow. </p><p>So wrapping up 2021, we had a mild year really. Just 26 days that fell below freezing. Those are Northern California numbers! Not a single day dropped below 20º either. We had 52 days with overnight lows above 60º and 86 days with highs that failed to reach 40º. Only 2 days failed to get above the freezing mark. Mild indeed. </p><p>The real story of 2021 was the all time record heatwave in which we broke the all time record high temperature three consecutive days and by large margins! This happened in JUNE of all months. On June 26th the all time record at my house of 106.5º fell with a 107.1º then the 27th it was 111.1º and then on the 28th the monster 115.2º mark hit. The weird part was that a town in Canada hit 117º and now has a higher all-time record than Las Vegas NV! That was some kind of strange atmospheric and heat lineup that only occurs every 500 years or so. </p><p>We ended up with 5 days over 100º in 2021 and that ended a three year drought on 100 plus temps. We had an above average number of 90º degree marks at 19 for the year. The hottest day that scorcher 115.2º on June 28th the coldest was 23.1º just a few days ago on the 27th of December. We had a total of 19.35 inches of snow for the year, most of it falling in two events in February and last week. I had 42.72 inches of rain well below my typical 53 inches. 2021 delivered 95 sunny days, 146 rainy days including 14 days with snow and 43 days with more than 0.25 inch. One note to show how mild our 2021 was, Only 86 days had high temperatures below 50º so that says a lot about how mild the cooler half of the year was. The summer was even pretty mild if you take out that crazy heatwave in June.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-25626069704888035952021-12-01T12:08:00.000-08:002021-12-01T12:08:09.454-08:00Warm and Wet in Mid-Autumn<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk9-GbsgNTnFFZEOOvl_uwx8FaifrfiJ3-PUQX2ITKKrEjw0Gd1I2S5clSt9GLKfDglIu_dEWZsPQGKyhWUoxbAjOAVZSggxsLO7DBZNUUyeMHRuW2f2w448770h8gfd_tJSTzuyOPuQ/s1290/Screen+Shot+2021-12-01+at+11.41.00+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1180" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijk9-GbsgNTnFFZEOOvl_uwx8FaifrfiJ3-PUQX2ITKKrEjw0Gd1I2S5clSt9GLKfDglIu_dEWZsPQGKyhWUoxbAjOAVZSggxsLO7DBZNUUyeMHRuW2f2w448770h8gfd_tJSTzuyOPuQ/w256-h280/Screen+Shot+2021-12-01+at+11.41.00+AM.png" width="256" /></a></div>That title sums it up well, in fact this may be the warmest November I have on record, after 20 Novembers at this location. But this wasn't sunshine and hot levels of warm and in fact the all time record high for me at this location wasn't even close to being challenged. But it was consistent balmy for most of the month with a continue pipeline of war and wet systems dropping copious amounts of rain. It has been a long while since we had a proper Western Washington November, and this was it, although it was warmer than normal by a substantial mark. You may notice I have begun highlight warm and cold records on my chart that accompanies this blog post each month. Warm being red and cold being blue.<p></p><p>My twenty year average low and high for November is 38.85º L and 51.34º H. Last month it was 43.46º L and 54.89º H. Yes you read that right plus 5 and plus 3 respectively for the month. What was particularly interesting was the fact that I had 11 daily records fall, all on the warm side. Eleven daily records in ONE month is more than just unusual. I had 7 daily high records broken on the 13th, 14th, 15th, 27th, 28th, 29th, and 30th. The warmest of these was the monthly high mark of 65.7º on the 14th, well off my November record of 72.1º. I also had 4 daily record warm minimum temps. That is the overnight low being warm. Those occurrences were the 11th, 14th, 29th, and 30th. The warmest overnight low last month came on the 14th when the mercury dipped to just 58.9º. A few miles away at PDX the overnight low that night was above 60º in MID NOVEMBER! The month was not entirely absent of chilly temps however. I dod have a 3 sub-freezing mornings the chilliest of which was a mark of 29.7º on the morning of the 22nd. No daily low records were so much as challenged. The chilliest afternoon high was a rather typical 45.3º on the 21st. November delivered just 3 sub-freezing temps and only 8 nights dipped into the 30s. That's nuts! </p><p>November gave us just 1 sunny day and the rest were partly cloudy of overcast. 21 days of rain which isn't that unusual for November, but a bit gloomy none-the-less. Not a lick of snow fell but snow levels did come down to 1500 feet a couple of times. I had 8 days with more than a quarter inch of rain and 2 days with more than an inch including the wettest day of the month, the 12th when 2.01 inches fell. The total rainfall came in a tad under the historical average but still managed a solid 7.32 inches in my bucket.</p><p>Today it is a nice sunny afternoon and sitting at about 55º so December is off to a warm start as well. But December is when things tend to get chilly, so we shall see if Captain Balmy continues to rule.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-24869946828457917042021-11-04T18:40:00.004-07:002021-11-04T18:40:38.369-07:00Here Comes the Rain Again...<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJlnVLDJn4pmQYCYucB0-H25QVV6OLV0k_0LnBBwNweYgOiAPlLJ9IgMsVwG6qJxSb_TQNAMHwOelwntiZJuDfodgJFLEghRPnQnvPNOuDmk5K2KpwtM6FsH13AbrJs1dZFX-Shvommk/s1280/Screen+Shot+2021-11-04+at+6.09.12+PM.png" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1202" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRJlnVLDJn4pmQYCYucB0-H25QVV6OLV0k_0LnBBwNweYgOiAPlLJ9IgMsVwG6qJxSb_TQNAMHwOelwntiZJuDfodgJFLEghRPnQnvPNOuDmk5K2KpwtM6FsH13AbrJs1dZFX-Shvommk/w259-h275/Screen+Shot+2021-11-04+at+6.09.12+PM.png" width="259" /></a></p>God finally opened the spigot and October was actually a little wetter than average. Overall the month was pretty solidly average with no wild swings in temperature or precipitation, just a happy go lucky welcome to Autumn.<br /><p></p><p>As of today, November 4th, there has still not been a sub-freezing temperature this season. That is not exactly rare, but maybe a tad uncommon for my location at this point in the fall. October did produce a couple of frosty mornings and three evenings in which the mercury dipped into the 30s. The lowest mark of 36.9º was hit on the 12th. The chilliest afternoon high was a rather seasonable 53.4º also on the 12th. At the other end of the mercury, the warmest temp last month was a mark equally seasonable for the start of October, with a 70.9º reading on the 2nd. The warmest overnight low was an almost summer like 55.4º measured on the morning of the 4th. October delivered a single day over 70º and 17 days at or above 60º so the temps played "normal" all month long.</p><p>On the water side of the weather, we also had a fairly typical amount of rain for the month. Lately we have been underperforming on precipitation, so it felt like a deluge or rain when in reality it was just a proper October. There were 17 days with rain ranging from very light showers to the heavy 1.01 inch received on the 22nd. 4 days produced a 1/4 inch or more in the rain gauge with 3 of those exceeding a 1/2 inch. October managed to provide just a 2 sunny days but one of them was on the very last day so the kiddies could trick-or-treat under clear skies.</p><p>November is following along with October's game plan so far. temps should start to get chilly as Thanksgiving approaches. Multiple frosts and freezes are likely unless November decides to rain every day, which could happen ;) Snowfall in November is not really that common. Outside of a random flurry or two, I have only had 4 Novembers in the past 20 with more than an inch of snow. The most snow I have recorded in November is 3 inches in 2003. The last time I had an inch on the ground in the 11th month was back in 2014. So methinks we won't see much in the winter precipitation until perhaps next month.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-33479436320806144732021-10-01T19:53:00.003-07:002021-10-01T19:53:50.505-07:00Warm and Wet to end Summer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMGV0Xqukwa7IOoBYc2toykr233mA0T3BMdVJT3o_9Vu0uAlixGs1gl1mVqSqVLIPxCZN1XLTYh70ZYvERXiXgwTGBECIJ_3yUo6oQGQv6mB-dC5jRLuS1jpussLzhkPT17xj8CEMVzE/s1290/Screen+Shot+2021-10-01+at+7.37.56+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1196" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMGV0Xqukwa7IOoBYc2toykr233mA0T3BMdVJT3o_9Vu0uAlixGs1gl1mVqSqVLIPxCZN1XLTYh70ZYvERXiXgwTGBECIJ_3yUo6oQGQv6mB-dC5jRLuS1jpussLzhkPT17xj8CEMVzE/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-10-01+at+7.37.56+PM.png" width="297" /></a></div>September was warm a few degrees above average at both ends of the day. It was also rather wet offering up the first "real" rainfall in months. Once daily record high for my station was posted and a daily record 'warm' overnight low as well. There were no freakish heat waves and no real pre-autumn freezes, just a typical September with a bit warmer temps and double the normal precipitation.<p></p><p>The month gave us us a maximum high of 87.5º late enough in the month to be a daily record. That was the 24th. The warmest overnight low was a measure of 61.9º on the 8th. The chilliest temps were a morning low of 46.7º on the 16th, rather seasonable really and a mild afternoon high of only 61.3º on the 28th. September delivered 11 sunny days, 7 rainy days, and 11 days above 80º. </p><p>The rain gauge was busy last month. although only 7 days were wet, that is a fair bit for September and a few of those days were soggy enough to produce more than a half inch. The wettest day was the 19th when God started thinking about Noah again... 1.68 inches in the bucket. The total rainfall for the month was a more October like 4.20 inches. Three days went over 0.5 inch including the 28th which nearly hit an inch at 0.93. 4 days had more than 1/4 inch. </p><p>The High Cascades received their first dusting of snow during first wave of storms. Mt Hood and Mt Adams are wearing a winter coat proudly and even St Helens saw the rim dusted. Autumn is here and it feels like we might actually get some rain this season. I hope so, we have been below normal for quite some time. </p><p>October should slide quickly from mild and comfortable to chilly by Halloween. That tends to be the case as Autumn settles in and our sweaters come out of the closet. Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-21376771727718482402021-09-01T11:23:00.000-07:002021-09-01T11:23:52.483-07:00I Forgot July ! It's Two for the Price of One then ;)<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Yhs91uxsMH9BRUvxT5OnJ48SmbPr9eKMhOeFk5auHnsFIt3FH-gFbTr-W-GQfMz9D-jjCQISarumWbaetrlzGfdIg-yTv_BXaMdINXApJ5tnhdzSdDFU94dDdh7Q7xcTlQ500bKBJLI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1212" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Yhs91uxsMH9BRUvxT5OnJ48SmbPr9eKMhOeFk5auHnsFIt3FH-gFbTr-W-GQfMz9D-jjCQISarumWbaetrlzGfdIg-yTv_BXaMdINXApJ5tnhdzSdDFU94dDdh7Q7xcTlQ500bKBJLI/" width="225" /></a></div>Yes I completely failed to collect my data and post last month. That's OK I have it all collected now so I'll post two months of data this go round. I must have had residual heat stroke from the all time record breaking heat wave in June :)</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">So July was more or less an average month. I mean seriously, reads like a "normal" July with little in the way of temperature fluctuations other than being warmer overall than average. Sure we had few 90 plus days at the end of the month. Over all the chart is super flat on temps for the month. July had no measurable precipitation at all. This is not by any means rare, but it is unusual to have the entire month of July bone dry. July had a max high of 95.6º and a max overnight low of 70.2º. We don't get overnight lows in the 70s very often round these parts. The coolest daytime high was 74.2 which is just a few degrees under average. The coolest temp was an overnight low of 56.3º which is also just a tick under average. Overall July was warmer than average by about 4º both over night and daytime highs. The month yielded 23 sunny days, no rainy days, 3 days above 90º and 14 days with overnight lows above 60º.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0JalH5KZzpT7SHR5Ju1DoYdOgyg0XXNbqZI39SJGhDrg3GPVZaQjsqBedV1i_blWzAdWaDcoGmWfhYWbqSFxMFdRFxNKY0DCK_iZ3gjkcC2oBigNo-lmb7XJBd-tt24iAeO5kb5Y7Ic/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0JalH5KZzpT7SHR5Ju1DoYdOgyg0XXNbqZI39SJGhDrg3GPVZaQjsqBedV1i_blWzAdWaDcoGmWfhYWbqSFxMFdRFxNKY0DCK_iZ3gjkcC2oBigNo-lmb7XJBd-tt24iAeO5kb5Y7Ic/" width="216" /></a></div>August was more temperamental than July this year. Despite having two days above 100º the overall month was cooler than July by a couple of degrees. August saw little rainfall with just 0.18 inch at my station with three days having measurable precipitation. The warmest day was 102.4º one of two triple digit marks for the month the other a day earlier. Both century toppers were daily record highs. The warmest overnight low was 70.5º one of two overnight lows that stayed above 70º. The coolest temperature was a nippy 48.5º late in the month and the coolest afternoon high was 67.8º one of four days that failed to reach 70º. There were 12 sunny days, 3 rainy days (sort of drizzly really) 8 days above 90º and 20 days with lows in the 60s or higher.<br /></div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">September is looking pretty typical thus far. This is the month that usually begin our great Autumn slide from warm to cool. The normal daytime highs begin in the upper 70s and drop precipitously to bare 70º by month's end. September however is capable of delivering warm and even hot weather but heat spells this late in the season tend to be short lived and less aggressive than those in July and August.</div><div class="separator"><br /></div><div class="separator">Word on the street is a La Nina condition is building in the Pacific Ocean and that tends to lead us to cool and wet conditions with above average chances for heavy snowfall and low elevation snow. This could be an interesting winter season. 2009 I had an all time record high in July followed by an all time record low in December (record for my station). So who knows, right? We did have an all time record high this summer.</div>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519483364331869396.post-55289647752691452802021-07-01T11:59:00.007-07:002021-07-01T12:11:31.404-07:00June ends with a taste of Phoenix<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRt8vX1fKIpNUb0UUnpb3ZRiZAhr2zvsuePIwaa95a0zKoNnbD0yfB8a_iFLqnkmsGQ0HP85lwydIjyPJ4ObGf7UfqqvnenIjjPMzmqrxS_LX4pkADvYO6Y6aaMspsSHFadF_mwNsUu54/s1282/Screen+Shot+2021-07-01+at+10.19.59+AM.png" style="clear: left; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1282" data-original-width="1178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguRt8vX1fKIpNUb0UUnpb3ZRiZAhr2zvsuePIwaa95a0zKoNnbD0yfB8a_iFLqnkmsGQ0HP85lwydIjyPJ4ObGf7UfqqvnenIjjPMzmqrxS_LX4pkADvYO6Y6aaMspsSHFadF_mwNsUu54/s320/Screen+Shot+2021-07-01+at+10.19.59+AM.png" /></a>One of the all time biggest weather events in the recorded history of the Pacific Northwest happened at the end of June. Locally it was one for the history books as well as the record books. It capped a rather tepid June with a 500 year heat event. This weather event cannot be overstated, records were not just broken they were utterly crushed as if the planet had suddenly moved into the same orbit as Venus.</p><p></p><p>This massive heat event locally is on par with the 1980 record snowstorm that laid down 44 inches of snow and left drifts in excess of six feet tall, the 1962 Columbus Day Wind Storm, the 1973 F3 Tornado, The 1950 Freeze with multiple sub-zero temps, and now the 2021 Heat Dome.</p><p>Although climate change has led us to see warmer trends over the last several decades this event is something else entirely. These heat domes according to scientists, only have about a 1 in 1000 chance of forming. These are rare events but when they occur they intensify the heat with pressure variants, pushing air downward to produce frictional heat through compression on top of the normal atmospheric heat generated in typical west coast heatwaves that are mostly based on off-shore flows bringing warmer interior air to the coastal areas. The interior portions of Washington state also saw record high temps but those records for the most part were only broken by a degree or two, our records were crushed to more than 10 degrees in some areas more than 9 degrees at my station here in Vancouver USA. CBS news had a nice scientific explanation of the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-is-heat-dome-extreme-temperatures-pacific-northwest/" target="_blank">phenomenon here.</a></p><p>To wrap your head around this event, Lytton, British Columbia set Canada's all-time record high temperature of 117º on Monday which is hotter than the all-time record for Las Vegas, Nevada! Are you kidding me... CANADA?</p><p>Locally in Vancouver, WA I broke my all-time record of 106.1º in 2009 on Saturday, June 26th recording a 107.1º temp. Sunday I recorded 111.1º further crushing the record, then on Monday I recorded 115.2º now nearly ten degrees over the previous all-time high! I hadn't recorded a 100º plus day in three years! This past weekend I recorded three in a row! All three days were records for the date and all three were all-time records until successively replaced each day. I also broke the all-time warmest overnight low record twice in row! Previously the warmest overnight low I recorded was a balmy 73º back in 2006 on the way to a muggy and showery 89º. Sunday morning the 28th I recorded a 73.5º breaking my all-time warmest overnight low then followed it up on Monday morning with a crazy warm 78.1º overnight low.</p><p>Prior to the heat dome event June 26th-29th, June was looking very... Juneish, with lots of clouds, a mix of sunny and warm with cool and showery, just like 'normal'. Then hell opened up a portal and washed the Northwest in a biggest heat event ever.</p><p>For the month I recorded eight days above 90º which is two thirds of the normal total for a YEAR. I had three days above 100º. It wasn't all heat wave though, I recorded 10 days that failed to make it to 70º, but everyday got above 60º. The coolest temp recorded last month was 48.5º on the morning of the 7th one of three days under 50º.</p><p>On the water side of weather we had a sub-par rain month in June but only by a small margin. June was below normals but close enough with 1.62 inches in the bucket about seven tenths under normal. most of the rain came in a two day event that dumped more than a 1/2 inch each day on the 13th and 14th. I measured .55 inch and .61 inch respectively. Those were the only days over .25 inch. We had 16 sunny days and 6 rainy days. </p><p>Let's hope the rest of our summer is more typical for our area, you know the best summer weather in the world, 75-85º every day with warm but not hot evenings. Yeah that western Washington summer ;) I've had my fill of Phoenix. July is starting off cooler and even a bit cloudy. I'll take that.</p><p>Soak it up my friends, soak it up.</p>Rod Sagerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01520948285606672002noreply@blogger.com0