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ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
527 AM PST WED JAN 1 2020

...ASTORIA 2019 WEATHER IN REVIEW...

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MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...

JANUARY...JANUARY WAS FOR THE MOST PART A RATHER MILD MONTH,
     AERAGE TEMPERATURES BEING A BIT ABOVE NORMAL. A STRONG FRONT
     BROUGHT RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS FROM THE 3RD TO THE 6TH. THE
     STRONGEST WINDS WERE ON THE 3RD, WITH GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH
     ACROSS THE ASTORIA AREA. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT PUSHED ACROSS
     THE REGION ON THE 17TH INTO THE 18TH, WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
     RAIN, ALONG WITH BREEZY SOUTH WINDS. BUT, JANUARY ENDED ON
     A DRY NOTE, WITH NO RAIN AFTER THE 23RD. AS A RESULT,
     ASTORIA ONLY GOT ABOUT HALF ITS NORMAL JANUARY RAINFALL.

FEBRUARY...OLD MAN WINTER SHOWED UP DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE
     MONTH, WITH SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES. SNOW FELL ON THE 4TH
     AND 5TH, WITH MANY AREAS GETTING 0.5 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW, BUT
     MUCH MORE SNOW FELL OVER THE COAST RANGE. ANOTHER SYSTEM
     ARRIVED ON THE 8TH AND 9TH, BRINGING ABOUT A HALF TO 1 INCH
     OF SNOW REPORTED IN AND AROUND THE ASTORIA AREA. IT WAS A
     CHILLY START TO FEBRUARY, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING INTO
     THE 20S FROM THE 3RD TO 10TH. THEN, ON THE 11TH, MILDER AIR
     PUSHED INTO THE REGION, BRINGING HEAVY RAINS. OVER 2.5 INCHES
     FELL AT ASTORIA FROM 11TH INTO THE 12TH, WITH 4 TO 5 INCHES
     OVER THE COAST MTNS AND WILLAPA HILLS.

     OVERALL, IT WAS THE 2ND COLDEST FEBRUARY FOR THE ASTORIA
     AIRPORT (1989 WAS COLDEST), AND THE 9TH COLDEST FEBRUARY FOR
     THE ASTORIA AREA SINCE 1851.

MARCH.. MARCH STARTED COOL, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S
     TO LOWER 30S. BUT THAT CHANGED BY MID MONTH, AS OFFSHORE
     FLOW EAST OF THE CASCADES BROUGHT MILD EAST WINDS TO AREA.
     TEMPERATURES ROSE INOT THE MIDDLE 70S ON THE 18TH TO 20TH.
     FOR MARCH, THE LAST TIME A 3-DAY STREAK OF 70 DEG OR MORE
     OCCURRED WAS WAY BACK IN 1934. AFTERWARD, IT WAS BACK TO
     MORE TYPICAL CONDITIONS FOR LATE MARCH.

     MARCH ENDED AS THE 4TH DRIEST FOR ASTORIA, WITH ABOUT A
     THIRD OF ITS NORMAL MARCH RAINFALL.

APRIL...WELL, EVEN MOTHER NATURE CAN GIVE US A BREAK. OVERALL,
     APRIL 2019 SAW RATHER TRANQUIL WEATHER, WITH NEAR NORMAL
     TEMPERAURES AND NORMAL RAINFALL.

MAY...NOT QUITE AS MUCH RAIN FELL IN MAY, BUT, THERE WAS A LOT
     MORE CLOUDINESS AT NIGHT. THESE CLOUDS KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS
     WARMER THAN NORMAL, CONTRIBUTING TO A WARMER MAY AVERAGE
     TEMPERATURE. TASTE OF SUMMER ON THE 9TH AND 10TH, WITH
     HIGHS SPIKING INTO THE LOWER 80S. IT WAS THE FIRST BACK
     TO BACK DAYS OF 80 DEG OR WARMER SINCE 2014.

JUNE...IT WAS A PLEASANT MONTH FOR COASTAL GARDENERS, WITH
     MILD WEATHER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL WEATHER. BUT, OVERALL
     RATHER UNEVENTFUL MONTH, WEATHERWISE.

JULY...MILD WEATHER CONTINUED IN JULY, WITH 14 DAYS WITH A
     HIGH TEMPERATURE OF AT LEAST 70 DEG. ASIDE FROM THE 22
     SUCH DAYS IN 2015, HAVE TO GO BACK TO 1979 TO GET AT
     LEAST 14 DAYS OF 70 DEG OR MORE IN JULY. RAINFALL WAS
     UP A BIT, WITH ABOUT HALF OF THE JULY RAIN OCCURRING ON
     THE 9TH AND 10TH.

AUGUST...AUGUST CONTINUE THE MILD STRING OF WEATHER THAT JULY
     STARTED, WITH 22 OF THE 31 DAYS HAVING A HIGH TEMPERATURE
     OF AT LEAST 70 DEG (10 IS NORMAL FOR AUGUST).

SEPTEMBER...SEPTEMBER OPENED ON THE MILD SIDE, WITH HIGHS IN
     70S. BUT, A STRONG FRONT ARRIVED 6TH AND 7TH, WITH COOLER
     TEMPERATURES. THOUGH THERE WERE SOME MILD DAYS, HIGHS FOR
     FOR REST OF THE MONTH STAYED IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S.
     AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN BROUGHT SEVERAL FRONTS TO THE
     REGION, ALONG WITH RAIN, INTERMIXED WITH SHOWERS AND
     SOME THUNDERSTORMS. SHOWERS ON THE 16TH DID PRODUCE A
     WATERSPOUT OFF THE LONG BEACH PENINSULA.

     TOTAL RAINFALL FOR SEPTEMBER WAS NEARLY 3 TIMES THE
     NORMAL, WITH OVER 6 INCHES AT THE ASTORIA AIRPORT. BUT,
     EVEN SO, SEPTEMBER DID NOT FINISH IN TOP 10 WETTEST.

OCTOBER...TYPICALLY, THE BIG TRANSITION FROM THE DRY MILD
     FALL WEATHER TO THE COOL WET WEATHER OF FALL OCCURS IN
     THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. WELL, IT WAS NOT SO FAR OFF
     IN 2019, AS COOLER TEMPS DOMINATED AFTER THE 6TH, WITH
     HIGHS MOSTLY IN THE 50S. BUT, RAIN WAS NOT AS PERSISTENT,
     WITH THE MOST RAINY PERIOD BEING FROM THE 16TH TO 22ND.
     ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE OCTOBER RAINFALL FELL DURING THIS
     7-DAY STRETCH, WITH 60 PERCENT FALLING ON 16TH TO 18TH.

     INTERESTINGLY, THE COOLER WEATHER GAVE ASTORIA ITS 3RD
     COLDEST OCTOBER ON RECORD (1946 AND 1949 COLDEST). THE
     32 DEG ON THE MORNING OF THE 10TH WAS THE 3RD EARLIEST
     FREEZING TEMPERATURE OF FALL ON RECORD FOR ASTORIA, JUST
     SHY OF THE EARLIEST WHICH WAS OCT 10 IN 1983.

NOVEMBER...A MILD MONTH, AS STORM TRACK WAS MOSTLY SHIFTED
     SOUTH OF THE REGION. THIS BROUGHT A LOT MORE IN WAY OF
     DRY DAYS, BUT ALSO LOT MORE IN WAY OF LATE NIGHT AND
     MORNING FOG. A FRONT ARRIVED ON THE 22ND, BRINGING SOME
     RAIN AND MUCH COOLER AIR. A REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD
     AIR ARRIVED ON THE 29TH, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DROPPING
     INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S.

     NOVEMBER ENDED AS THE 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD, WITH 2.20
     INCHES OF RAIN (1979 WAS DRIEST WITH 1.45 INCHES).

DECEMBER...A RATHER BENIGN START TO THE MONTH, WITH RATHER
     WEAK FRONTS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FOR THE FIRST
     HALF OF THE MONTH. BUT, A RETURN TO MUCH MORE ACTIVE
     WEATHER BY THE 18TH, AS A SERIES OF WET FRONTS ARRIVED.
     A RATHER SLOW MOVING FRONT ON THE 19TH AND 20TH BROUGHT
     VERY HEAVY RAIN TO SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND THE NORTH
     OREGON COAST. ASTORIA AIRPORT PICKED UP OVER 5 INCHES
     OF RAIN DURING THAT 2-DAY PERIOD, WHILE 8 TO 11 INCHES
     OF RAIN FELL IN THE WILLAPA HILLS AND NORTH COAST RANGE.
     RIVERS ROSE, WITH FLOODING ON SEVERAL RIVERS ON THE 21ST
     INTO THE 22ND. THE 20TH SAW 3.42 INCHES OF RAIN, MAKING
     IT THE 9TH WETTEST DAY IN DECEMBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN.

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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2019      (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
              + INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES

JANUARY....   NO NEW RECORDS SET IN JANUARY.

FEBRUARY....  NO NEW RECORDS SET IN FEBRUARY.

MARCH...
    4TH  NEW.  DAILY COLD LOW TEMP         26  (  27 /1955 )
    5TH  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP         26  (  26 /1955 )
   17TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP        69  (  67 /1956 )
   18TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP        74  (  74 /1928 )
   19TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP        77  (  72 /1914 )
   *** 4TH DRIEST MARCH

APRIL...      NO NEW RECORDS SET IN APRIL.

MAY...
    9TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP        85  (  78 /1940 )

JUNE...       NO NEW RECORDS SET IN JUNE.

JULY...       NO NEW RECORDS SET IN JULY.

AUGUST...
   27TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP         91  (  88 /1894 )

SEPTEMBER...
    9TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL             1.51" (1.15"/1956 )

OCTOBER...
    1ST  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP         35  (  35 /1983 )
   10TH  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP         32  (  34 /2008+)
   *** 3RD COLDEST OCTOBER

NOVEMBER...
   *** 5TH DRIEST NOVEMBER

DECEMBER...
   20TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL             3.42" (3.25"/1906 )

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2019 ASTORIA AIRPORT TEMPERATURE DATA
     + INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES

      |--- AVERAGES ----| MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS/DATE
MONTH |HIGHS LOWS   MEAN|  FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST     LOWEST
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JAN     52.0  38.5   45.3   +1.5 DEG     58 /29TH    29 / 1ST
FEB     44.9  32.7   38.8   -5.6 DEG     52 / 1ST    24 / 6TH
MAR     55.6  34.4   45.0   -1.4 DEG     77 /19TH    26 / 5TH
APR     56.7  43.9   50.3   +1.6 DEG     67 /30TH    35 /28TH
MAY     61.5  49.3   55.4   +2.4 DEG     85 / 9TH    41 / 1ST
JUN     65.3  50.8   58.1   +1.1 DEG     86 /11TH    43 / 4TH
JUL     70.2  56.3   62.8   +2.5 DEG     76 /25TH    48 /20TH
AUG     71.2  55.6   63.4   +2.5 DEG     91 /27TH    47 /26TH
SEP     66.7  52.6   59.7   +1.2 DEG     77 / 5TH    36 /30TH
OCT     58.7  40.9   49.8   -2.8 DEG     68 /11TH    29 /31ST
NOV     53.8  38.3   46.1   -0.7 DEG     64 / 7TH    24 /29TH
DEC     49.0  38.2   43.6   +0.9 DEG     55 /20TH    30 /26TH+

  2019  58.8  44.3   51.5   +0.2 DEG   91 /AUG 27  24 /NOV 29+
NORMAL  58.6  43.9   51.3

DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN 2019 WHERE...
       |------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
       <=32  60+  70+  80+  90+ 100+  <=20  <=32   50+   60+
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JAN      0    0    0    0    0    0      0     5    0     0
FEB      0    0    0    0    0    0      0    16    0     0
MAR      0    6    3    0    0    0      0    10    0     0
APR      0    7    0    0    0    0      0     0    2     0
MAY      0   16    2    2    0    0      0     0   17     0
JUN      0   30    4    1    0    0      0     0   20     0
JUL      0   31   14    0    0    0      0     0   30     7
AUG      0   31   21    1    1    0      0     0   30     3
SEP      0   28    5    0    0    0      0     0   24     2
OCT      0   10    0    0    0    0      0     5    3     0
NOV      0    5    0    0    0    0      0     9    1     0
DEC      0    0    0    0    0    0      0     5    1     0

  2019   0  164   49    4    1    0      0    50  128    12
NORMAL  <1  160   33    4    0    0      1    28  102     2

FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF...        IN 2019        NORMAL
  LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING    MAR 11       (APR  7)
  FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR          MAR 18       (APR 12)
  FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR          MAY  9       (JUN 13)
  FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR          AUG 27       (JUL  3)

  LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR           AUG 27       (JUL 14)
  LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR           AUG 27       (SEP 11)
  LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR           SEP 12       (OCT 15)
  FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL     OCT 10       (NOV  6)

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2019 ASTORIA AIRPORT RAINFALL DATA...

       TOTAL  DEPARTURE  DAYS WITH AT LEAST...  GREATEST IN
MONTH   RAIN  FM NORMAL   0.01 0.10 0.50 1.00   24HRS & DATE
--------------------------------------------------------------
JAN     4.93    -5.27      15   12    2    1    1.24 JAN 18-19
FEB     7.66    +0.47      22   16    5    2    1.91 FEB 11-12
MAR     2.46    -4.99      11    8    0    0    0.81 MAR 11-12
APR     5.30    +0.10      21   13    3    1    1.58 APR  6-7
MAY     1.66    -1.66      10    7    0    0    0.51 MAY 18-19
JUN     1.08    -1.47      11    3    0    0    0.43 JUN 27-28
JUL     1.63    +0.60      13    3    0    0    0.78 JUL  9-10
AUG     0.95    -0.21       9    3    1    0    0.52 AUG 21
SEP     6.13    +3.99      16   11    4    3    2.04 SEP  8-9
OCT     6.96    +0.98      15   10    6    2    1.81 OCT 18-19
NOV     2.20    -8.95      11    8    1    0    0.58 NOV 15
DEC    10.55    +0.66      22   14    6    3    3.42 DEC 20

 2019  51.51    -15.75    176  108   28   12    3.42 DEC 20
NORMAL 67.26              191  128   45   14

ASTORIA WATER YEAR 2018-19 (1 OCT 2018 THROUGH 30 SEP 2019)
      57.51 INCHES    WHICH WAS 5.25 INCHES BELOW NORMAL

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2019 ASTORIA AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...

     AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)     STRONGEST WIND GUST (MPH)
         2019   NORMAL       DIRECTION   SPEED    DATE
------------------------------------------------------------
JAN      7.8    (8.8)        SOUTHWEST   52 MPH   JAN  3
FEB      6.9    (8.4)        SOUTHWEST   45 MPH   FEB 11
MAR      6.3    (8.3)        EAST        36 MPH   MAR 19
APR      8.1    (8.2)        SOUTH       39 MPH   APR  5
MAY      6.7    (8.1)        SOUTHWEST   36 MPH   MAY 20
JUN      7.8    (8.3)        NORTHWEST   30 MPH   JUN 10
JUL      6.7    (8.5)        SOUTHWEST   31 MPH   JUL 17
AUG      6.7    (7.7)        SOUTHWEST   32 MPH   AUG 21+
SEP      6.1    (7.0)        NORTHWEST   38 MPH   SEP 22
OCT      6.5    (7.1)        SOUTH       39 MPH   OCT 21
NOV      5.8    (8.3)        SOUTH       34 MPH   NOV 17
DEC      5.8    (8.7)        SOUTH       60 MPH   DEC 20

2019     6.7    (8.0)        SOUTH       60 MPH   DEC 20

HIGHEST PRESSURE IN 2019...      30.51 INCHES    JAN 24
LOWEST PRESSURE IN 2019...       29.04 INCHES    FEB 14

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ASTORIA AREA CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS...   1887 TO 2019
ASTORIA CLIMATE NORMALS BASED ON...    1981 TO 2010
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON

ONLINE AT:     WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


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