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ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1056 AM PST SUN 2 JAN 2022

...ASTORIA 2021 WEATHER IN REVIEW...
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2021 NOTABLE RECORDS...          2021 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
 *** 5TH DRIEST APRIL            *** WINDY, WET MILD JANUARY
 *** 6TH WARMEST JUNE            *** ILWACO TORNADO IN MARCH
                                 *** HEAT WAVE OF JUNE
                                 *** RAINY MILD NOVEMBER

2021 MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...

JANUARY...2021 STARTED ON A MILD AND WET NOTE. IT RAINED ON
     28 DAYS IN JANUARY, WITH NO RAIN REPORTED ON THE 18TH,
     19TH AND 22ND (NORMALLY, JANUARY HAS 22 RAINY DAYS).
     SEVERAL FRONTS PUSHED ONSHORE THROUGH THE MONTH, SOME
     PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. STRONGEST WINDS OF
     55 TO 65 MPH OCCURRED ON THE 4TH, AND AGAIN FROM THE
     11TH INTO THE 12TH OF JANUARY. BUT, MAIN STORY WAS THE
     RAIN, AS ASTORIA RECEIVED 15.95 INCHES OF RAIN. THE
     3.20 INCHES ON THE 2ND WAS THE 12TH RAINIEST DAY IN
     JANUARY ON RECORD (GOING BACK TO 1887). ANOTHER VERY
     WET PERIOD WAS THE 11TH INTO THE 12TH, WITH 5 TO 7
     INCHES OF RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE ASTORIA AREA. THIS
     PUSHED MANY LOCAL RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.

FEBRUARY...MILD AND WET WEATHER OF CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY.
     A BREAK IN THE WEATHER OCCURRED FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH.
     THEN, ARRIVED COLDER WEATHER, WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING
     BELOW FREEZING AT NIGHT. A FRONT ARRIVED ON THE 12TH,
     BRINGING LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET, AND EVEN FREEZING RAIN.
     WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES BARELY ABOVE 32, THERE WAS
     LITTLE IF ANY MELTING. THIS MADE FOR SLIPPERY ROADS.
     MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW CONTINUED INTO THE 13TH,
     WITH MUCH HEAVIER SNOWFALL OCCURRED IN THE COAST RANGE.
     MILD WEATHER RETURNED TO THE REGION ON THE 15TH, AND
     LASTED THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.

MARCH...MARCH ROLLED IN LIKE A GENTLE LAMB--MILD AND DRY.
     BUT, THERE WAS A LOT MORE NIGHTS WITH DRY WEATHER AND
     PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. THIS ALLOWED NIGHTLY TEMPERATURES
     TO DROP DOWN TO OR BELOW FREEZING. BUT, IT ALSO ENDED
     LIKE A LAMB--SUNNY AND MILD WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.
     OVERALL, WEATHER WAS RATHER TYPICAL FOR MARCH, COMPLETE
     WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. ONE
     SUCH THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED PENNY TO NICKEL-SIZED HAIL
     ON THE 7TH OF MARCH. ANOTHER STORM PRODUCED WINDS UP
     TO 62 MPH ON CLATSOP SPIT ON THE 19TH. ON MARCH 19TH,
     A TORNADO MOVED THROUGH ILWACO, WITH A DAMAGE PATH OF
     JUST UNDER A THIRD OF A MILE. DAMAGE WAS LIGHT.

APRIL...THIS WAS A WELCOME BREAK FROM NORMALLY WET AND COOLISH
     APRILS, AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED. THIS BLOCKED INCOMING
     WEATHER FRONTS, ALLOWING FOR DRIER AND WARMER WEATHER.
     AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE OFTEN IN 60S AND 70S. THE
     WARMEST DAYS WERE 17TH/18TH, WHEN TEMPERATURES REACHED
     NEAR 80 DEG. BUT, IT WAS ALSO A MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL
     APRIL, WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF 1.37 INCHES (3.83 INCHES
     BELOW NORMAL). APRIL 2021 WAS THE 5TH DRIEST ON RECORD
     (SINCE 1850).

MAY...RELATIVELY PLEASANT MAY, WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES,
     BUT BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. MAY RAINFALL WAS 1.16 INCHES,
     ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF NORMAL MAY RAINFALL. THIS MADE MAY
     2021 THE 10TH DRIEST ON RECORD (SINCE 1850). MOST DAYS
     HIGHS WERE IN UPPER 50S TO MIDDLE 60S, WITH A FEW DAYS
     IN THE LOWER 70S PEPPERED INTO THE MIX. WARMEST WAS 75
     DEG ON THE 31ST.

JUNE...JUNE STARTED WARM AND DRY, WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR 80
     ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THEN, WEATHER RESEMBLED THAT MORE OF
     ANY OTHER JUNE, WITH CLOUDS, RAIN, THE TYPICAL TEMPERATURE
     YOYO, FROM MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S. THEN, HIGH PRESSURE
     BUILT OVER THE REGION, BRINGING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER.
     TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE 80S BY THE 25TH, WITH 101
     DEG ON THE 27TH. THIS TIED 1 JULY 1941 AS THE WARMEST
     DAY IN ASTORIA ON RECORD, AND ONLY THE 3RD TIME THAT
     TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR ABOVE 100 DEG (ONLY OTHER DAYS
     WERE 1 JUL 1942 AND 11 JUL 1961). UNLIKE THE HEAT WELL
     INLAND, OCEAN BREEZES BROUGHT COOLER AIR TO THE REGION
     ON THE 28TH, WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE 70S.

JULY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED. WEAK FRONT PUSHED
     ACROSS THE REGION, BUT LITTLE RAINFALL WITH THE FRONTS.
     WETTEST DAY WAS THE 7TH, WITH 0.10 INCH OF RAIN. TOTAL
     JULY RAINFALL WAS ONLY 0.22 INCH, WELL BELOW NORMAL.

AUGUST...LIKE JULY, AUGUST WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL. DAILY HIGH
     TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
     THE EXCEPTION WAS THE 15TH AND 16TH, WITH HIGHS WARMING
     INTO THE 80S. TOTAL RAINFALL WAS ABOUT HALF OF NORMAL.

SEPTEMBER...WAS A MILD MONTH, WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO
     THAT EXPECTED FOR A SEPTEMBER. THOUGH FIRST HALF WAS DRY,
     THE FIRST RAINS OF AUTUMN ARRIVED ON THE 17TH, WITH
     RATHER HEAVY RAIN ON THE 17TH AND 18TH. TWO TO 3 INCHES
     OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE ASTORIA AREA DURING THAT TIME.
     TOTAL SEPTEMBER RAINFALL OF 5.00 INCHES (DOUBLE NORMAL).

OCTOBER...IT WAS AN OCTOBER THAT IS MORE EXPECTED, WITH COOL
     SWEATER WEATHER AND SOME RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME. WHILE
     THERE WERE NO BIG RAIN EVENTS, RAIN FELL ON 21 DAYS, WITH
     TOTAL OCTOBER RAINFALL ENDING 1.36 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
     A STRONG STORM OVER THE NORTHEAST PACIFIC BROUGHT GUSTY
     SOUTH WINDS TO THE REGION ON THE 24TH AND 25TH, WITH
     GUSTS 55 TO 65 MPH TO ASTORIA, BUT TO 75 MPH AT CLATSOP
     SPIT. EAST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 30 MPH ON THE 30TH/31ST
     ENSURED A DRY MILD HALLOWEEN, WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S.

NOVEMBER...RAINS CONTINUED THROUGH THE MONTH, ALONG WITH MILD
     TEMPERATURES. AS IS THE CASE WITH MANY RAINY NOVEMBERS,
     CLOUDIER SKIES AND MILD TEMPERATURES OFTEN PREVENT THE
     TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING BELOW FREEZING. COOLEST NIGHT
     IN NOV 2021 WAS ONLY 30 DEG ON THE 22ND.

     ON THE 11TH AND 12TH, A RATHER SLOW MOVING ATMOSPHERIC
     RIVER SHIFTED FROM SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY
     RAIN FELL, WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES REPORTED AROUND THE AREA.
     MINOR FLOODING WAS COMMON ALONG SMALLER STREAMS, AS WELL
     IN AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE, SUCH AS LOW SPOTS WHERE
     STORM DRAINS WERE CLOGGED WITH TREE LEAVES.

DECEMBER...
     MILD WEATHER OF LATE NOVEMBER EXTENDED INTO EARLY DAYS OF
     DECEMBER, WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 50S. BUT, THE
     WET WEATHER CONTINUED, WITH RAIN ON MANY DAYS OF DECEMBER.
     A CHANGE TO MORE COLDER DAYS CAME AROUND THE 25TH, AS THE
     STORM TRACK SHIFTED, BRINGING COLDER AIR DOWN FROM THE
     GULF OF ALASKA. THIS BROUGHT TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S FOR
     HIGHS, ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS. ON THE 26TH, MANY AREAS
     AROUND ASTORIA PICKED UP A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. COOL
     WEATHER CONTINUED INTO THE 30TH, THEN TURNED MILDER.

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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2021       (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
               + INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES

JANUARY...
   2ND TIED.  DAILY RAINFALL               3.20" (3.20"/1903 )
  11TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               2.36" (1.67"/1932 )

FEBRUARY...
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           33  (  36 /1923 )
  22ND  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               2.59" (1.97"/1933 )

APRIL...
   9TH  NEW.  DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            30  (  32 /1982 )
  11TH  NEW.  DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            30  (  31 /1991 )

JUNE...
  27TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP          101  (  89 /2000 )
      THIS HIGH ON THE 27TH MATCHES THE ALL-TIME HIGHEST EVER
         TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT ASTORIA (101 ON 1 JUL 1942).
      THIS IS THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN JUNE
         FOR ASTORIA (PRIOR RECORD WAS 99 DEG ON 30 JUN 1942).

OCTOBER...
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            33  (  34 /1981 )

NOVEMBER...
  11TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               2.61" (2.00"/1951 )

DECEMBER...
  27TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           31  (  34 /1924 )

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2021 ASTORIA MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS

THIS SHOWS WHERE A MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN SALEM PERIOD OF RECORD
(1850 TO 2020). RANKINGS ONLY APPLY TO ALL OF THE SAME MONTH,
IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE JAN 2020 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JANUARYS.

RANKINGS 1 TO 172...WHERE 1 IS THE RECORD WARMEST OR WETTEST,
                    AND 172 IS THE RECORD DRIEST OR COLDEST.
          (NOTE:  FOR MAX T AND MIN T, RANKINGS 1 TO 135)

       JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC  2021
AVG T   49 104 127  66  73   6  58  87  75 100  30 121   XXX
PRECIP  29  34 134 158 153 106 138 119  28  56  43  54   XXX

MAX T   36 111  89  34  88  10  94  88  48 105  34 111   XXX
MIN T   60  62 122 103  52   7  26  56  85  72  25 105   XXX

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2021 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     49.7  37.1   43.4   -0.4 DEG     57 /14TH    26 /23RD
FEB     47.4  37.5   42.4   -2.0 DEG     51 /28TH+   28 / 9TH
MAR     51.3  35.6   43.5   -2.9 DEG     65 /31ST    27 /16TH
APR     58.2  40.0   49.1   +0.4 DEG     80 /17TH    30 /11TH+
MAY     60.2  46.3   53.3   -0.1 DEG     75 /31ST    39 /29TH
JUN     68.3  52.6   60.5   +3.2 DEG    101 /27TH    43 / 9TH+
JUL     67.3  54.4   60.9   +0.3 DEG     77 /28TH    46 /19TH
AUG     68.2  53.9   61.0   -0.3 DEG     88 /11TH    46 /24TH
SEP     68.0  49.7   58.9   -0.1 DEG     83 /24TH    43 /16TH+
OCT     59.5  45.6   52.6   -0.2 DEG     66 /16TH    33 /12TH
NOV     54.6  43.2   48.9   +2.0 DEG     61 /15TH    30 /22ND
DEC     45.7  35.9   40.8   -2.4 DEG     54 / 7TH+   26 /27TH

  2021  58.2  44.4   51.3   -0.2 DEG   101 /JUN 27   26 /DEC 27+
NORMAL  58.4  44.5   51.5

DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN 2021 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    10    0     0
FEB      0    0    0    0    0    0      0     6    0     0
MAR      0    1    0    0    0    0      0    11    0     0
APR      0    9    3    1    0    0      0     3    0     0
MAY      0   11    4    0    0    0      0     0    7     0
JUN      0   28    9    3    1    1      0     0   21     4
JUL      0   31    7    0    0    0      0     0   27     1
AUG      0   31    8    1    0    0      0     0   25     1
SEP      0   30   10    3    0    0      0     0   18     0
OCT      0   16    0    0    0    0      0     0   10     0
NOV      0    1    0    0    0    0      0     2    4     0
DEC      1    0    0    0    0    0      0    10    0     0

  2021   1  158   41    8    1    1      0    42  112     6
NORMAL  <1  160   33    4    0    0      1    28  102     2

FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF...        IN 2021        NORMAL
  LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING    11 APR       ( 7 APR)
  FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR          15 APR       (12 APR)
  FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR          17 APR       (13 JUN)
  FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR          27 JUN       ( 3 JUL)

  LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR           27 JUN       (14 JUL)
  LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR           24 SEP       (11 SEP)
  LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR           24 SEP       (15 OCT)
  FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL     21 NOV       ( 6 NOV)

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2021 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    15.95    +5.75      26   20   10    4    3.39 JAN  2-3
FEB    12.00    +4.81      24   19    8    4    2.76 FEB 21-22
MAR     4.98    -2.47      17   13    3    0    0.94 MAR 21-22
APR     1.37    -3.83       9    4    1    0    0.72 APR 23-24
MAY     1.16    -2.24      13    3    0    0    0.31 MAY 27
JUN     1.92    -0.38       7    5    2    0    0.79 JUN 12-13
JUL     0.22    -0.61       7    1    0    0    0.11 JUL  6-7
AUG     0.49    -0.63      11    1    0    0    0.22 AUG  6
SEP     5.00    +2.33      12    8    4    2    2.12 SEP 17-18
OCT     7.36    +0.62      21   18    5    2    1.20 OCT 28-29
NOV    14.02    +2.97      27   26   10    4    2.78 NOV 11-12
DEC    12.55    +1.87      28   21   10    4    2.02 DEC 10-11

 2021  77.02    +6.76     202  139   53   20    2.81 JAN 5-6
NORMAL 70.26              191  128   45   14

ASTORIA WATER YEAR 2020-21 ( 1 OCT 2020 THROUGH 30 SEP 2021)
     65.76 INCHES   ( 4.50 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

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2021 ASTORIA AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...

     AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)     STRONGEST WIND GUST (MPH)
        2021   NORMAL        DIRECTION   SPEED    DATE
------------------------------------------------------------
JAN      7.2    (8.8)        SOUTH       56 MPH    4 JAN
FEB      9.3    (8.4)        SOUTH       42 MPH    2 FEB
MAR      7.7    (8.3)        WEST        44 MPH   28 MAR
APR      7.3    (8.2)        SOUTHWEST   35 MPH   24 APR
MAY      8.2    (8.1)        SOUTH       34 MPH   27 MAY
JUN      7.6    (8.3)        SOUTHWEST   36 MPH    6 JUN
JUL      8.7    (8.5)        NORTHWEST   31 MPH   29 JUL+
AUG      7.2    (7.7)        NORTHWEST   31 MPH   29 AUG+
SEP      6.9    (7.0)        SOUTH       47 MPH   26 SEP
OCT      7.7    (7.1)        SOUTH       57 MPH   24 OCT
NOV      8.9    (8.3)        SOUTH       58 MPH   15 NOV
DEC      8.5    (8.7)        SOUTHWEST   53 MPH   11 DEC

2021     7.9    (8.0)        SOUTH       58 MPH   15 NOV

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
   HIGHEST     30.59 INCHES     24 FEB ( 1214 PM PST )
   LOWEST       28.97 INCHES     24 OCT ( 0830 AM PST )

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ASTORIA AREA CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS...   1850 TO 2021
ASTORIA CLIMATE NORMALS BASED ON...    1991 TO 2020
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON

ONLINE AT:     WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


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