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ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1055 AM PST SUN JAN 2 2022

...PORTLAND 2021 WEATHER IN REVIEW...
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2021 NOTABLE RECORDS...          2021 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
   *** 6TH WARMEST JANUARY       *** ICE/SNOW OF MID-FEBRUARY
   *** 5TH WARMEST APRIL         *** MAJOR HEAT WAVE OF LATE JUNE
   *** THE DRIEST APRIL          *** HEAT WAVE OF MID-AUGUST
   *** 6TH DRIEST MAY            *** WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD
   *** THE WARMEST JUNE          *** HEAVY RAIN MID-NOVEMBER
   *** 5TH WARMEST JULY          *** SNOW IN LATE DECEMBER
   *** 4TH WARMEST AUGUST
   *** 7TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER
   *** 3RD WARMEST NOVEMBER
   *** YEAR WITH THE MOST DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80+ DEG
   *** 2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD


MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...

JANUARY...2021 STARTED ON A MILD AND WET NOTE. NORMALLY, PORTLAND
     WOULD SEE 8 NIGHTS AT/OR BELOW FREEZING. BUT, ONLY IN 3 THIS
     YEAR (19/20TH AND 23RD). RAINFALL OF 1.94 INCHES ON THE 12TH
     MADE FOR THE 8TH WETTEST JANUARY DAY ON RECORD SINCE 1941. IN
     FACT, RAINFALL FROM THE 11TH TO 12TH WAS 2.53 INCHES AT THE
     AIRPORT, WITH REPORTS OF 3 OR MORE INCHES AROUND THE METRO.
     HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COLUMBIA GORGE DURING THAT TIME LED TO A
     DEBRIS FLOW NEAR DODSON, CLOSING I-84 FOR A TIME. JAN 2021 WAS
     THE 6TH WARMEST JAN ON RECORD.

FEBRUARY...MILD AND WET WEATHER OF JANUARY CONTINUED INTO FEBRUARY.
     THEN, A BREAK IN THE WEATHER FROM THE 7TH TO 10TH. AFTERWARDS,
     COLD OFFSHORE FLOW ARRIVED, WITH FRIGID EAST WINDS GUSTING 40
     TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE METRO AREA FROM THE 11TH TO 14TH. DURING
     THAT TIME, THERE WAS PLENTY OF PRECIPITATION, WITH HEAVY ICE
     AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS, ALONG WITH HEAVY SNOW. TO SOUTH SIDE
     OF THE METRO, PRECIPITATION STAYED AS FREEZING RAIN, WITH ICE
     ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. WHILE, MORE SNOW THAN ICE FELL
     FROM THE COLUMBIA RIVER NORTHWARD, WITH 10 TO 15 INCHES OF
     SNOW REPORTED FROM TROUTDALE NORTHWARD ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.
     INTERSTATE 84 WAS CLOSED FOR DAYS, AS 12 TO 24 INCHES OF SNOW
     ACCUMULATED IN THE GORGE BETWEEN TROUTDALE AND HOOD RIVER.
     THE 6.1 INCHES OF SNOW AT PORTLAND AIRPORT ON THE 12TH TIED
     12 FEB 1993 AS THE SNOWIEST DAY IN FEBRUARY ON RECORD. ALSO,
     THE TOTAL SNOW (10.1 INCHES) OF FEB 2021 WAS SNOWIEST FEB
     SINCE FEB 1949, WHICH HAD 11.6 INCHES). THE SIGNIFICANT ICE
     ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS PORTLAND AND TO THE SOUTH CREATED
     EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES, WITH POWER OUTAGES
     LASTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AND UP TO A FEW WEEKS IN HEAVY HIT
     AREAS SUCH AS OREGON CITY WESTWARD TO TUALATIN.

     MILD WEATHER RETURNED TO THE REGION ON THE 15TH, AND LASTED
     THROUGH THE END OF FEBRUARY.

MARCH...CONSIDERING THE WILD WEATHER OF FEBUARY, MARCH ARRIVED LIKE
     A LAMB, WITH MILD DRY WEATHER. BUT, IT ALSO ENDED LIKE A LAMB,
     WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND 70 DEG. OVERALL, WEATHER WAS RATHER
     TYPICAL FOR MARCH, COMPLETE WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS.

APRIL...THIS WAS A WELCOME BREAK FROM NORMALLY WET AND COOLISH
     APRILS, AS HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATED THE WEATHER PATTERN. THIS
     BLOCKED INCOMING WEATHER FRONTS, ALLOWING FOR DRIER AND
     WARMER WEATHER. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WERE OFTEN IN THE 60S
     AND 70S. THE WARMEST DAYS WERE 17TH/18TH, WHEN TEMPERATURES
     REACHED INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S. BUT, IT WAS A MUCH
     DRIER THAN NORMAL APRIL, WITH TOTAL RAINFALL OF 0.39 INCH
     (2.34 INCHES BELOW NORMAL). APRIL 2021 WAS THE 5TH WARMEST
     APRIL AND THE DRIEST ON RECORD (SINCE 1941).

MAY...THE DRY STREAK CONTINUED, WITH JUST 6 DAYS WITH MEASUREABLE
     (0.01 INCH OR MORE) RAINFALL IN MAY. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR MAY
     WAS 0.58 INCH, NEAR 2 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS MADE MAY 2021
     THE 6TH DRIEST MAY FOR PORTLAND. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS OF 35 TO
     40 MPH ASSOCIATED WITH A FAST MOVING FRONT ON THE 27TH CAUSED
     SOME DAMAGE TO TREES OVER THE WEST HILLS AND METRO AREA.
     TEMPERATURES TOOK MORE OF ROLLERCOAST RIDE IN MAY, BUT THE
     MONTHLY AVERAGE ENDED BEING ONLY A TAD ABOVE NORMAL.

JUNE...JUNE STARTED WARM AND DRY, WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S
     ON THE 1ST AND 2ND. THEN, WEATHER RESEMBLED THAT MORE LIKE
     ANY OTHER JUNE, WITH CLOUDS, RAIN, THE TYPICAL TEMPERATURE
     YOYO, FROM MIDDLE 60S TO LOWER 70S. THEN, HIGH PRESSURE
     BUILT OVER THE REGION, BRINGING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER.
     TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE 90S BY THE 20TH, WITH 97 DEG ON
     THE 21ST. HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENED A BIT, WITH TEMPERATURES
     BACK TO THE LOWER 80S. BUT, THAT HIGH PRESSURE DOME PUSHED
     BACK OVER THE PACIFIC NW ON THE 25TH, BRINGING VERY HOT
     WEATHER. TEMPERATURES ROSE TO 108 ON THE 26TH, BREAKING
     THE HOTTEST DAY EVER AT PORTLAND (PRIOR WAS 107 DEG IN
     30 JUL 1965, AND 8TH AND 10TH OF AUG 1981).  BUT, THAT
     WAS BROKEN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY WITH 112 DEG, THEN BROKEN
     AGAIN AT 116 DEG ON THE 28TH. WORST YET, THE OVERNIGHT
     TOOK MUCH LONGER TO COOL, BUT ONLY DOWN TO THE MID 70S
     ON MORNINGS OF THE 27TH AND 28TH. THESE WERE AMONG THE
     WARMEST OVERNIGHT LOWS EVER, WITH THE 75 DEG SURPASSING
     THE PRIOR WARMEST EVER (74 DEG ON 28TH JULY 2009).

     THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG, ALONG WITH THOSE THAT
     HAD NO AIR CONDITIONING, SUFFERED DURING THIS HEAT WAVE.
     HUNDREDS SUFFERED FROM HEAT SICKNESS AND NEEDED TO BE
     HOSPITALIZED. THE HEAT BUCKLED ROADS, AND FORCED MASS
     TRANSIT TRAINS TO STOP. MANY BUSINESSES CLOSED 27-28TH,
     HOPING TO MINIMIZE HEAT STRESS ON CUSTOMERS/EMPLOYEES.

JULY...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED. PASSING SPRINKLES ON
     FIRST WERE THE ONLY DROPS OF RAIN IN JULY FOR PORTLAND.
     WHILE DRY JULYS ARE NOT ALL THAT UNCOMMON, JULY 2021
     JOINED 2017, 2013, 2003, 1984, 1960, 1958, AND 1952 AS
     THE ONLY OTHER MONTHS WITH A TRACE RECORDED (ONLY 1967
     HAD 0 RAINFALL). JULY ENDED AS THE 5TH WARMEST JULY.

AUGUST...WHILE NOT AS WARM AS JULY OR LATE JUNE, IT STILL
     FELT RATHER WARM. ANOTHER ROUND OF HOT TEMPERATURES FROM
     THE 10TH TO 13TH, WITH 102 TO 103 ON 11TH/12TH. BUT,
     AFTER THAT HEAT WAVE ENDED ON THE 15TH, TEMPERATURES
     COOLED BACK TO THE 70S AND 80S FOR REST OF AUGUST.
     EVEN SO, IT WAS THE 4TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD.

SEPTEMBER...WAS A MILD MONTH, WITH TEMPERATURES CLOSER TO
     THAT EXPECTED FOR A SEPTEMBER. THOUGH FIRST HALF WAS DRY
     RAIN ARRIVED ON THE 17TH, WITH RATHER HEAVY RAIN ON THE
     18TH AND 19TH. RAIN ON THE 18TH (1.31 INCHES) WAS THE
     9TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER ON RECORD.

     AS SUMMER CLOSED ON THE 20TH,  2021 WOULD FINISH AS THE
     WARMEST SUMMER ON RECORD, SURPASSING PRIOR WARMEST 2015).

OCTOBER...IT WAS AN OCTOBER THAT IS MORE EXPECTED, WITH COOL
     SWEATER WEATHER AND SOME RAIN FROM TIME TO TIME. WHILE
     THERE WER NOT BIG RAIN EVENTS, RAINFALL FOR OCTOBER ENDED
     JUST A WEE BIT ABOVE NORMAL. GUSTY OFFSHORE FLOW WITH
     EAST WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 45 MPH ON THE 30TH/31ST ENSURED
     A DRY BUT COOLISH HALLOWEEN.

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 33 DEG ON THE 22ND. IN FACT, IT WAS
     THE 3RD WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD.

     ON THE 11TH AND 12TH, A RATHER SLOW MOVING ATMOSPHERIC
     RIVER SHIFTED FROM SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. HEAVY
     RAIN FELL, WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES REPORTED AROUND THE METRO
     AREA. MINOR FLOODING WAS COMMON ALONG SMALLER STREAMS
     AS WELL AS AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE, SUCH AS LOW SPOTS
     WHERE STREET DRAINS WERE CLOGGED WITH TREE LEAVES.

DECEMBER...
     MILD WEATHER OF LATE NOVEMBER EXTENDED INTO EARLY DAYS OF
     DECEMBER, WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER 60S ON THE 1ST.
     BUT, RETURN TO ONSHORE FLOW AND ARRIVING FRONT ON THE 4TH
     BROUGHT MORE REALISTIC EARLY DECEMBER WEATHER, WITH RAIN
     AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S.

    BUT, COLDER TEMPERATURES ROLLED INTO THE REGION ON THE
    25TH INTO THE 26TH, WITH SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
    INCHES OF SNOW FELL ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 26TH, WITH
    ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES EARLY ON THE 28TH. ANOTHER ROUND
    OF SNOW ARRIVED ON 29TH INTO EARLY 30TH.

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

JANUARY...
   2ND  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            48  (  46 /1994 )
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.94" (1.38"/1975 )
  13RD  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           61  (  61 /1991 )
  **** 6TH WARMEST JANUARY ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMP 44.8 DEG)

FEBRUARY...
  12TH  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            24  (  24 /1948 )
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           30  (  35 /1990 )
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY SNOWFALL                6.1" ( 5.2"/1990 )
              THIS ALSO TIED 19TH FEB 1993 AS SNOWIEST FEB DAY
  13TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           30  (  31 /1995 )
  13TH  NEW.  DAILY SNOWFALL                3.8" ( 1.4"/1986 )
  14TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           32  (  34 /1990 )

MARCH....
  NO RECORDS SET/TIED.

APRIL...
  11TH  NEW.  DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            32  (  33 /1991+)
  17TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           84  (  81 /2016 )
  **** 5TH WARMEST APRIL ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMP 55.2 DEG)
  **** DRIEST APRIL ON RECORD, WITH TOTAL RAINFALL 0.39".
              PRIOR DRIEST APRIL WAS 1956, WITH 0.53 INCH.

MAY...
  NO RECORDS SET/TIED.
  **** 6TH DRIEST MAY ON RECORD, WITH TOTAL RAINFALL 0.58 INCH.

JUNE...
   1ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            61  (  60 /2006 )
   1ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           95  (  94 /1970 )
   2ND  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            65  (  61 /2009 )
  21ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            65  (  63 /1958+)
  21ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           97  (  96 /1992 )
  22ND  TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            63  (  63 /1958 )
  25TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            65  (  64 /1973 )
  26TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            70  (  66 /1973+)
  26TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP          108  (  96 /1992 )
  27TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            73  (  71 /2015 )
  27TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP          112  (  96 /1992 )
  28TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            75  (  69 /2015 )
  28TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP          116  (  96 /1992 )
  ****  HIGH OF 116 IS HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT
            PORTLAND AIRPORT. PRIOR TO 2021, THE HIGHEST WAS
            107 DEG ON 30 JUL 1965, AND 8TH, 10TH OF AUG 1981.
  ****  HIGHS ON 26TH, 27TH AND 28TH ARE THE 3 WARMEST DAYS
              FOR ALL-TIME AT PORTLAND AIRPORT.
  ****  LOW OF 75 DEG ON THE 28TH WAS WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE
            RECORDED AT PORTLAND AIRPORT. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
            74 DEG SET ON 28TH JULY 2009.
  ****  JUNE 2021 IS THE WARMEST JUNE ON RECORD, WITH AVERAGE
            TEMP OF 70.7 DEG (PRIOR RECORD WAS 70.3 IN 2015).

JULY...
  30TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            69  (  67 /2018+)
  31ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            69  (  65 /1948 )
  **** 5TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMP 73.0 DEG)

AUGUST...
   5TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            66  (  65 /2019 )
  11TH  TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            69  (  69 /2014 )
  11TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP          102  ( 102 /1977 )
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            70  (  67 /2014 )
  13TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            71  (  66 /2016 )
  14TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            68  (  66 /1998 )
  23RD  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            48  (  48 /1951 )
  **** 4TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMP 72.5 DEG)

SEPTEMBER...
  18TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.31" (0.97"/2010 )
              18TH IS THE 9TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY ON RECORD.
  19TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.14" (0.97"/1988+)

OCTOBER...
  12TH  TIED. DAILY COLD LOW TEMP            38  (  38 /2019 )
  13TH  TIED. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           54  (  54 /2009 )

NOVEMBER...
  12TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.31" (0.94"/2008 )
              18TH IS THE 9TH WETTEST SEPTEMBER DAY ON RECORD.
  14TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            60  (  58 /2001 )
  15TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           62  (  62 /2001+)
  27TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           63  (  63 /1947 )
  28TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           63  (  59 /1940 )
  29TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           58  (  58 /2008+)
  **** 3RD WARMEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD (AVERAGE TEMP 50.4 DEG)

DECEMBER...
   1ST  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           63  (  62 /1958 )
              TIED 2 OTHER DAYS AS THE 6TH WARMEST DECEMBER
                   DAY ON RECORD (WARMEST WAS 65 DEG IN 1993)
  18TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.26" (1.01"/1941 )
  26TH  NEW.  DAILY SNOWFALL                0.7" ( 0.6"/1951 )
  27TH  NEW.  DAILY SNOWFALL                1.0" ( 0.7"/1968 )

FOR THE YEAR...
    MOST DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 80+ DEG...    90 DAYS
              (PRIOR RECORD... 88 DAYS IN 2015)
    MOST DAYS WITH HIGH TEMPERATURE 100+ DEG...       5 DAYS
              (2021 TIED 1941 AND 1977 WITH 5 DAYS)
    MOST DAYS WITH LOW TEMPERATURE 60+ DEG...        55 DAYS
              (2021 TIED 2019 AND 2015 WITH 55 DAYS)
    2ND WARMEST YEAR ON RECORD, WITH AVERAGE TEMP 56.6 DEG
              (RECORD WARMEST WAS 2015 WITH 57.4 DEG)

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2021 PORTLAND MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS

THIS SHOWS WHERE MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN PORTLANDS CLIMATE RECORD
(OCT 1940 THROUGH 2021). RANKINGS APPLY TO ALL OF SAME MONTH,
OR IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE JAN 2021 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JAN.

RANKINGS ARE 1 TO 80, WHERE 1 IS WARMEST OR WETTEST ON RECORD
                       AND 80 IS DRIEST OR COLDEST ON RECORD.

        JA  FE  MA  AP  MA  JU  JL  AU  SE  OC  NO  DE   2021
AVG T    6  59  43   5  16   1   5   4  12  31   3  41      2
PRECIP  22  40  75  81  76  46  73  70   7  24  28  28     45

MAX T   11  72  33   2  20   2   5  12  20  61   6  49      4
MIN T    6  33  49  32  19   1   4   2  13  14   3  33      3

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2021 PORTLAND AIRPORT TEMPERATURE DATA
       + BY DATE INDICATES LAST OF SEVERAL OCCURRENCES LISTED

      |--- AVERAGES ----| MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS & DATE|
MONTH |HIGHS LOWS   MEAN|  FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST      LOWEST |
--------------------------------------------------------------
JAN     49.9  39.6   44.8   +2.9 DEG     61 /13TH+   27 /23RD
FEB     47.2  36.6   41.9   -2.2 DEG     58 /28TH    24 /13TH+
MAR     56.2  38.1   47.2   -1.1 DEG     71 /31ST    30 /16TH
APR     67.3  43.1   55.2   +2.4 DEG     84 /17TH    32 /11TH
MAY     70.5  49.6   60.1   +0.7 DEG     88 /31ST    41 /19TH
JUN     82.6  58.8   70.7   +6.5 DEG    116 /28TH    50 /16TH+
JUL     85.5  60.6   73.0   +2.8 DEG     98 /29TH    57 /22ND
AUG     84.0  61.0   72.5   +1.9 DEG    103 /12TH    48 /23RD
SEP     77.7  55.1   66.4   +1.0 DEG     89 /24TH    45 /16TH
OCT     62.1  47.5   54.8   -0.8 DEG     72 / 2ND    38 /12TH
NOV     56.0  44.7   50.4   +3.3 DEG     66 /14TH    33 /22ND
DEC     45.8  36.5   41.1   -0.5 DEG     63 / 1ST    26 /27TH

 2021   65.5  47.7   56.6   +1.5 DEG   116 /JUL 27  24 /FEB 13
NORMAL  64.0  46.3   55.1


DAYS IN 2021 WITH TEMPERATURE OF...
       |------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
       <=32  60+  70+  80+  90+ 100+  <=20  <=32   60+   70+
--------------------------------------------------------------
JAN      0    2    0    0    0    0      0     3    0     0
FEB      3    0    0    0    0    0      0     7    0     0
MAR      0    9    1    0    0    0      0     3    0     0
APR      0   24   12    3    0    0      0     1    0     0
MAY      0   31   13    8    0    0      0     0    0     0
JUN      0   30   22   18    9    3      0     0   11     3
JUL      0   31   31   27    6    0      0     0   17     0
AUG      0   31   31   21    9    2      0     0   20     2
SEP      0   30   24   13    0    0      0     0    6     0
OCT      0   23    1    0    0    0      0     0    0     0
NOV      0    8    0    0    0    0      0     0    1     0
DEC      0    1    0    0    0    0      0     6    0     0

  2021   3  220  135   90   24    5      0    20   55     5
NORMAL   1  197  124   58   11   <1      2    29   29     0

FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF...        IN 2021         AVERAGE
  LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING    11 APR        (19 MAR)
  FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR          31 MAR        (30 MAR)
  FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR          17 APR        (10 MAY)
  FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR           1 JUN        (16 JUN)

  LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR           15 AUG        ( 8 SEP)
  LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR           25 SEP        (29 SEP)
  LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR            2 OCT        (18 OCT)
  FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL     26 DEC        (15 NOV)

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2021 PORTLAND 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     7.03    +2.00      21   16    5    1    1.94 JAN 12
FEB     3.73    +0.13      21   11    2    0    0.99 FEB 12-13
MAR     1.55    -2.42      13    9    0    0    0.28 MAR 21-22
APR     0.39    -2.50       6    1    0    0    0.17 APR 24-25
MAY     0.58    -1.93       6    2    0    0    0.22 MAY 24-25
JUN     1.25    -0.38       8    3    1    0    0.89 JUN 12-13
JUL     TRACE   -0.50       0    0    0    0       T JUL  1
AUG     0.05    -0.49       2    0    0    0    0.03 AUG  6
SEP     3.76    +2.24       7    5    3    2    1.69 SEP 18-19
OCT     3.72    +0.30      18   12    2    0    0.91 OCT 21-22
NOV     6.43    +0.98      23   17    2    2    2.13 NOV 11-12
DEC     7.10    +1.33      23   16    4    1    X.XX DEC XX

  2021  35.59   -1.32     148   92   19    6    2.13 NOV 11-12
NORMAL  36.91             156   93   20    4

TOTAL SNOWFALL...        14.0 INCHES    (NORMAL  6.0 INCHES)

PORTLAND WATER YEAR 2020-21 (1 OCT 2020 THROUGH 30 SEP 2021)
      30.22 INCHES   (6.69 INCHES BELOW NORMAL)

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2021 PORTLAND AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...

       AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)      STRONGEST WIND GUST
    2021   (NORMAL)     DIRECTION   SPEED    DATE
------------------------------------------------------------
JAN      8.0      (9.3)     SOUTHWEST   50 MPH   JAN 12
FEB      8.9      (8.7)     EAST        40 MPH   FEB 11
MAR      6.0      (7.7)     SOUTHWEST   35 MPH   MAR 19
APR      6.1      (7.1)     EAST        34 MPH   APR 12
MAY      6.7      (6.7)     WEST        38 MPH   MAY 27
JUN      6.5      (7.0)     SOUTHWEST   39 MPH   JUN  6
JUL      7.2      (7.2)     NORTHWEST   26 MPH   JUL 26
AUG      6.2      (6.8)     NORTHWEST   27 MPH   AUG 16
SEP      5.7      (6.2)     SOUTHWEST   32 MPH   SEP 17
OCT      6.8      (6.3)     WEST        43 MPH   OCT 24
NOV      7.2      (8.0)     SOUTH       42 MPH   NOV 15
DEC      7.4      (9.3)    SOUTH       45 MPH   DEC 11

2021     6.8 MPH  (7.5)     SOUTHWEST   50 MPH   JAN 12

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
   HIGHEST     30.62 INCHES     24 FEB ( 1149 AM PST )
   LOWEST       29.04 INCHES     24 OCT ( 0801 AM PST )

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2021 MAJOR RIVER EXTREMES

WILLAMETTE RIVER (AT MORRISON ST BRIDGE, DOWNTOWN PORTLAND)...
 HIGHEST   13.0 FT    14 JAN 2021    (FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FT)
 LOWEST    -0.3 FT     2 OCT 2021

COLUMBIA RIVER (AT INTERSTATE BRIDGE)...
 HIGHEST   12.7 FT    14 JAN 2021    (FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FT)
 LOWEST    -0.6 FT     2 OCT 2021

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PORTLAND AIRPORT CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS... OCT 1940 TO 2021
PORTLAND AIRPORT CLIMATE NORMALS...               1991 TO 2020
===============================================================

DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON

ONLINE AT:     WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


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