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ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
930 AM PST SUN 1 JAN 2023

...ASTORIA 2022 WEATHER IN REVIEW...
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2022 NOTABLE RECORDS...          2022 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS...
  *** 4TH WARMEST AUGUST            *** COOL & WET MAY
  *** WARMEST (T) JUL-SEP EVER      *** WARM START TO AUTUMN
                                    *** LATE DECEMBER ICE AND WIND

MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...

JANUARY...2022 STARTED OFF MILD AND WET. IT RAINED ON 11 OF THE
FIRST 13 DAYS OF THE MONTH. A SERIES OF STRONG FRONTS PUSHED ONSHORE
DURING THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH, PRODUCING GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS. STRONGEST WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH OCCURRED ON THE 2ND, AS WELL
AS THE 6TH AND 7TH. THE 5.07 INCHES OF RAIN ON THE 6TH WAS THE 2ND
RAINIEST DAY IN JANUARY ON RECORD (GOING BACK TO 1887). THIS PUSHED
MANY LOCAL RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. COASTAL FLOODING ALSO OCCURRED
ALONG THE NORTHERN OREGON COAST. THE SECOND HALF OF JANUARY WAS
DRIER, INCLUDING AN EIGHT DAY STRETCH OF NO PRECIPITATION FROM THE
22ND THROUGH THE 29TH. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ALSO DROPPED BELOW
FREEZING MUCH OF THE FINAL WEEK OF JANUARY.

FEBRUARY...LIGHT SHOWERS AND NEAR AVERAGE TEMPERATURES RETURNED THE
FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. A BREAK IN THE WEATHER OCCURRED FROM THE 8TH
TO THE 13TH. A FRONT ARRIVED ON THE 14TH. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER
RETURNED ON THE 19TH THROUGH THE 21ST. THEN, MODERATED ARCTIC COLD
FRONT AND OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW FREEZING 22ND THROUGH
25TH. MORE ACTIVE WEATHER RETURNED. AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT
HEAVY RAIN ON THE 28TH (2.89 INCHES) WHILE SOUTHERLY WINDS GUSTED
TO 40 TO 50 MPH. MINOR FLOODING ALONG LOCAL RIVERS.

MARCH...OVERALL, WEATHER WAS RATHER TYPICAL FOR MARCH. AN
ATMOSPHERIC RIVER LINGERED THROUGH THE 2ND, BUT GENERALLY REMAINED
SOUTH. THEN, MILD AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE 11TH. A STRONG
FRONT MOVED THROUGH FROM THE 12TH THROUGH 13TH WITH BREEZY WINDS,
FOLLOWED BY A WEAK ATMOSPHERIC RIVER ON THE 14TH. ANOTHER SERIES OF
FRONTAL SYSTEMS ON 19TH TO 21ST BROUGHT MORE RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE
THEN RETURNED FOR MILD AND MOSTLY DRY WEATHER. TYPICAL SPRING
WEATHER PATTERN WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS TO END THE MONTH.

APRIL...A WET AND COOLISH APRIL SAW MEASURABLE RAINFALL ON 26 DAYS.
A STORM SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH THE 3RD AND 4TH WITH BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH AT CLATSOP SPIT. COOL AND UNSTABLE AIR
MASS FOLLOWED WITH A SHOWERY WEATHER PATTERN AND FEW THUNDERSTORMS
ON THE 4TH AND 5TH. THEN, A COMPACT LOW MOVED ACROSS THE CENTRAL
OREGON COAST THE 11TH, BRINGING MOSTLY RAIN, BUT ALSO LATE SEASON
SNOW TO THE COAST. UNSEASONABLY COOL UPPER TROUGH PERSISTED WITH
OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. MARCH LIKE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUED AS A FAIRLY
WET COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH ON THE 18TH. ANOTHER FRONT PUSHED
INLAND THE 29TH. ACTIVE SPRING PATTERN CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF
THE MONTH.

MAY...THE COOLER AND WET SPRING PATTERN CONTINUED INTO MAY. TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 6.24 INCHES WAS THE 11TH WETTEST ON RECORD (SINCE 1890).
SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS PUSHED THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK. A STRONG
FRONT ON THE 12TH BROUGHT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN AND BREEZY WINDS TO
THE COAST. UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS CONTINUED,
INCLUDING A THUNDERSTORM ON THE 19TH. THEN, MILD AND DRY WEATHER THE
20TH TO 22ND. STRONG LOW PRESSURE PUSHED ONSHORE THE CENTRAL OREGON
COAST THE 28TH BRINGING ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN. THEN GRADUAL WARMING,
WITH THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH THE 31ST WITH A HIGH OF 67 DEG.

JUNE...ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED WITH MILD AND WET CONDITIONS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF JUNE. ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS ON THE
4TH AND 9TH PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN EACH DAY. TOTAL RAINFALL
OF 3.83 INCHES WAS ABOUT 1.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. HIGH PRESSURE LED
TO THE LONGEST STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER OF THE MONTH FROM THE 23RD
THROUGH 27TH. DAILY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE RECORDED ON THE
25TH AND 26TH AS LOW LEVEL OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPED. THE HIGH OF 92
DEGREES ON THE 26TH WAS THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR AT ASTORIA.

JULY...WARM AND DRY, JULY WAS RATHER UNEVENTFUL. DAILY HIGH
TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. THE
EXCEPTION WAS THE 11TH AND 25TH, WITH HIGHS WARMING INTO THE 80S.
WETTEST DAY WAS THE 7TH, WITH 0.21 INCH OF RAIN. TOTAL JULY RAINFALL
WAS ONLY 0.32 INCH, WELL BELOW NORMAL.

AUGUST...WARM AND DRY WEATHER CONTINUED. DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES
WERE MOSTLY IN THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S, EXCEPT THE FOUR DAYS WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S (HIGHEST OF 88 DEGREES ON THE 7TH). ENDED AS
THE 4TH WARMEST AUGUST ON RECORD. WETTEST DAY WAS THE 4TH, WITH 0.15
INCH OF RAIN FROM MARINE LAYER DRIZZLE. TOTAL AUGUST RAINFALL WAS
ONLY 0.25 INCH, NEARLY AN INCH BELOW NORMAL.

SEPTEMBER...CONTINUED STRETCH OF WARM AND DRY WEATHER. HIGHS IN THE
80S ON THE 9TH, 10TH, AND 25TH. MEASURABLE RAIN ON ONLY 4 DAYS OF
THE MONTH. A FRONT PUSHED THROUGH THE 28TH, BRINGING 0.68 INCH OF
RAIN. TOTAL SEPTEMBER RAINFALL WAS ONLY 0.74 INCH, NEARLY 2 INCHES
BELOW NORMAL.

OCTOBER...UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY THROUGH THE 20TH. ONLY 0.05 INCH
OF RAIN FELL DURING THAT DRY STRETCH. RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOWER 80S ON THE 1ST AND 15TH. MORE TYPICAL FALL WEATHER PATTERN
ARRIVED THE 21ST AND CONTINUED THROUGH END OF THE MONTH. THE RAINS
OF AUTUMN FELL AS SEVERAL FRONTS PUSHED THROUGH THE REST OF THE
MONTH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 4.29 INCHES WAS NEARLY 2.5 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL FOR OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER...COOL AND WET. ACTIVE WEATHER CONTINUED THROUGH FIRST PART
OF THE MONTH. A STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER IMPACTED THE AREA WITH
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS THE 3RD TO 4TH. THE 4.07 INCHES OF RAIN
ON THE 4TH WAS THE 5TH WETTEST DAY IN NOVEMBER ON RECORD (SINCE
1887). THIS PUSHED MANY LOCAL RIVERS ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. A DRY PERIOD
RETURNED ON THE 13TH, LASTING THROUGH THE 20TH. OVERNIGHT LOWS
DROPPED BELOW FREEZING 7 TIMES DURING THE MONTH, INCLUDING THE 17TH
THROUGH 19TH. SEVERAL FRONTS PUSHED THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE
MONTH. STRONGEST FRONTAL SYSTEM 29TH TO 30TH. TOTAL RAINFALL OF
12.39 INCHES WAS JUST OVER AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL.

DECEMBER...THE ACTIVE WEATHER OF NOVEMBER CONTINUED INTO DECEMBER,
WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE 40S AND ONSHORE FLOW MAINTAINING
OCCASIONAL RAIN THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH. A SERIES OF
POTENT FRONTS THEN PUSHED THROUGH THE 8TH THROUGH 10TH WITH AROUND A
HALF INCH OF RAINFALL EACH DAY. THEN, RELATIVELY DRY AND COOL
THROUGH THE 17TH. LOWS FELL BELOW FREEZING THE 15TH THROUGH 17TH.
COLDER TEMPERATURES AS AN ARCTIC AIR MASS FILTERED INTO THE REGION
THE 22ND AND 23RD, WITH SNOW, SLEET, AND FREEZING RAIN. THE YEAR
FINISHED OFF WITH A SERIES OF PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING A
STRONG ATMOSPHERIC RIVER THE 26TH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS THE 26TH
TO 27TH, WITH GUSTS OF 60 TO 70 MPH, DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES.

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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2022       (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
               + INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES

JANUARY...
   6TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               5.07" (3.14"/1914 )

FEBRUARY...
  22ND  TIED. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           41  (  41 /1952+)
  28TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               2.89" (1.40"/2013 )

APRIL...
  10TH  TIED. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           47  (  47 /1979+)

JUNE...
   9TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               1.23" (0.72"/1931 )
  17TH  NEW.  DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP           57  (  58 /2007+)
  25TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           86  (  84 /1896 )
  26TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           92  (  85 /2006 )

JULY...
   6TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            59  (  58 /2013+)

AUGUST...
  17TH  TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            60  (  60 /1903+)
  19TH  TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            62  (  62 /2004 )
  26TH  TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP            60  (  60 /1997+)

OCTOBER...
  15TH  NEW.  DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           83  (  78 /2022 )

NOVEMBER...
   4TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               4.07" (2.12"/1969 )

DECEMBER...
  27TH  TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP           58  (  58 /1980+)
   4TH  NEW.  DAILY RAINFALL               4.07" (2.12"/1969 )

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2022 ASTORIA MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS

THIS SHOWS WHERE A MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN ASTORIA PERIOD OF RECORD
(1850 TO 2022). RANKINGS ONLY APPLY TO ALL OF THE SAME MONTH,
IN OTHER WORDS, WHERE JAN 2022 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JANUARYS.

RANKINGS 1 TO 173...WHERE 1 IS THE RECORD WARMEST OR WETTEST,
                    AND 173 IS THE RECORD DRIEST OR COLDEST.
          (NOTE:  FOR MAX T AND MIN T, RANKINGS 1 TO 136)

       JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC  2022
AVG T   30  57  70 137 136  37  13   4  14  18 148 101    64
PRECIP  50 123  96  42  15  37 127 140 146 114  62  82    89

MAX T   15  55  80 111 123  49  23  13  17  13  98  86    34
MIN T   56  62  53 114  80  21   8   9  29  40 129  91    49

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2022 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     52.1  37.3   44.7   +1.0 DEG     60 /12TH    27 /28TH
FEB     50.8  37.5   44.2   -0.0 DEG     62 /12TH    24 /23RD
MAR     51.8  39.1   45.5   -0.5 DEG     61 /22ND    29 /10TH
APR     54.0  39.4   46.7   -2.0 DEG     71 / 7TH    33 /16TH+
MAY     57.5  44.9   51.2   -2.2 DEG     67 /31ST    37 /10TH
JUN     65.4  51.8   58.6   +1.3 DEG     92 /26TH    44 / 6TH
JUL     70.1  55.5   62.8   +2.2 DEG     85 /25TH    51 /19TH+
AUG     72.6  56.2   64.4   +3.1 DEG     88 / 7TH    49 / 6TH+
SEP     70.4  52.1   61.2   +2.2 DEG     85 / 9TH    46 /20TH+
OCT     64.6  47.4   56.0   +3.2 DEG     83 /15TH    39 /23RD
NOV     52.1  35.4   43.7   -3.2 DEG     60 /24TH    30 /28TH+
DEC     47.8  36.6   42.2   -1.0 DEG     61 /2TTH    27 /22ND

  2022  59.1  44.5   51.8   +0.4 DEG   92 /JUN 26   24 /FEB 23
NORMAL  58.4  44.5   51.4

DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES IN 2022 WHERE...
       |------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
       <=32  60+  70+  80+  90+ 100+  <=20  <=32   50+   60+
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JAN      0    1    0    0    0    0      0     7    0     0
FEB      0    3    0    0    0    0      0     5    1     0
MAR      0    1    0    0    0    0      0     6    0     0
APR      0    2    1    0    0    0      0     0    0     0
MAY      0    8    0    0    0    0      0     0    5     0
JUN      0   25    6    2    1    0      0     0   23     0
JUL      0   31   13    2    0    0      0     0   31     0
AUG      0   31   22    4    0    0      0     0   29     6
SEP      0   29   14    3    0    0      0     0   20     0
OCT      0   20    8    2    0    0      0     0   10     0
NOV      0    1    0    0    0    0      0     9    1     0
DEC      1    1    0    0    0    0      0     9    0     0

  2022   1  153   64   13    1    0      0    36  120     6
NORMAL  <1  164   37    6    0    0     <1    26  113     2

FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF...        IN 2022       AVERAGES
  LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING    31 MAR       (29 MAR)
  FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR           7 APR       (21 APR)
  FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR          25 JUN       (13 JUN)
  FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR          26 JUN       (13 JUL)

  LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR           27 JUN       (25 JUL)
  LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR           15 OCT       (12 SEP)
  LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR           18 OCT       (13 OCT)
  FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN FALL      9 NOV       ( 9 NOV)

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2022 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    13.47    +2.88      16   13    7    4    5.07 JAN  6
FEB     5.55    -1.63      15   10    2    1    2.89 FEB 28
MAR     6.73    -1.17      21   11    5    1    2.13 MAR 20-21
APR     6.75    +0.95      26   15    3    1    1.53 APR 18
MAY     6.24    +2.84      23   15    4    1    1.08 MAY 11-12
JUN     3.83    +1.53      17    8    2    2    1.34 JUN  9-10
JUL     0.32    -0.51       5    1    0    0    0.22 JUL  6-7
AUG     0.25    -0.87       7    1    0    0    0.15 AUG  4
SEP     0.74    -1.93       4    1    1    0    0.68 SEP 28
OCT     4.29    -2.45       9    7    5    0    1.34 OCT 30-31
NOV    12.39    +1.34      18   14    9    3    4.54 NOV  3-4
DEC    11.54    +0.86      23   18    8    4    2.31 DEC 25-26

 2022  72.10    +1.84     184  114   46   17    5.07 JAN 6
NORMAL 70.26              196  131   47   16

ASTORIA WATER YEAR 2021-22 ( 1 OCT 2021 THROUGH 30 SEP 2022)
     77.81 INCHES      ( 7.55 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL )

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2022 ASTORIA AIRPORT WIND AND PRESSURE DATA...

     AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)     STRONGEST WIND GUST (MPH)
        2022   NORMAL        DIRECTION   SPEED    DATE
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JAN      7.4    (8.8)        SOUTH       57 MPH   JAN  2
FEB      7.1    (8.4)        SOUTHWEST   49 MPH   FEB 27
MAR      6.6    (8.3)        SOUTH       45 MPH   MAR 12
APR      8.0    (8.2)        SOUTH       51 MPH   APR  3
MAY      7.7    (8.1)        SOUTH       37 MPH   MAY 18
JUN      7.6    (8.3)        SOUTHWEST   40 MPH   JUN 27
JUL      6.2    (8.5)        NORTH       30 MPH   JUL 18
AUG      6.8    (7.7)        SOUTHWEST   30 MPH   AUG 10
SEP      6.4    (7.0)        NORTHWEST   30 MPH   SEP  7
OCT      5.2    (7.1)        SOUTH       45 MPH   OCT 30
NOV      7.2    (8.3)        SOUTHWEST   48 MPH   NOV 29
DEC      7.5    (8.7)        SOUTH       69 MPH   DEC 26

2022     7.1    (8.0)        SOUTH       69 MPH   DEC 26

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
   HIGHEST     30.66 INCHES     21 JAN ( 1118 PM PST )
   LOWEST       28.83 INCHES     27 DEC ( 0800 AM PST )

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2022 ASTORIA OCEAN HIGHEST RECORDED WAVES...
  BUOY 248 (~33 MILES OFFSHORE)     ~30 FT    ON DEC 28

  BUOY 29  (~20 MILES OFFSHORE)     ~30 FT    ON DEC 28

  BUOY 243 ( ~5 MILES OFFSHORE)     ~30 FT    ON DEC 28

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ASTORIA AREA CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS...   1850 TO 2022
ASTORIA CLIMATE NORMALS BASED ON...    1991 TO 2020
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY AND HARTSOCK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
      ONLINE AT:     WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND


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