Climatological Report (Annual) Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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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
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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
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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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