Record Cold & More Snow???
Hope you all enjoyed the snow yesterday. Now we are on to the record cold temperatures tonight. The Portland International Airport set a new coldest daytime high temperature for today (Friday). Records date back 70 years, to 1940, at this location. As of 4pm, the Portland Airport has reached no higher than 34 degrees today. This is not likely to change as we have reached maximum heating for the day. This smashes the previous coldest daytime high temperature (for today) of 40 degrees set in 1994. A new record was set at Vancouver’s 4NNE Co-op weather station near Hazel Dell at 17 degrees, besting the old record of 19 degrees set in 2003. Records at this station date back to 1891. The record low for the Portland Airport on Saturday morning is 20 degrees set in 1962. Vancouver’s record low for tomorrow is 18 degrees, also set in 1962. Tomorrow’s record coldest daytime high temperature for the Portland Airport is 38 degrees set in 1971. All of these records are in jeopardy along with many others.
Saturday night and early Sunday morning, another system will approach the area from the northwest. With cold and dry arctic air sitting over the Pacific Northwest, another threat for accumulating valley snow exists before changing over to rain on Sunday. The threat for additional snow will come into better focus tomorrow morning after what will likely be record cold temperatures tonight.” Here are some of the area snow totals from yesterday’s storm, via the Portland office of the National Weather Service —
SANTIAM PASS,OR…………18.0 24 HR
TIMBERLINE LODGE,OR……..19.0 36 HR
SANTIAM JUNCTION,OR……..15.0 24 HR
WILLAMETTE PASS,OR………15.0 24 HR
MT HOOD MEADOWS,OR………14.0 24 HR
GOVERNMENT CAMP,OR………14.0 36 HR
BLUE BOX PASS,OR………..10.0 24 HR
VERNONIA,OR…………….9.0
HOODOO,OR………………8.0
ZIG ZAG,OR……………..8.0
KM MOUNTAIN,WA………….8.0
MCMINNVILLE,OR (7 MI W)….8.0
CAMAS, WA………………7.5
PHILOMATH,OR……………7.0
OAKRIDGE,OR…………….7.2
BLODGETT,OR…………….4.5 TO 6.5
WHITE SALMON,WA…………6.0
PARKDALE,OR…………….6.0
MCKENZIE BRIDGE,OR………6.0
TIMBER,OR………………5.5
AMITY,OR……………….5.0
TILLAMOOK,OR (16 MI ENE)…5.0
MILL CITY,OR……………5.0
LONGVIEW,WA…………….5.0 TO 6.0
BRUSH PRAIRIE,WA………..2.5 TO 5.0
AMITY,OR……………….5.0
PLEASANT HILL, OR……….4.5
GASTON,OR………………4.2
KALAMA,WA………………4.0
HOCKINSON,WA……………4.0
CASCADE LOCKS,OR………..4.0
MCMINNVILLE,OR………….2.0 TO 4.0
BRUSH PRAIRIE,WA………..3.5
FOREST GROVE,OR…………3.5
3 E OF EUGENE, OR……….3.5
STEVENSON,WA……………3.0
CAMAS,WA……………….3.0
PHILOMATH,OR……………3.0 TO 6.5
CORVALLIS,OR……………1.0 TO 4.5
CRESWELL, OR……………3.0
ROSBURG,WA……………..3.0
CLATSKANIE,OR…………..3.0
LYONS,OR……………….3.0
HILLSBORO,OR (5 NE)……..3.0
ORCHARDS,WA…………….3.0
DALLAS,OR………………2.5 TO 3.0
MONROE, OR……………..3.0
CORNELIUS,OR……………2.75
VANCOUVER,WA……………1.5 TO 2.75
SWEET HOME,OR…………..2.7
EDDYVILLE,OR……………2.6
KELSO,WA……………….2.5
WILSONVILLE,OR………….2.5
LONG BEACH,WA…………..2.5
SPRINGFIELD,OR………….2.5
STAYTON,OR……………..2.5
OCEAN PARK,WA…………..2.0
TILLAMOOK,OR……………2.0
TIGARD,OR………………2.0
NORTH PLAINS,OR…………2.0 TO 6.5
CAMAS,WA……………….2.0
OCEAN PARK,WA…………..2.0
BANKS,OR……………….2.0
YAMHILL,OR……………..2.0
ALBANY,OR………………2.0
COTTAGE GROVE,OR………..2.0 TO 3.0
OREGON CITY,OR………….1.5
ALOHA,OR……………….1.5
ELMIRA,OR………………1.5
CLACKAMAS,OR……………1.5
TROUTDALE,OR……………1.5
EUGENE,OR………………1.2
PORTLAND,OR…………….1.0 TO 1.5
ASTORIA,OR……………..1.0
HILLSBORO HIGH SCHOOL,OR…1.0
GRESHAM,OR……………..1.0
WOODLAND,WA…………….1.0
SALEM,OR……………….1.0 TO 2.0
LINCOLN CITY,OR…………0.5
NEWPORT,OR……………..0.5
Stay tuned!
Steve
Steve Pierce
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