583 CDUS46 KPQR 171142 CLIPDX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 441 AM PDT THU MAR 17 2011 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2011... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1940 TO 2011 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 44 553 PM 80 1947 56 -12 60 MINIMUM 41 1159 PM 27 1955 39 2 47 AVERAGE 43 47 -4 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.38 0.97 1992 0.12 0.26 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 4.69 2.05 2.64 1.13 SINCE OCT 1 32.56 25.50 7.06 20.74 SINCE JAN 1 13.71 11.30 2.41 8.83 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 17 5 11 MONTH TO DATE 308 292 16 282 SINCE MAR 1 308 292 16 282 SINCE JUL 1 3402 3417 -15 3192 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 700 AM LOWEST 82 900 AM AVERAGE 86 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 76 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 24 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2011.........SUNRISE 720 AM PDT SUNSET 719 PM PDT MARCH 18 2011.........SUNRISE 718 AM PDT SUNSET 720 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$