742 CDUS46 KPQR 181142 CLIPDX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 441 AM PDT FRI MAR 18 2011 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 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 50 158 PM 76 1947 56 -6 56 MINIMUM 38 423 AM 24 1955 39 -1 41 AVERAGE 44 47 -3 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.11 0.58 1949 0.12 -0.01 T MONTH TO DATE 4.80 2.17 2.63 1.13 SINCE OCT 1 32.67 25.62 7.05 20.74 SINCE JAN 1 13.82 11.42 2.40 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 21 17 4 16 MONTH TO DATE 329 309 20 298 SINCE MAR 1 329 309 20 298 SINCE JUL 1 3423 3434 -11 3208 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 22 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 26 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (200) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1200 AM LOWEST 71 100 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 71 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 28 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2011.........SUNRISE 718 AM PDT SUNSET 720 PM PDT MARCH 19 2011.........SUNRISE 716 AM PDT SUNSET 721 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$