000 CDUS46 KPQR 171141 CLIPDX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 441 AM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1940 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 55 319 PM 80 1947 57 -2 44 MINIMUM 42 1132 PM 27 1955 40 2 41 AVERAGE 49 48 1 43 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.10 0.97 1992 0.13 -0.03 0.38 MONTH TO DATE 3.69 2.03 1.66 4.69 SINCE OCT 1 24.56 24.69 -0.13 32.55 SINCE JAN 1 13.34 10.57 2.77 13.70 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 16 17 -1 22 MONTH TO DATE 321 288 33 308 SINCE MAR 1 321 288 33 308 SINCE JUL 1 3409 3346 63 3402 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (210) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (170) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 1000 PM LOWEST 45 200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 76 1947 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 24 1955 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2012.........SUNRISE 718 AM PDT SUNSET 720 PM PDT MARCH 18 2012.........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. $$