860 CDUS46 KPQR 181141 CLIPDX CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 440 AM PDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ................................... ...THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17 2014... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1940 TO 2014 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 52 256 PM 76 1947 57 -5 50 MINIMUM 41 715 AM 24 1955 40 1 38 AVERAGE 47 48 -1 44 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 0.58 1949 0.12 -0.10 T MONTH TO DATE 4.21 2.15 2.06 0.55 SINCE OCT 1 17.85 24.81 -6.96 27.23 SINCE JAN 1 12.03 10.69 1.34 5.30 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 18 17 1 21 MONTH TO DATE 259 305 -46 289 SINCE MAR 1 259 305 -46 289 SINCE JUL 1 3557 3363 194 3186 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 28 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (290) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 100 AM LOWEST 50 300 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE PORTLAND OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 57 71 1988 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 28 1943 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 18 2014.........SUNRISE 717 AM PDT SUNSET 720 PM PDT MARCH 19 2014.........SUNRISE 715 AM PDT SUNSET 722 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$