NOUS46 KPQR 232207 PNSPQR ...2006 EUGENE YEAR IN REVIEW...CORRECTION ...NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS... EUGENE STARTED THE YEAR OFF WET RECEIVING OVER 12 INCHES OF RAIN IN JANUARY ALONE. THINGS QUIETED DOWN THEREAFTER UNTIL A LATE WINTER STORM BROUGHT SOME SNOW TO THE AREA IN MARCH WITH THE AIRPORT RECEIVING A TRACE OF SNOW. A QUIET WEATHER PATTERN PERSISTED FOR QUITE SOME TIME BEFORE A THUNDERSTORM ROLLED THROUGH THE EUGENE AREA ON MAY 16TH DROPPING HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER AND PACKING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. IN THE SUMMER MONTHS...THINGS HEATED UP AS NUMEROUS AREAS AROUND THE REGION EXPERIENCED RECORD WARMTH WITH EUGENE BREAKING THEIR ALL TIME JULY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE. EUGENE HAD A 105F DEGREE READING ON JULY 23RD TIEING THE MONTHS ALL TIME RECORD JULY HIGH. THIS TEMPERATURE RANKS 4TH ON THE SCALE OF HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED AT EUGENE. THE FALL WAS QUITE TYPICAL EXCEPT FOR A COLD OCTOBER EVENING WHEN EUGUENE BROKE ITS ALL TIME OCTOBER MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURE...A NIPPY 17F ON THE 31ST. OCTOBER WAS ALSO THE COOLEST OCTOBER IN RECORDED HISTORY WITH AN AVERAGE MONTHLY LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36F. EUGENE MISSED OUT ON A LOT OF THE RECORD BREAKING NOVEMBER RAINFALL AND FLOODING THAT OCCURRED FURTHER NORTH...THOUGH STILL REPORTED A HEFTY 14.28 INCH TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS NEARLY 6 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. EUGENE BLEW THE YEAR OUT WITH A RATHER WINDY DECEMBER RECORDING A MAXIMUM GUST OF 54 MPH ON THE 14TH AS NUMEROUS WIND STORMS BATTERED THE VALLEY. ...RECORDS SET IN 2006... =================================================================== HIGH TEMPERATURES LOW TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ================= ================ ===================== MAY 15 - 87 FEB 22 - 18 JAN 17 - 2.37 JUN 26 - 97 FEB 23 - 18 FEB 27 - 1.33 JUL 22 - 101 AUG 4 - 45 JUL 12 - 0.04 JUL 23 - 105 AUG 12 - 43 NOV 7 - 2.56 JUL 24 - 100 AUG 30 - 42 OCT 12 - 79 SEP 7 - 39* NOV 6 - 70 OCT 31 - 17 DEC 3 - 24 *TIED RECORD ============================================================= ...PRELIMINARY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE EUGENE AIRPORT 2006... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE TEMPERATURE MONTH HIGH LOW MEAN FROM NORMAL HIGHEST/LOWEST REMARKS ================================================================= JAN 49.1 38.7 43.9 +4.1 57/31 FEB 50.0 32.2 41.1 -1.7 60/18 MAR 52.4 36.5 44.4 +1.9 66/27 APR 61.2 40.1 50.7 +0.9 77/33 MAY 68.2 43.3 55.7 +0.9 87/32 JUN 74.6 50.2 62.4 +2.2 97/41 JUL 85.0 51.8 68.4 +2.2 105/42 AUG 82.9 48.1 65.5 -0.9 95/42 SEP 79.2 44.6 61.9 +0.2 95/37 OCT 65.0 36.0 50.5 -2.1 79/17 NOV 52.4 39.9 46.2 +1.5 70/20 DEC 45.5 33.6 39.5 0.0 58/24 ================================================================= ANNUAL 63.8 41.3 52.5 +0.4 105/17 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...105 ON JULY 23RD COLDEST TEMPERATURE...17 ON OCTOBER 31ST LAST SPRING FROST DAY... MAR 13TH FIRST FALL FROST DAY... OCT 25TH ...RAINFALL DATA... TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE MONTH PRECIP PRECIP FROM NORMAL REMARKS ==================================================== JAN 12.68 7.65 5.03 FEB 3.02 6.35 -3.33 MAR 4.55 5.80 -1.25 APR 1.94 3.66 -1.72 MAY 3.02 2.66 0.36 JUN 0.84 1.53 -0.69 JUL 0.09 0.64 -0.55 AUG 0.00 0.99 -0.99 SEP 0.52 1.54 -1.02 OCT 0.66 3.35 -2.69 NOV 14.28 8.44 5.84 DEC 7.68 8.29 -0.61 ==================================================== ANNUAL 49.26 50.90 -1.64 WATER YEAR(OCT 1 - SEP 30)...45.50 INCHES WHICH IS 5.40 INCHES BELOW NORMAL ...WIND DATA... STRONGEST WIND GUST...54 MPH FROM 250 DEGREES (WEST) ON DECEMBER 14TH.