EUGENE CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1150 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

...THE EUGENE CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2007...

EUGENE HAD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN 2007...HOWEVER...RAINFALL 
WAS MUCH BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY BROUGHT A LITTLE SNOW TO THE EUGENE 
AREA...BUT PRECIPITATION WAS MINIMAL WITH THE MONTHLY TOTAL THREE 
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. FEBRUARY THROUGH JUNE HAD NEAR NORMAL 
PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES. JULY 10TH WAS THE ONLY HEATWAVE FOR 
THE SUMMER. SEVERAL INLAND SITES...INCLUDING EUGENE...BROKE THEIR 
RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE.  EUGENE HIT 101 DEGREES ON 
JULY 10TH WHICH EXCEEDED THEIR OLD RECORD HIGH BY 3 DEGREES. THE 
MOST NOTABLE ITEM OF 2007 FOR EUGENE WAS THE DEFICIT IN ANNUAL 
PRECIPITATION...RECEIVING ONLY 34.25 INCHES WHICH IS 16.65 INCHES 
BELOW THEIR NORMAL OF 50.90 INCHES.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1931 TO 2007

WEATHER            OBSERVED                  NORMAL        DEPART
                   VALUE       DATE(S)       VALUE         FROM
                                                           NORMAL
....................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH                  108      08/09/1981
LOW                   -12      12/08/1972
HIGHEST               101      07/10
LOWEST                 17      01/13
                                    

AVG. MAXIMUM         62.5
AVG. MINIMUM         40.8
MEAN                 51.6
DAYS MAX >= 90         10
DAYS MAX <= 32          4
DAYS MIN <= 32         69
DAYS MIN <=  0          0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
   MAXIMUM          65.56        1995
   MINIMUM          23.26        1944
TOTALS              34.25                     50.90      -16.65
DAILY AVG.           0.09
DAYS >=   .01         139
DAYS >=    .10         89
DAYS >=   .50          15
DAYS >= 1.00            8
GREATEST
   24 HR. TOTAL      1.20        01/03   

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL        4963                      4786         177    
    SINCE  7/1       2052                                        

COOLING TOTAL         205                       242         -37    

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
   EARLIEST                    09/23/2000
   LATEST                      06/13/1976
EARLIEST                       09/24
LATEST                         05/28
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/230            04/11
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    44/220            12/02

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM           1        FOG                    219 
HAIL                   0        FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE   64
FREEZING RAIN          1        HAZE                    39
FUNNEL CLOUD/TORNADO   1        BLOWING SNOW             0  
ICE PELLETS            0 
       

-   INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R   INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM  INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T   INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

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