NOUS46 KPQR 232307 PNSPQR ...2006 SALEM YEAR IN REVIEW...CORRECTION ...RECAP... IT WAS A WARMER AND WETTER YEAR THAN NORMAL IN SALEM. MUCH OF THE RAIN FELL IN JANUARY AND NOVEMBER CAUSING A LOT OF LOCAL FLOODING. OVERALL 2006 WAS WARMER THAN MOST...TEMPERATURES TRENDED FAR ABOVE AVERAGE NEARLY A QUARTER OF THE YEAR BRINGING THE ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURE NEARLY A FULL DEGREE ABOVE AVERAGE. ...NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS... THE YEAR BEGAN WET WITH A WHOPPING 13.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN JANUARY...MORE THAN 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL FOR JANUARY MAKING THIS THE 4TH WETTEST JANUARY OF ALL TIME FOR SALEM. FEBRUARY BROUGHT A FEW CHILLY NIGHTS BREAKING THE RECORDS LOWS ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. NOT MUCH HAPPENED FOR AWHILE UNTIL A HEAT WAVE MELTED TWO JUNE RECORDS SURPASSING THE OLD RECORDS BY NEARLY 10 DEGREES ON THE 25TH AND 26TH WITH TEMPERATURES OF 100 AND 103. THE SUMMER ROLLED ON BY WITHOUT MUCH SEVERE WEATHER BESIDES A FEW GARDEN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS. FALL...MUCH LIKE SPRING...WAS QUITE BALMY WITH WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS PREVAILING...THEN THE NOVEMBER RAINS CAME SWAMPING THE REGION WITH A STAGGERING 15.15 INCHES OF RAIN. MUCH OF THIS RAIN CAME IN A FEW SHORT DAYS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH WHEN A STRONG MOISTURE LADEN SYSTEM TAPPED SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE AND PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS OVER THE AREA. CITIES HARDEST HIT WERE NEAR THE COAST. LUCKILY THE SALEM AREA WAS SPARED FROM THE WRATH OF EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED A SHORT DISTANCE AWAY IN TILLAMOOK. DECEMBER WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION...THOUGH A FEW WIND STORMS PIERCED THROUGH THE COASTAL RANGE CAUSING WINDS TO GUSTS UP TO 53 MPH ON DECEMBER 14TH AT THE SALEM AIRPORT WITH HIGHER GUSTS REPORTED BY SPOTTERS. ...RECORDS SET IN 2006... ==================================================================== HIGH TEMPERATURES LOW TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ================= ================ ====================== MAY 15 - 95 FEB 19 - 18 MAY 27 - 0.60 JUN 25 - 100 FEB 20 - 18 NOV 6 - 1.67 JUN 26 - 103 NOV 6 - 69 =================================================================== ...PRELIMINARY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE SALEM AIRPORT 2006... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE TEMPERATURE MONTH HIGH LOW MEAN FROM NORMAL HIGHEST/LOWEST REMARKS =================================================================== JAN 49.1 39.6 44.4 +4.1 56/33 5TH WARMEST FEB 50.2 32.6 41.4 -1.6 62/18 MAR 52.7 36.4 44.5 -2.0 63/27 APR 62.2 39.6 50.9 +0.9 81/32 MAY 69.5 44.7 57.1 +1.5 95/35 JUN 75.7 53.1 64.4 +3.2 103/45 JUL 84.1 55.4 69.8 +3.0 105/47 AUG 82.4 52.2 67.3 +0.3 93/46 SEP 78.7 48.1 63.4 +1.2 96/40 OCT 64.5 39.5 52.0 -0.9 77/26 NOV 52.6 41.2 46.9 +1.7 69/26 DEC 46.2 32.9 39.6 -0.6 58/22 =================================================================== ANNUAL 64.0 42.9 53.5 +0.9 105/18 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...105 ON JULY 23RD COLDEST TEMPERATURE...18 ON FEBRUARY 19TH AND 20TH LAST SPRING FROST DAY... APR 30TH FIRST FALL FROST DAY... OCT 26TH ...RAINFALL DATA... TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE MONTH PRECIP PRECIP FROM NORMAL REMARKS ================================================================ JAN 13.37 5.84 +7.53 4TH WETTEST FEB 2.12 5.09 -2.97 MAR 4.17 4.17 0.00 APR 2.46 2.76 -0.30 MAY 2.88 2.13 +0.75 JUN 0.65 1.45 -0.80 JUL 0.07 0.57 -0.43 AUG 0.00 0.68 -0.68 SEP 0.54 1.43 -0.89 OCT 0.65 3.03 -2.14 NOV 15.15 6.39 +8.76 DEC 7.35 6.46 +0.72 ================================================================ ANNUAL 49.40 40.00 +9.40 WATER YEAR...46.52 WHICH IS 6.52 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ...WIND DATA... STRONGEST WIND GUST...53 MPH FROM 220 DEGREES (SOUTHWEST) ON DECEMBER 14TH.