CXUS56 KPQR 031943
CLAAST

ASTORIA CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1145 AM PST THU JAN 3 2008

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

ASTORIA HAD BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION IN 2007.  
JANUARY BROUGHT A RARE SNOW EVENT TO THE COAST...ESPECIALLY JUST 
SOUTH OF ASTORIA WHERE MANZANITA RECEIVED 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 
BEACH. FEBRUARY AND MARCH HAD NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE 
WITH A COUPLE OF WINDY FRONTS PASSING BY. JULY 10TH BROUGHT A 
HEATWAVE TO THE COAST WITH SEVERAL COASTAL SITES BREAKING DAILY HIGH 
RECORD TEMPERATURES INCLUDING 92 DEGREES AT ASTORIA WHICH EXCEEDED 
THEIR OLD RECORD BY 4 DEGREES. AUGUST SAW A RATHER UNSEASONABLE 
SERIES OF LOWS MOVE ONSHORE...WHICH BROUGHT SOME DECENT RAINFALL TO 
THE AREA. THE SECOND WEEKS OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER HAD A COUPLE OF 
STORMS THAT BROUGHT HIGH WINDS TO THE COAST. BY FAR...THE MOST 
NOTABLE EVENT OF 2007 WAS THE DAMAGING STORM THAT STRUCK THE REGION 
ON THE 2ND AND 3RD OF DECEMBER. THIS STORM PRODUCED WIND GUSTS OVER 
120 MPH...DAMAGING NUMEROUS STRUCTURES...KNOCKING OUT POWER...AND 
ISOLATING COASTAL COMMUNITIES FOR SEVERAL DAYS. AT THE SAME TIME 
THIS SYSTEM CAUSED MAJOR FLOODING IN SEVERAL COASTAL AND COAST RANGE 
COMMUNITIES.

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1954 TO 2007

WEATHER            OBSERVED                  NORMAL        DEPART
                   VALUE       DATE(S)       VALUE         FROM
                                                           NORMAL
....................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH                  100      07/11/1961
LOW                     6      12/21/1990
HIGHEST                92      07/10
LOWEST                 22      01/12
                                    

AVG. MAXIMUM         57.4
AVG. MINIMUM         43.5
MEAN                 50.5
DAYS MAX >= 90          1
DAYS MAX <= 32          0
DAYS MIN <= 32         35
DAYS MIN <=  0          0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
   MAXIMUM          92.70       1996
   MINIMUM          41.58       1985 
TOTALS              63.78                     67.13        -3.35
DAILY AVG.           0.17
DAYS >=   .01         208
DAYS >=    .10        127
DAYS >=   .50          43
DAYS >= 1.00           13
GREATEST
   24 HR. TOTAL      2.20      12/02   

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL        5181                      5056           125    
    SINCE  7/1       2123                                         
COOLING TOTAL          23                        22            
-1     

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
   EARLIEST                    10/07/1983
   LATEST                      05/12/1985
EARLIEST                       10/30
LATEST                         04/20
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    48/190            12/02
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    85/190            12/03

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM          10        FOG                    268 
HAIL                   0        FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE   40
FREEZING RAIN          2        HAZE                    42
FUNNEL CLOUD/TORNADO   0        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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