NOUS46 KPQR 232159 PNSPQR ...2006 PORTLAND YEAR IN REVIEW...CORRECTION ...RECAP... WARM AND WET BEST DESCRIBES THE WEATHER FOR PORTLAND IN 2006 THOUGH MOST OF THE WET PERIOD OCCURRED IN THE EARLY AND LATTER PART OF THE YEAR THE HEAT PERSISTED THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME. A LITTLE WARMER HERE AND A LITTLE WARMER THERE TRENDED TO AN OVERALL WARM YEAR...ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PORTLAND BROKE NUMEROUS TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RECORDS IN 2006...SOME EXCEEDED THE ALL TIME WETTEST MONTHS ON RECORDS FOR THEIR MONTHS. TWO MID SUMMER HEAT WAVES DROVE TEMPERATURES CLEAR OVER THE 100 DEGREE MARK CAUSING MISERABLE CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT PORTLAND. MUDSLIDES PLAGUED THE MT HOOD AREA DURING THE NOVEMBER RAINS THAT BROKE THE ALL TIME NOVEMBER RECORD RAINFALL AT THE PORTLAND AIRPORT AND SHUTTING DOWN MAJOR HIGHWAYS FOR WEEKS. FURTHER...FLOODING WAS UBIQUITOUS AROUND THE PORTLAND AREA MANY RIVERS EXCEEDING MAJOR FLOOD STAGE ON MANY RIVERS AND CAUSED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE. ...RECORDS SET IN 2006... ==================================================================== HIGH TEMPERATURES LOW TEMPERATURES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) ================= ================ ====================== JAN 10 - 57 APR 15- 93 FEB 19 - 23 JAN 29 - 0.91 APR 21 - 0.74 MAY 15 - 93 FEB 20 - 22 MAY 21 - 0.74 JUN 25 - 101 JUL 12 - 0.45 JUN 26 - 102 NOV 5 - 1.12 JUL 21 - 104 NOV 6 - 2.53 OCT 12 - 78 NOV 7 - 0.94 NOV 6 - 68 =================================================================== ...PRELIMINARY CLIMATE INFORMATION FOR THE PORTLAND AIRPORT 2006... ...TEMPERATURE DATA... AVG AVG AVG DEPARTURE TEMPERATURE MONTH HIGH LOW MEAN FROM NORMAL HIGHEST/LOWEST REMARKS ==================================================================== JAN 50.1 40.8 45.5 +5.4 58/34 FEB 49.3 34.7 42.0 -1.1 57/22 MAR 53.7 38.5 46.1 -1.1 66/29 APR 62.9 43.3 53.1 +1.9 81/36 MAY 70.2 49.3 59.8 +2.7 93/39 JUN 76.2 56.5 66.4 +3.7 102/52 JUL 82.5 59.5 71.0 +2.9 104/53 AUG 81.2 57.2 69.2 +0.7 94/50 SEP 77.7 52.7 65.2 +1.6 95/45 OCT 63.5 44.5 54.0 -0.3 78/30 NOV 52.5 42.3 47.4 +1.6 68/27 DEC 45.3 34.7 40.0 -0.2 60/25 ==================================================================== ANNUAL 63.8 46.2 55.0 +1.5 104/22 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE...104 ON JUNE 21ST COLDEST TEMPERATURE...22 ON FEBRUARY 20TH LAST SPRING FROST DAY...MARCH 20TH FIRST FALL FROST DAY...OCTOBER 30TH ...RAINFALL DATA... TOTAL NORMAL DEPARTURE MONTH PRECIP PRECIP FROM NORMAL REMARKS ================================================================ JAN 10.92 5.07 +5.85 4TH WETTEST FEB 2.15 4.18 -2.03 MAR 2.96 3.71 -0.75 APR 2.46 2.64 -0.18 MAY 3.00 2.38 +0.62 JUN 0.93 1.59 -0.66 JUL 0.47 0.72 -0.25 AUG 0.10 0.93 -0.83 SEP 0.86 1.65 -0.79 OCT 1.40 2.88 -1.48 NOV 11.92 5.61 +6.31 **WETTEST** DEC 5.86 5.71 +0.15 ================================================================ ANNUAL 43.03 37.07 +5.96 WATER YEAR(OCT 1 - SEP 30)...39.75 INCHES WHICH IS 2.68 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL ...WIND DATA... STRONGEST WIND GUST...56 MPH FROM 090 (EAST) ON FEBRUARY 10TH.