Whether you like sunny & warm days or not--Portland's spring of 2012 is already blowing away last year's weather when it comes to heat! My colleague Matt Brode actually dug up this little nugget you see in the graphic here. I guess I'd blocked out how bad last spring was. In a … [Read more...]
Portland April 2012 – Some Crazy Facts
My favorite crazy fact of April 2012: no measurable rain on any Saturday, all month long! Now that's a trend I like to see. We also hit 82 degrees two days in a row in Portland--setting new records those days. The graphic below has the low down on April rainfall. It was a wet month! … [Read more...]
Record April Heat Hits Portland – Now Back To Our Regularly Scheduled Weather
When the sky is this blue over Haystack Rock in late April--you just know something's going on with the weather. From Saturday April 21 to Monday April 23, 2012, unusually strong high pressure for the time of year parked over the entire west. The result was clear and warm weather along the … [Read more...]
Portland’s First Warm Weekend Of 2012 – 80 Degrees Is Possible
A narrow band of rain over us Friday morning April 20 gets pushed way north on Saturday and Sunday. The sun comes out. Saturday we hit 70+ (probably low to mid-70s in the Willamette Valley.) This will be the first time we hit 70 degrees in 6 months and 3 days. Crazy! Unusually humid warm … [Read more...]
Sunsets Later Than 8pm – How Many We’ll Have This Year
It's official...the sun is now setting just after 8pm in Portland, Vancouver, Salem & along the coast. I love this time of year for that reason. Although I hate squandering all this daylight on days in the 50s like we did on April 17th! Portland's Late, Later and Latest … [Read more...]
Baby Video Of Packy The Elephant On His 50th Birthday
This picture is from when the Oregon Zoo's world famous elephant turned one year old. Pictures were still in black and white. Today, April 14, 2012, Packy turns 50 years old. And amazingly, Portland sun will be shining, especially for those celebrating with Packy later in the day. While I was … [Read more...]
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