By Rod Hill on 2012-09-02
August 2012 at PDX goes into the record book with a trace of rain. The lack of moisture ties the years 1998, 1970, 1967 and 1955 for the driest August on record at PDX. Back in 1885, no moisture was recorded. Normal rainfall is .67 inches. The wettest August all-time was 4.53" in 1968.
The average high temperature was 83.3 degrees, which is 2.2 degrees above normal.
The average low temperatures was 58.9 degrees, which is 0.9 degrees above normal.
The mean temperature was 71.1, which is 1.6 degrees above normal.
No days had total cloud cover. 11 days were clear and 21 partly cloudy.
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Meteorological summer is June, July, August.
June was 2.4 degrees below normal, July was 1.2 degrees below normal. The summer average for 2012 was 2.0 degrees below normal.
June was the 2nd wettest on record at PDX with 4.10", July was dry with .21" and August only a trace. The summer rainfall total is 4.31", 3.02" is considered normal.
It should be noted that the July & August rain total of .21" is the driest combo since the summer of 2003, when July had zero rainfall and August .19 inches. The summer of 1967 had only a trace during the two months!
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Forecast outlooks continue to show below normal rainfall through October. Very little if any rainfall is expected through mid-September.
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