Rod's Weather Headlines

By Rod Hill on 2015-10-02

Portland's water year, (October 1st-Sept. 30th), ends with a deficit of just over 4.00 inches. All of the deficit has come since April and piled up the months of April, May and June which led in part to the horrible fire season. The pattern over the last 12 months did hold to my prediction last fa...

"Super" Moon & Lunar Eclipse

By Rod Hill on 2015-09-27

I expect clear skies for Sunday evening's full, "SUPER" moon and total Lunar Eclipse. The so-called Harvest Moon will be the closet full moon to earth of 2015, making it a "SUPER" moon. At the satellite's closet point, the moon will be 221,753 miles from Earth. The close proximetry will make the...

Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Viewing Tonight

By Rod Hill on 2015-08-12

Sunset tonight will be 8:23 and we should have a mix of partly cloudy skies or mostly clear conditions unless late day Cascade thunderstorms develop and throw cloud cover back over the metro valley. Experts say to look low in the northeast sky shortly after sunset. Viewing increases later in the ni...

2nd Warmest July on Record (2015)

By Rod Hill on 2015-08-02

July continues Portland's trend of hot summer weather! The average high, low and mean temperatures at PDX for the month were all the second warmest on record: AVERAGE HIGH: 86.7 - 6.1 degrees above normal AVERAGE LOW: 61.1 - 3.3 degrees above normal AVERAGE MEAN: 73.9 - 4.7 degrees above nor...

HEAT WAVE WILL COME CLOSE TO RECORD

By Rod Hill on 2015-07-29

FORECAST UPDATE JULY 29TH: FORECAST MODELS SHOW POSSIBLE 100 DEGREE TEMPS THURSDAY & FRIDAY, FOLLOWED BY 90s THIS WEEKEND. MONDAY - TUESDAY COOL DOWN MAY BE "FOOLS GOLD", MEANING HOT AIR MAY STICK AROUND INTO TUESDAY. KEEP UPDATED FOR 7-DAY CHANGES. _____________________________________________...

June 2015 sets all-time temperature records

By Rod Hill on 2015-07-01

It comes as little surprise that JUNE 2015 was the warmest on record at PDX in nearly every category! Here is the list of records: 1. Highest average maxium temperature: 82.7 degrees, 9 degrees above normal. 2. Highest average low temperature: 57.9 degrees, 4 degrees above normal. 3. Hig...

Dry Spring, Early Heat Wave Sets Records

By Rod Hill on 2015-06-10

Portland and Salem are grabbing a spot in weather history for what some may say are all the wrong reasons. A combination of dry weather and near record hot temperatures so early in what is called meteorological summer may have bad consequences down the road as fire season looms. Let's begin with...

Dry May, Wet Start to June Good News

By Rod Hill on 2015-06-02

Clouds over the city and wet days to begin June are both good news, following the 5th driest May in the record book for PDX. Portland picked up .59" of rain last month, just 24 percent of normal for a month that typically sees nearly 2.50 inches. The forecast gives the Rose City a chance t...

Portland likely to enjoy a non-hot, comfortable summer

By Rod Hill on 2015-05-06

Despite warm temperatures last winter, Portland will likely see a comfortable, Northwest summer! The National Weather Service projects above normal temperatures for all of the west through July and likely into August. (Shown in the brown shading.) However, my findings show temperature deviations lik...

Frosty Nights Likely Over, The Growing Season Begins

By Rod Hill on 2015-04-16

Beautiful sunshine has returned along with expected 70 degree temperatures into the first of next week. Warmer overnight temps in the 40s are also in the forecast for the next 7 days. After that, the final days of April look wet with west breezes. All of this means Portland's freezing season is like...