Lots of weather tidbits to pass along so let’s talk weather! It was downright cold early Wednesday after that cold frontal passage earlier in the week. Most locations in Clark County dipped well into the 20s with Vancouver officially bottoming out with 26 degrees. I had 25 degrees in Salmon Creek and other lows reaching the 20-degree mark.
For the Portland airport it was the coldest March morning in 10 years and the 28 degrees there was the latest 28 degree temperature in the month of March in 17 years. It was back in 1995 on March 7 when they recorded 28 degrees. In Western Washington some lows reached the upper teens!
According to the National Climatic Data Center this past winter was the fourth warmest on record across the United States. Of course that is overall and the Pacific Northwest was much cooler and drier, as well.
Thursday’s weather will be very springlike, with light east winds and highs over 60 degrees, even at the coast, so enjoy it. It all goes downhill after that. Over the weekend cold rains return and snow down to the higher foothills and Coast Range mountains. Next week looks stormy and wet.
