Patrick Timm
weather columnist
Recent Stories
Weather Eye: Storms clear for sunny dad's day
Happy Father's Day!
Weather Eye: The forecast: Happy as a frog on a wet night in an Amboy pond
Yes, I know, I mentioned here the other day the rainfall amounts should be on the light side. For the most part, the showers were light for many of us and rather brief, but heavy for others -- the nature of "scattered showers."
Weather Eye: We'll cool off, and may see sprinkles, but nothing like last year
Sunday was about as typical we can get for a day in June, with a high of 73 and low of 53. The averages are 72 and 53 degrees. Monday was slightly coolers with overnight lows in the 40s in many locations. Weather observer Tyler Mode of Battle Ground saw 39.5 degrees early Monday.
Weather Eye: Sitting in the sun, remembering the late-May drenching
Your neighbors report rainfall from May: I had 5.84 inches here in Salmon Creek; Murphy Dennis, near Clark County Rifles, 10.15 inches; Claudia Chiasson, Carson, 6.89 inches; Bob Starr, Cougar, 10.54 inches; Robin Ruzek, Lakeshore, 4.07 inches; Pete Conrad near Tukes Mountain, 5.31 inches; Merle Moore, west of Yacolt, 7.79 inches; Dave Campbell, west of Heisson, 6.15 inches; Barry Fitzthum, Amboy, 7.12 inches; Jim Knoll, Five Corners, 6.24 inches; Larry Lebsack, Northeast Hazel Dell, 5.23 inches; Bill Sobolewski, Livingston Mountain, 10.52 inches; Nancy Ellifrit, Mount Vista, 5.50 inches; Chuck Houghten, Hockinson Heights, 7.95 inches; Ron Baldie, Fourth Plain Road and Northeast 144th, 5.94 inches; and Ellen Smart, Ridgefield 4.75 inches.
Weather Eye: Lovely weather will stay pretty much as is through weekend
Another perfect summer day Wednesday with plenty of sunshine and highs in the low 80s, almost picture-perfect. Not much change through the weekend, with varying amounts of morning low clouds and highs generally 75 to 80 degrees, depending on how soon clouds, if any, burn off.
Weather Eye: Warm, clear days as far as the eye can see — or till Father's Day
Monday was a very typical June day: morning clouds, plenty of afternoon sunshine and highs in the 70s. Doesn't get any better than that, does it? It does if you like less cloudiness and more heat.
Weather Eye: Here come the hot, sunny afternoons
A little bit of May weather hung around Saturday, with clouds and a few spotty sprinkles, but amounts were mostly just a trace or thereabouts.
Weather Eye: Gardens, don't despair – sunshine should return by next week
And the rains came. And came. It was enough to deposit more than 4.5 inches in the rain bucket officially for May in Vancouver.
Weather Eye: Rain gauges were overflowing this holiday weekend
The three-day holiday weekend wasn't a total washout thanks to a mostly dry day on Sunday. We can forget Saturday and Monday as moderate rains threatened to overflow the rain gauge. As of 3 p.m. Monday I had recorded just over 5 inches of rain for the month. Officially, Vancouver was just shy of the 4-inch mark Monday afternoon. This month already has more rain than 2012, 2011 and 2010.
Weather Eye: Cold temps, rain result in records around state
Saturday was a welcome break from the recent rains, with sunshine and afternoon highs pushing 70 degrees, just about a normal May day for a change. There were many records set around the Evergreen state this past week with new minimum high temperatures and daily rainfall amounts. This included in Vancouver.
