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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PENDLETON OREGON
713 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2013
...MONTH IN REVIEW FOR NORTHEAST OREGON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON FOR 
THE MONTH OF JULY 2013...
I.  TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION OVERVIEW
     JULY 2013 AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE ABOVE NORMAL ACROSS THE 
REGION, WITH SOME LOCATIONS AS MUCH AS 7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. TOTAL 
PRECIPITATION WAS WELL BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE REGION, WITH MANY 
LOCATIONS NOT REPORTING ANY PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.
JULY 2013 DATA AND DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL FOR SELECTED CITIES:
                   MAX   DEP    MIN   DEP    AVE   DEP   PCPN    DEP
                  TEMP  NORM   TEMP  NORM   TEMP  NORM   TOTL   NORM
YAKIMA            95.4  +7.5   59.6  +6.3   77.5  +6.9   T     -0.22
KENNEWICK         94.8  +4.5   64.6  +2.9   79.7  +3.7   0.00  -0.22
WALLA WALLA       93.9  +4.7   64.7  +3.8   79.3  +4.3   0.02  -0.57
THE DALLES        91.7  +4.2   61.0  +0.6   79.3  +4.3   T     -0.16
REDMOND           90.8  +5.2   48.3  +2.1   69.5  +3.6   T     -0.53
PENDLETON AIRPORT 93.3  +5.3   57.4  +0.2   75.3  +2.7   0.06  -0.26
II.  SELECTED RECORDS
     A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OPENED THE MONTH OF JULY WITH VERY 
HOT TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. MANY LOCATIONS BROKE RECORD HIGH 
TEMPERATURES THE AFTERNOON OF THE 1ST AND THE 2ND. THE FOLLOWING 
TABLE LISTS COOPERATIVE WEATHER STATIONS AND AIRPORT WEATHER 
STATIONS THAT BROKE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THE AFTERNOON OF THE 
1ST.
CITY                      PREVIOUS RECORD     NEW RECORD
ANTELOPE, OR               98 IN 1967         100
GRIZZLY, OR                95 IN 1968          96
HERMISTON, OR             105 IN 1924         106
JOHN DAY, OR               96 IN 1986         102
LONG CREEK, OR             95 IN 1967         100
MADRAS 2N, OR              94 IN 2008         101
MEACHAM, OR                90 IN 2008          95
MORO, OR                  101 IN 1942         104
PELTON DAM, OR            105 IN 2001         106
PENDLETON, OR              98 IN 1942         105
SISTERS, OR                96 IN 1967          98
REDMOND, OR                96 IN 1967          99
ELLENSBURG, WA             96 IN 1942         102
DAYTON, WA                103 IN 1922         103 (TIED)
GOLDENDALE, WA             99 IN 1942         101
SATUS PASS, WA             92 IN 2006          96
WALLA WALLA, WA            99 IN 1987         106
WHITMAN MISSION, WA        97 IN 2006         100
YAKIMA, WA                 97 IN 2006         106
THE NEXT TABLE IS A LIST OF COOPERATIVE WEATHER STATIONS AND AIRPORT 
WEATHER STATIONS THAT BROKE RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THE AFTERNOON 
OF THE 2ND.
CITY                      PREVIOUS RECORD     NEW RECORD
ANTELOPE, OR               99 IN 1942         101
HERMISTON, OR             107 IN 1942         107 (TIED)
LONG CREEK, OR             96 IN 1970          97
MEACHAM, OR                89 IN 1967          93
MONUMENT, OR              105 IN 1967         110
PENDLETON, OR             101 IN 1967         106
REDMOND, OR               101 IN 1967         102
SISTERS, OR                95 IN 1991         100
ELLENSBURG, WA            101 IN 1942         103
SATUS PASS, WA             94 IN 1968          96
WHITMAN MISSION, WA       102 IN 1967         106
YAKIMA, WA                 97 IN 2006         106
III.  SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
     HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS PREDOMINATED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF 
JULY WITH A FEW DISTURBANCES BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. 
TWO WEATHER STATIONS REPORTED RECORD MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY.  THE WEATHER STATION 2 MILES NORTH OF MADRAS, 
OREGON REPORTED A MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 92.9 DEGREES, THIS 
BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 91.7 DEGREES SET IN 2003. THE YAKIMA 
AIRPORT REPORTED A MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 95.4 DEGREES, 
BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 93.6 DEGREES SET IN 1960. 
     THE YAKIMA AIRPORT ALSO REPORTED JULY 2013 AS THE WARMEST MONTH 
OF JULY ON RECORD. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR YAKIMA IS 
77.5 DEGREES. THIS BROKE THE RECORD AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE OF 
76.1 DEGREES SET IN 1998.