Public Information Statement
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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.