187 CDUS46 KPQR 171141 CLIAST CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 441 AM PDT SAT MAR 17 2012 ................................... ...THE ASTORIA OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 16 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1953 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 47 309 PM 67 1941 54 -7 50 MINIMUM 40 1159 PM 29 1977 39 1 40 1971 AVERAGE 44 46 -2 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.57 1.96 1921 0.25 0.32 0.49 MONTH TO DATE 7.50 3.99 3.51 6.59 SINCE OCT 1 44.32 48.40 -4.08 57.99 SINCE JAN 1 25.10 21.38 3.72 26.21 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY MM MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 19 2 20 MONTH TO DATE 349 309 40 323 SINCE MAR 1 349 309 40 323 SINCE JUL 1 3827 3651 176 3752 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1100 PM LOWEST 76 900 AM AVERAGE 84 .......................................................... THE ASTORIA OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 67 1956 1941 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 28 1906 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 17 2012.........SUNRISE 723 AM PDT SUNSET 725 PM PDT MARCH 18 2012.........SUNRISE 721 AM PDT SUNSET 726 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$