405 CDUS46 KPQR 221143 CLIAST CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON 443 AM PDT THU MAR 22 2012 ................................... ...THE ASTORIA OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21 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 46 309 PM 70 1940 54 -8 50 MINIMUM 36 635 AM 25 1907 39 -3 40 AVERAGE 41 47 -6 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.07 2.99 1948 0.24 -0.17 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 9.04 5.19 3.85 7.47 SINCE OCT 1 45.86 49.60 -3.74 58.87 SINCE JAN 1 26.64 22.58 4.06 27.09 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 24 18 6 20 MONTH TO DATE 471 400 71 427 SINCE MAR 1 471 400 71 427 SINCE JUL 1 3949 3742 207 3856 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 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SE (150) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 33 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 200 AM LOWEST 58 300 PM AVERAGE 79 .......................................................... THE ASTORIA OR CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 64 1939 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 40 28 2001 1966 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 22 2012.........SUNRISE 714 AM PDT SUNSET 732 PM PDT MARCH 23 2012.........SUNRISE 712 AM PDT SUNSET 733 PM PDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$