Climatological Report (Annual)
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
Issued by NWS Portland, OR
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CXUS56 KPQR 021736
CLAAST
ANNUAL CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
500 PM PST WED 1 JAN 2025
..ASTORIA 2024 WEATHER IN REVIEW...
2024 NOTABLE WEATHER EVENTS & RECORDS
* WARM JULY (4TH WARMEST ON RECORD)
* AUGUST THUNDERSTORMS
* NOVEMBER WATERSPOUTS NEAR THE COASTLINE
* DEEP STORM OFFSHORE, WITH HIGH SEAS IN NOV
* STRONG STORM WITH HIGH WINDS AND HIGH SEAS IN DEC
MONTHLY WEATHER RECAPS...
JANUARY...RATHER TYPICAL RAINY AND MILD START TO THE NEW YEAR
THROUGH THE 11TH. THEN, STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW ALLOWED COLDER AIR TO
PUSH INTO THE AREA. A VERY STRONG ARCTIC FRONT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA
ON THE 12TH AND 13TH, WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING INTO THE MID TO
UPPER 20S ALONG WITH FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A
HALF INCH LED TO POWER OUTAGES AND TRANSPORTATION DISRUPTIONS.
TEMPERATURES MODERATED BY THE 17TH WITH MORE RAIN. THE 15.16 INCHES
OF PRECIPITATION AT ASTORIA WAS AROUND 4.5 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL.
ENDED THE MONTH ON A RELATIVELY WARM NOTE, WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER
TO MID 60S THE 27TH TO 31ST, INCLUDING A DAILY RECORD HIGH OF 65 ON
THE 29TH.
FEBRUARY...CONTINUED THE MILD WEATHER INTO FEBRUARY, WITH RATHER
QUIET WEATHER AND NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH MID-MONTH. LOW
PRESSURE OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA DROPPED SOUTH ON THE 14TH, BRINGING
COOLER AND WET WEATHER. MORE MILD WEATHER RETURNED THE 19TH TO 24TH.
STRONG MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW BROUGHT RAIN TO CLOSE THE MONTH.
MARCH...MARCH BEGAN RATHER COOL AND DAMP AS COOLER AIR REMAINED OVER
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. THEN, BRIEF PERIOD
OF HIGH PRESSURE BROUGHT MILDER TEMPERATURES AND DRY WEATHER. A
POTENT FRONT MOVED ONSHORE THE 10TH. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNED WHILE
OFFSHORE FLOW THE 14TH TO 18TH CONTRIBUTED TO RATHER WARM AIR MASS
WITH HIGHS GENERALLY IN THE 60S, EXCEPT FOR THE 16TH WHICH PRODUCED
A RECORD DAILY HIGH OF 75 DEGREES. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
GRADUALLY WEAKENED AS LOW PRESSURE PERSISTED JUST OFFSHORE THROUGH
THE 28TH, MAINTAINING COOLER, SHOWERY WEATHER.
APRIL...MILD WEATHER EARLY IN THE MONTH. THEN, A VIGOROUS UPPER LOW
DROPPED OVER THE PACIFIC NW THE 3RD TO 4TH BRINGING RAIN AND COOLER
CONDITIONS. ONSHORE FLOW MAINTAINED UNSETTLED WEATHER AS OCCASIONAL
FRONTS PUSHED ONSHORE. BY THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH, RATHER STRONG
HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE JUST OFFSHORE BROUGHT OFFSHORE WINDS WITH WARM,
DRY WEATHER. COOLER AND SHOWERY WEATHER RETURNED FOR THE 25TH TO
30TH, WITH A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF 1.29 INCHES ON THE 25TH.
MAY...BEGAN THE MONTH COOL AND SHOWERY AS BROAD UPPER LOW PRESSURE
SHIFTED ACROSS THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST. A STRONG FRONT PUSHED ACROSS
THE REGION THE 3RD AND 4TH WITH MODEST RAINFALL. HIGH PRESSURE
STRENGTHENED WHILE OFFSHORE FLOW ALLOWED FOR DRY AND WARMING
CONDITIONS BEGINNING THE 8TH. A HIGH OF 84 DEGREES ON THE 10TH WAS
THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH. BY THE 16TH, ONSHORE FLOW RETURNED
WITH MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH SPOTTY LIGHT
PRECIPITATION AS WEAK FRONTS IN THE FLOW MOVED ONSHORE. THE
STRONGEST FRONT ARRIVED ON THE 21ST. UNEVENTFUL END OF MAY THANKS TO
RATHER PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE OFFSHORE AND VARIABLE ONSHORE FLOW.
JUNE...JUNE STARTED RATHER WET AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PUSHED INTO
THE REGION THE 2ND AND 3RD, INCLUDING A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF
1.92 INCHES ON THE 2ND. THEN, MOSTLY WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT MAINTAINED
NEAR SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. WARMER TEMPERATURES WITH DRY CONDITIONS
THE 6TH TO 8TH, AND AGAIN THE 19TH TO 20TH AS HIGH PRESSURE
STRENGTHENED. WESTERLY FLOW CONTINUED THROUGH THE END OF JUNE,
MAINTAINING MILD WEATHER WITH FEW SHOWERS.
JULY...IT WAS THE 4TH WARMEST JULY ON RECORD FOR ASTORIA. HIGH
PRESSURE BROUGHT THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES FROM THE 5TH TO THE 9TH,
PEAKING AT 90 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. AS HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTED EAST,
SOUTHWEST FLOW ALLOWED FOR COOLER MARINE AIR TO FILTER INLAND.
SEASONAL CONDITIONS PERSISTED TO END JULY, WITH RAIN ON THE 29TH.
AUGUST...BEGAN WARM WITH RETURN OF STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
REGION. THEN, ONSHORE FLOW BROUGHT SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. BY MID-
MONTH, A RATHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH DROPPED OUT OF THE GULF OF
ALASKA ON THE 15TH TO 18TH, CREATING A RATHER UNSTABLE AIR MASS,
WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THE 17TH. ANOTHER UPPER LOW MOVED
INTO THE REGION FROM THE 21ST TO 25TH, KEEPING TEMPERATURES ON THE
COOLER SIDE ALONG WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENED
WITH A WARMING TREND THE 29TH.
SEPTEMBER...AFTER A MILD START TO THE MONTH, HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
REGION STRENGTHENED, BRINGING MUCH WARMER CONDITIONS FOR THE 4TH AND
5TH. THE HIGH OF 89 ON THE 5TH SET A DAILY RECORD. BY MID-MONTH, A
RATHER STRONG UPPER TROUGH DROPPED OUT OF THE GULF OF ALASKA ON THE
10TH TO 12TH, BRINGING SHOWERY WEATHER. ANOTHER BRIEF WARM UP ON THE
24TH. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVED INLAND ON THE 25TH, BRINGING RAIN
AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.
OCTOBER...SEASONABLE CONDITIONS TO START THE MONTH. A COLD FRONT
MOVED ACROSS THE REGION ON THE 4TH BRINGING RAIN. ANOTHER FRONT
PUSHED ONSHORE THE 8TH. DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM UNTIL THE 14TH AS A
SERIES OF FRONTS BROUGHT RAIN EACH DAY THROUGH THE 21ST. A STRONGER
FRONT MOVED TOWARD THE REGION THE 26TH, BRINGING RAIN AND STRONG
SOUTH WINDS. SHOWERS AND COOL TEMPERATURES PERSISTED THROUGH THE END
OF THE MONTH.
NOVEMBER...THE WET WEATHER OF LATE OCTOBER ROLLED INTO NOVEMBER WITH
SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. THEN A BRIEF DRY PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE
60S. RAIN RETURNED THE 9TH AND CONTINUED THROUGH THE 27TH. AN EF-0
TORNADO MOVED ONSHORE AT ROCKAWAY BEACH ON THE 11TH PRODUCING MINOR
DAMAGE AT A LOCAL SCHOOL. A DEEP STORM OFFSHORE BROUGHT HIGH SEAS
AND STRONG WINDS THE 12TH TO 13TH. WATERSPOUTS WERE OBSERVED NEAR
THE COASTLINE ON THE 20TH. DRY AND SEASONABLY COOL TO END THE MONTH.
DECEMBER...DRY WEATHER PERSISTED THROUGH EARLY DECEMBER, BUT THE
RAINS CAME AS SEVERAL FRONTAL SYSTEMS MOVED ONSHORE. STRONG SOUTH
WINDS THE 17TH TO 18TH WITH GUSTS OF 50 TO 70 MPH ALONG THE COAST,
WITH DOWNED TREES AND POWER OUTAGES REPORTED. ANOTHER STRONG FRONT
LATE CHRISTMAS INTO THE 26TH WITH HIGH WINDS GUSTING 60 TO 70 MPH,
ALONG WITH HIGH SURF AND TIDAL OVERFLOW ALONG THE COAST. THE HIGH OF
64 DEG ON THE 20TH TIED THE ALL-TIME WARMEST TEMPERATURE (64 DEG ON
26 DEC 1980) AT ASTORIA (RECORDS DATING BACK TO 1887).
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NEW RECORDS SET IN 2024 (PREVIOUS RECORD IN PARENTHESES)
+ INDICATES MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE PRIOR OCCURRENCES
JANUARY...
27TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 50 ( 49 /2016 )
27TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 60 ( 60 /1988+)
28TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 54 ( 50 /1988+)
29TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 65 ( 63 /1960 )
FEBRUARY... NO RECORDS SET OR TIED.
MARCH....
16TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 75 ( 69 /1941 )
APRIL...
25TH NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.29" (1.24"/1892 )
MAY...
4TH TIED. DAILY COOL HIGH TEMP 51 ( 51 /2023+)
JUNE...
2ND NEW. DAILY RAINFALL 1.92" (1.43"/1925 )
JULY...
30TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 62 ( 60 /2000 )
31ST TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 61 ( 61 /2000+)
AUGUST...
1ST TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 83 ( 83 /2017 )
2ND NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 61 ( 60 /1994+)
6TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 61 ( 61 /2000 )
10TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 61 ( 60 /2016 )
SEPTEMBER...
5TH NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 62 ( 59 /2007 )
5TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 89 ( 87 /2014 )
23RD NEW. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 60 ( 59 /2014 )
OCTOBER...
19TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 58 ( 58 /1940 )
26TH TIED. DAILY WARM LOW TEMP 57 ( 57 /1906 )
NOVEMBER... NO RECORDS SET OR TIED.
DECEMBER...
19TH TIED. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 61 ( 61 /1981 )
20TH NEW. DAILY WARM HIGH TEMP 64 ( 59 /2018 )
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2024 ASTORIA: TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION RANKINGS
THIS TABLE SHOWS WHERE EACH MONTH/YEAR RANKS IN ASTORIA`S
CLIMATE RECORD (1887-2024). RANKINGS APPLY TO ALL OF THE
SAME MONTH: EX. WHERE JUNE 2024 COMPARES TO ALL OTHER JUNES.
JA FE MA AP MA JU JL AU SE OC NO DE 2024
AVG T 22 38 37 42 40 51 4 10 8 37 20 8 7
PRECIP 21 63 85 48 43 40 77 69 107 88 65 93 88
MAX T 33 41 37 38 58 49 7 22 20 21 25 2 10
MIN T 15 28 33 47 35 51 4 7 6 51 22 13 8
ASTORIA`S RANGE IS 1 TO 137, WHERE 1 = WARMEST OR WETTEST
137 = DRIEST OR COLDEST
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2024 ASTORIA TEMPERATURE DATA
+ BY DATE = MOST RECENT OF MULTIPLE OCCURENCES
|--- AVERAGES ----|MEAN T DEPART| EXTREME TEMPS & DATE|
MONTH |HIGHS LOWS MEAN| FROM NORMAL | HIGHEST LOWEST |
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JAN 50.1 40.3 45.2 +1.5 DEG 65 /29TH 24 /14TH+
FEB 51.7 39.4 45.6 +1.4 DEG 60 / 1ST 32 /14TH+
MAR 54.7 39.9 47.3 +1.3 DEG 75 /16TH 28 / 7TH
APR 57.6 41.9 49.8 +1.1 DEG 72 /19TH 33 /17TH
MAY 61.5 47.2 54.4 +1.0 DEG 84 /10TH 39 / 8TH+
JUN 65.4 50.8 58.1 +0.8 DEG 76 / 7TH 43 / 5TH
JUL 72.1 56.0 64.4 +3.4 DEG 90 / 5TH 49 /26TH
AUG 71.4 56.7 64.0 +2.7 DEG 87 /29TH 48 /29TH
SEP 70.0 53.8 61.9 +2.9 DEG 89 / 5TH 41 /30TH+
OCT 63.8 46.7 55.2 +2.4 DEG 73 / 7TH 37 /23RD
NOV 55.6 43.3 49.5 +2.6 DEG 65 / 7TH 31 /29TH
DEC 53.2 40.9 47.1 +3.9 DEG 64 /20TH 28 / 2ND
2024 54.8 46.4 53.5 +2.1 DEG 90 /JUL 5 24 /JAN 14
NORMAL 58.4 44.5 51.4
DAYS IN 2024 WITH TEMPERATURE OF...
|------ MAXIMUM TEMP --------||------ MINIMUM TEMP ---|
<=32 60+ 70+ 80+ 90+ 100+ <=20 <=32 50+ 60+
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JAN 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
FEB 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
MAR 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
APR 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
MAY 0 19 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
JUN 0 27 7 0 0 0 0 0 20 1
JUL 0 30 14 5 1 0 0 0 30 3
AUG 0 31 20 2 0 0 0 0 30 11
SEP 0 30 13 3 0 0 0 0 23 5
OCT 0 26 4 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
NOV 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0
DEC 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
2024 2 188 62 11 1 0 0 16 132 20
NORMAL <1 164 37 6 0 0 <1 26 113 2
FIRST/LAST OCCURRENCES OF... IN 2024 AVERAGE
LAST 32 DEG OR COLDER IN SPRING 7 MAR (29 MAR)
FIRST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 16 APR (21 APR)
FIRST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 10 MAY (13 JUN)
FIRST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 5 JUL (13 JUL)
LAST 90+ DEG OF THE YEAR 5 JUL (25 JUL)
LAST 80+ DEG OF THE YEAR 24 SEP (12 SEP)
LAST 70+ DEG OF THE YEAR 25 OCT (13 OCT)
FIRST 32 DEG OR COLDER OF AUTUMN 29 NOV ( 9 NOV)
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2024 ASTORIA RAINFALL DATA
TOTAL DEPARTURE DAYS WITH AT LEAST... GREATEST IN
MONTH RAIN FM NORMAL 0.01 0.10 0.50 1.00 24HRS & DATE
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JAN 15.16 +4.57 27 24 10 5 2.08 JAN 27
FEB 8.31 +1.13 23 14 6 3 2.16 FEB 27-28
MAR 6.38 -1.52 18 15 5 2 1.24 MAR 9-10
APR 5.88 +0.08 20 11 4 1 1.29 APR 25
MAY 2.44 -0.07 11 6 1 0 1.01 MAY 3-4
JUN 3.26 +0.96 13 4 2 1 1.97 JUN 2-3
JUL 0.62 -0.21 3 1 1 0 0.55 JUL 29
AUG 0.87 -0.25 8 3 0 0 0.36 AUG 17-18
SEP 1.38 -1.29 8 3 1 0 0.82 SEP 25
OCT 5.03 -1.71 18 9 4 0 1.25 OCT 30-31
NOV 11.18 +0.13 23 19 9 2 1.72 NOV 16-17
DEC 9.83 -0.85 19 15 8 2 2.62 DEC 17-18
2024 67.07 -3.19 191 124 51 16 2.62 DEC 17-18
NORMAL 70.26 196 131 47 16
ASTORIA WATER YEAR 2023-24 (1 OCT 2023 THROUGH 30 SEP 2024)
73.94 INCHES ( 105% OF NORMAL, OR 3.68" ABOVE NORMAL )
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2024 ASTORIA WIND AND PRESSURE DATA
AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) STRONGEST WIND GUST
2023 (NORMAL) DIRECTION SPEED DATE
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JAN 10.2 (8.8) WEST 55 MPH JAN 9
FEB 6.6 (8.4) NORTHWEST 40 MPH FEB 26
MAR 7.0 (8.3) SOUTHWEST 46 MPH MAR 9
APR 7.9 (8.2) SOUTHWEST 41 MPH APR 20
MAY 8.0 (8.1) SOUTHWEST 36 MPH MAY 5
JUN 8.2 (8.3) SOUTH 45 MPH JUN 2
JUL 7.9 (8.5) NORTHWEST 34 MPH JUL 20+
AUG 6.3 (7.7) SOUTHWEST 36 MPH AUG 18
SEP 5.8 (7.0) SOUTHWEST 33 MPH SEP 26
OCT 6.3 (7.1) SOUTH 54 MPH OCT 25
NOV 6.9 (8.3) SOUTH 62 MPH NOV 13
DEC 8.6 (8.7) SOUTH 65 MPH DEC 26
2024 7.5 MPH (8.0) SOUTH 65 MPH DEC 26
2024 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EXTREMES...
HIGHEST 30.50 INCHES 13 MAR ( 1155 PM PST )
LOWEST 29.07 INCHES 26 MAR ( 1145 PM PST )
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ASTORIA CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORDS... 1887 TO 2024
ASTORIA CLIMATE NORMALS... 1991 TO 2020
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DATA COMPILED BY ROCKEY AND HARTSOCK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
MORE CLIMATE DATA AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT....
HTTPS://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/WRH/CLIMATE?WFO=PQR
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