What a wet spring it’s been! After getting more than double the normal rainfall for March, we’ve pulled it off again for April. As of the 28th, 1.65″ have fallen at DLS, with little chance of more between now and Sunday night. That will make this the 3rd wettest April in airport history. More to the point: this spring has been consistently dreary and drippy, with many more rainy days than normal, very few sunny days, and NO warm spells. …
We are now well into the second half of the month of April, and there have still been no 70-degree days at Columbia Gorge Municipal Airport, also known as DLS. A little over a week ago, we celebrated the “Latest 65” milestone. Assuming we make it through tomorrow with no 70 (nearly certain), then we will be guaranteed at least the 3rd latest 70 on record, since the spring of 1949. It’s most bizarre that this is happening in what…
So the final numbers are in for the month of March. As you all know, it’s been a pretty toasty one this year, but I had no idea exactly HOW toasty. Our average temperature at DLS was 52.9 degrees F, with a high of 65.3 and low of 40.5! That blows away the old record from 1968 (52.0), and it’s a full 1.5 degrees warmer than March 2015. Most amazing of all was the fact that we had a seven-day…