Karl Bonner's Weather Blog

It’s sure been a hot July in the Pacific Northwest, including the Columbia River Gorge! Here in The Dalles, our temperatures for the first 17 days of the month are running about 4.0 degrees F above normal. The warmth is especially concentrated in the high temps, which are 6 degrees above normal. We’ve also had a major heatwave from the 12th through 16th, with 5 triple digit days: 102, 101, 101, 105, 103. Yesterday the 17th, a strong west wind…

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It’s the most boring time of year weatherwise, but thought I’d try to find something interesting to chime in about. First of all…our June in The Dalles was slightly warmer than average, but definitely not hot. Averaged high of 81.4 and averaged low of 55.9, added up to 1.7 degrees F above normal. We had one significant cool spell in the 2nd week of the month, with nights as cool as 43. There was no prolonged heatwave, just a few…

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