Unusual March Cold Snap in Gorge and Columbia Basin
Wow….and we thought February was cold. The past two nights east of the Cascades, and in the Columbia Gorge, have set all-time records for March cold. Yesterday’s morning low at DLS was 8 F, the coldest March night in the airport’s 70-year history. This morning was 6 degrees, which will destroy the old record of 14F from 1955. Airmass temps over The Dalles bottomed out between -14 and -15 degrees C, on Sunday into Sunday night: That would be a…