Slow start to spring: Yes, it’s been cooler, wetter and cloudier in Portland lately

In the event you’re like a variety of us within the Pacific Northwest, you’ve about had it with the snow, rain, and normal dreariness of winter that appears to have carried nicely into spring.

Portland had already had one 75-degree day by this date final yr, in comparison with a peak of 68 levels to date this spring (March 18). Different knowledge from the Nationwide Climate Service for the Portland Worldwide Airport location helps the “the place’s spring?” lament:

• For the interval of March 1 by means of April 10 this yr, there have been 7.38 inches of rain. That’s up from the conventional quantity of 5.06 inches for that span.
• The typical temperature for a similar interval has been about 3 levels under the historic common.
• And whereas historic averages for cloud cowl are usually not out there, PDX has seen 25 largely cloudy days from March 1 by means of April 10, up from 16 throughout the identical interval final yr.

However in accordance with Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at Portland’s Nationwide Climate Service workplace, the gloom is just not that far out of the conventional vary of anticipated climate this time of yr.

“These shoulder seasons are way more variable,” Chandler-Cooley stated Tuesday. “Whereas it ought to naturally be warming, these cooler climate techniques these days have stored it cooler.”

The company’s forecast sees some 60-plus-degree temps for Western Oregon by Saturday, however a development again to cooler climate is forecast by the start of subsequent week. That sunny, heat afternoon on the park or the seaside might need to attend for a minimum of a pair extra weeks.