ASTORIA, OREGON
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 46ø 09' N LONGITUDE: 123ø 53' W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 8 BARO 13 TIME ZONE: PACIFIC WBAN: 94224

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






40

40



47.8
35.9
41.9

67
1986
11
1980


51.0
37.3
44,2

72
1968
9
1989


53.2
38.1
45.7

73
1979
22
1971


56.0
40.3
48.2

83
1987
29
1968


60.1
44.8
52.5

87
1985
30
1954


64.1
49.5
56.9

93
1955
37
1980


67.5
52.4
60.0

100
1961
39
1971


68.8
52.6
60.7

96
1981
39
1973


67.8
49.0
58.4

95
1972
33
1983


61.1
44.0
52.6

85
1987
26
1971


53.5
40.2
46.9

71
1970
15
1955


48.2
36.6
42.4

64
1980
6
1990


58.3
43.4
50.9

100
JUL 1961
6
DEC 1990
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




716
0

582
0

598
0

504
0

388
0

243
0

157
0

141
8

201
0

384
0

543
0

701
0

5158
8
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

40


40
40
40

40

40
40

40


40
40

40
40

8.3


3.0
3.7
24.2

21.6

0.6
0.7

3.7


0.0
0.6

9.6
0.0

8.1


3.4
3.3
21.5

19.0

0.1
0.3

3.0


0.0
0.1

6.6
0.0

8.1


2.8
5.3
22.9

20.3

0.3
0.4

2.7


0.0
0.0

6.0
0.0

8.0


3.0
5.9
21.0

18.3

0.*
0.6

2.2


0.0
0.0

1.9
0.0

7.7


3.1
8.2
19.7

15.1

0.0
0.3

1.5


0.0
0.0

0.1
0.0

7.7


3.3
7.4
19.3

12.7

0.0
0.3

1.4


0.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

6.7


5.8
9.8
15.3

7.7

0.0
0.4

2.1


0.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

6.7


6.2
9.6
15.3

7.8

0.0
0.3

4.2


0.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

6.3


8.1
7.5
14.5

9.9

0.0
0.8

5.7


0.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

7.2


5.3
6.7
19.0

15.6

0.0
0.9

6.9


0.0
0.0

0.5
0.0

8.1


2.8
4.9
22.3

20.4

0.1
1.2

4.1


0.0
0.2

4.5
0.0

8.4


2.7
4.2
24.2

22.0

0.3
0.9

3.9


0.0
0.7

8.2
0.0

7.6


49.5
76.5
239.2

190.3

1.4
7.1

41.4


0.5
1.5

37.4
0.0
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
21
1017.4
1015.9
1015.4
1017.5
1017.6
1017.9
1018.3
1017.1
1016.6
1017.4
1016.5
1017.7
1017.1
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

40
40
40
40

86
84
78
85

87
82
74
86

88
78
71
86

89
74
69
85

90
74
70
85

90
75
71
85

90
75
69
86

91
77
70
88

91
75
69
88

90
81
73
88

88
83
77
87

87
85
80
86

89
79
73
86
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



40

40

40


40

40



10.00
18.94
1954
0.69
1985
5.14
1990

26.3
1969
10.8
1971


7.59
21.89
1961
1.35
1993
3.39
1990

4.0
1962
4.0
1962


7.07
13.47
195b
0.93
1965
2.66
1956

6.7
1966
5.9
1960


4.60
9.47
1991
1.33
1956
3.00
1991

1.1
1975
1.0
1975


3.02
6.60
1960
0.37
1982
1.82
1979

T
1991
T
1991


2.40
5.48
1954
0.55
1992
2.42
1968

T
1989
T
1989


1.15
4.39
1983
0.01
1960
1.98
1974

0.0

0.0



1.33
5.22
1968
0.08
1970
1.65
1968

0.0

0.0



2.91
6.93
1978
0.04
1975
2.63
19.53

T
1972
T
1972


5.73
12.56
1975
0.52
1987
3.71
1982

T
1992
T
1992


10.05
16.75
1983
1.45
1976
4.19
1986

4.6
1985
4.3
1985


10.55
16.57
1955
2.67
1985
3.61
1974

19.0
1964
7.2
1964


66.40
21.89
FEB 1961
0.01
JUL 1960
5.14
JAN 1990

26.3
JAN 1969
10.8
JAN 1971
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

40



40
40


10
10


9.2

E

17
55
1971

SW
75
1986

9.0

ESE

19
47
1979

S
70
1987

8.9

SE

19
44
1964

S
67
1989

8.7

WNW

20
52
1962

S
63
1988

8.5

NW

22
37
1975

21
46
1993

8.6

NW

23
29
1993

23
41
1993

8.7

NW

19
29
1988

SW
41
1988

8.1

NW

20
30
1991

19
46
1993

7.5

SE

20
35
1959

S
56
1988

7.5

SE

20
44
1962

SW
49
1990

8.7

SE

20
46
1962

S
66
1991

9.0

ESE

25
52
1961

18
83
1993

8.5

SE

17
55
JAN 1971

18
83
DEC 1993
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.