Portland, Oregon and the surrounding area saw record low temperatures this morning, getting down to an unseasonably cold 29° F, but a a far cry from the -29° F reported in Montana. Ironically, the Columbia River Gorge did not reach freezing because of the East Wind. Eugene even had Portland beat with a frosty 23° F this morning.

Noted climate realist, Dr. Gordon Fulks commented "I think that we can safely blame the Canadians or Mother Nature, not Global Warming, for the frigid morning."

Here is the official Record Report from Clinton Rockey at the National Weather Service:

Record Report

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
1136 AM PDT MON OCT 26 2020

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THIS MORNING (MONDAY) 26 OCT...
A VERY CHILLY AIR MASS SETTLED OVER THE REGION THIS PAST WEEKEND.
WHILE IT WAS CHILLY SUNDAY MORNING, IT TOOK UNTIL THE EAST WINDS
EASED LAST NIGHT FOR THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES TO BE REALIZED. THE
COLDEST TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS FALL SEASON OCCURRED THIS MORNING,
WITH MORNING LOWS DOWN TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S INLAND, AND LOWER
MIDDLE 30S ALONG THE COAST.

FOLLOWING SITES SET NEW RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY (26 OCT):

OBSERVED
LOCATIONS LOW THIS AM OLD RECORD (YEAR)
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PORTLAND AIRPORT 29 *** NEW RECORD 30 (IN 1963)
VANCOUVER 26 *** TIED RECORD 26 (IN 1978)
HILLSBORO 24 *** NEW RECORD 27 (IN 1954)
EUGENE 23 *** NEW RECORD 26 (IN 1954)

FOLLOWING SITES WERE CLOSE, BUT NO NEW RECORD:
OBSERVED
LOCATIONS LOW THIS AM OLD RECORD (YEAR)
---------------------------------------------------------------
ASTORIA 33 32 (IN 1976)
MCMINNVILLE 25 23 (IN 1900)
SALEM 27 26 (IN 1978)

We also tied cold records at a couple of stations last Thursday:

Record Report

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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OREGON
735 PM PDT THU OCT 22 2020

...RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY OCT 22ND 2020...

OBSERVED
LOCATION LOW TEMPERATURE OLD RECORD (YEAR)
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HILLSBORO 30 TIED 30 (2008)
ASTORIA 34 TIED 34 (1961)

--Staff Reports

Post Date: 2020-10-26 14:53:57

Last Update: 2020-10-27 09:44:43