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ACCUWEATHER ® FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
Astoria 5-Day Forecast
Tonight
Rather cloudy with
a little rain
41°
Wednesday
Oregon Weather
Shown is
tomorrow’s
weather.
Temperatures
are tonight’s
lows and
tomorrow’s
highs
The Dalles
34/46
Astoria
41/50
Portland
39/46
Corvallis
38/48
Eugene
39/48
Pendleton
34/39
Salem
41/48
Albany
39/47
Thursday
Burns
14/34
Medford
28/44
Cloudy with a
shower in the
afternoon
50°
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015
55°
Friday
44°
Saturday
A little morning
rain, then a few
showers
Mostly cloudy
with a couple of
showers
51°
50°
43°
43°
Almanac
Sun and Moon
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High ........................................... 50°
Low ............................................ 35°
Normal high ............................... 48°
Normal low ................................. 36°
Precipitation
Yesterday ................................ 0.25"
Month to date ......................... 11.77"
Normal month to date ............. 4.65"
Year to date ........................... 65.01"
Normal year to date .............. 62.02"
Sunset tonight .................. 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday ......... 7:52 a.m.
Moonrise today .............. 10:47 a.m.
Moonset today ................. 9:26 p.m.
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Memphis
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Nashville
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Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
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San Francisco
Seattle
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Tonight's Sky: At magnitude 5, Comet Catalina
is 16 degrees east of Spica before dawn.
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
Tomorrow’s Tides
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
High
4:55 a.m. 8.3 ft.
4:16 p.m. 8.5 ft.
Time
10:40 a.m.
10:59 p.m.
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r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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