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Page 2A WEATHER (DVW2UHJRQLDQ TODAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Warmer Sunny Mostly sunny 70° 45° 74° 46° REGIONAL CITIES Forecast SUNDAY MONDAY Sunny and pleasant Partly sunny and mild PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 65° 40° 66° 42° 69° 41° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 74° 41° 76° 46° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE LOW 59° 57° 78° (1960) 41° 37° 12° (1913) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.14" 0.95" 1.13" 2.50" 3.62" 3.64" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 59° 60° 77° (1960) 42° 36° 15° (1996) Medford 77/49 PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.14" 0.39" 0.74" 1.45" 2.26" 2.98" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full Mar 26 Apr 4 6:48 a.m. 7:15 p.m. 11:19 a.m. 1:35 a.m. Last New Apr 11 71° 40° Spokane Wenatchee 63/43 69/47 Tacoma Moses 67/43 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 67/42 63/45 64/46 68/43 73/41 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 70/45 70/50 Lewiston 74/41 Astoria 67/45 64/45 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 73/47 Pendleton 64/35 The Dalles 74/41 70/45 75/45 La Grande Salem 67/41 72/45 Albany Corvallis 71/46 73/45 John Day 67/44 Ontario Eugene Bend 66/39 72/45 71/41 Caldwell Burns 66/39 68/35 through 3 p.m. yesterday HIGH 69° 41° Seattle 66/49 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 69° 38° Apr 18 Today Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Eastern Washington: Times of clouds and sun today. 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