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WEATHER
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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
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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°
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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
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Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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72/45
71/41
Caldwell
Burns
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68/35
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
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Seattle
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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. Partly cloudy tonight.
Cascades: Mostly sunny and warmer today;
pleasant in central parts. Clear tonight.
Northern California: Plenty of sun today;
warmer in the interior mountains. Clear
tonight.
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Fri.
WORLD CITIES
(in mph)
Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun
today; pleasant in the south. Partly cloudy
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly
sunny today. Warmer; pleasant in the upper
Treasure Valley.
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sun today, except sunnier across the south.
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 91° in Thermal, Calif.
Low -5° in Clayton Lake, Maine
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Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
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Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
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Fargo
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Kansas City
Las Vegas
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PORTLAND (AP) — An Oregon
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