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SUNDAY
MONDAY
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breezy and cooler
Sunny and
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Partly sunny and
mild
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66° 41°
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WEDNESDAY
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71° 44°
57° 38°
56° 35°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
65° 39°
70° 41°
PENDLETON
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TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
73°
57°
76° (1952)
43°
37°
23° (1975)
PRECIPITATION
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Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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LOW
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61°
76° (1930)
38°
37°
15° (1944)
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Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
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Apr 11
New
Apr 18
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60° 35°
Seattle
58/50
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7:18 p.m.
1:08 p.m.
3:08 a.m.
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Apr 25
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65/44
Tacoma
Moses
57/45
Lake
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55/38
56/48
58/44
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Astoria
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57/46
Portland
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Hermiston
62/45
Pendleton 55/30
The Dalles 65/39
62/41
63/41
La Grande
Salem
60/34
62/41
Albany
Corvallis 63/40
64/40
John Day
56/35
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
64/33
63/39
57/31
Caldwell
Burns
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59/27
Medford
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Eastern Washington: Clouds and sun today
with a shower in places; mostly sunny across
the south.
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today; cooler in central parts.
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ant in the south.
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24
19
54
41
20
52
20
39
70
58
23
39
37
59
39
60
W
s
pc
c
c
s
c
pc
sn
s
c
s
pc
s
s
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
s
s
s
s
pc
s
Hi
78
59
41
48
66
62
65
40
59
54
46
46
82
65
46
87
47
57
85
81
49
62
67
87
73
79
Sun.
Lo
47
48
36
34
44
52
40
31
41
39
33
34
60
42
34
60
20
31
70
64
36
42
37
59
55
58
W
pc
s
s
s
s
pc
s
pc
s
pc
sh
pc
s
pc
sh
pc
pc
pc
pc
s
c
s
pc
pc
pc
pc
Today
Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
45
46
76
37
41
48
71
41
78
54
43
95
38
40
48
79
73
80
47
71
77
70
58
92
45
72
Lo
25
36
59
26
35
25
58
25
52
38
25
65
22
24
26
36
42
51
32
40
62
51
50
57
29
46
W
pc
c
s
s
s
s
s
sf
s
s
c
s
sf
sn
pc
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
sh
s
c
s
Hi
59
68
78
44
54
60
77
45
78
63
46
95
41
42
53
65
74
84
61
68
74
71
60
92
51
72
Sun.
Lo
41
54
61
34
32
47
64
36
48
35
36
67
29
30
39
36
43
51
38
39
61
53
49
61
41
39
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
c
s
s
sh
pc
pc
s
s
s
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
s
s
s
c
pc
pc
s
sh
pc
s
s
