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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
WEDNESDAY
TODAY
Mostly cloudy
Mostly cloudy
46° 39°
50° 43°
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Mild with periods
of rain
Cloudy
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
53° 45°
52° 38°
46° 30°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
44° 38°
51° 39°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
50°
28°
42°
28°
65° (1935) -10° (1957)
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
0.00"
1.13"
1.18"
1.13"
0.72"
1.18"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
LOW
John Day
46/35
Ontario
41/28
Bend
48/35
48°
27°
43°
29°
60° (1968) -17° (1949)
Burns
35/23
0.00"
0.87"
1.04"
0.87"
0.44"
1.04"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Feb 8
First
Feb 14
7:24 a.m.
4:52 p.m.
8:01 p.m.
8:37 a.m.
Full
Caldwell
42/27
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
Hi
57
38
48
58
35
40
56
46
44
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35
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
34
57
40
54
68
16
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Medford
58/42
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
Jan 31
Albany
54/46
Eugene
56/46
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
50° 32°
Spokane
Wenatchee
41/35
37/31
Tacoma
Moses
54/44
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 40/33
43/37
54/50
53/44
43/35
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
52/48
43/37 Lewiston
42/36
Astoria
48/39
57/49
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
52/45
Pendleton 40/30
The Dalles 44/38
46/39
45/41
La Grande
Salem
44/37
56/46
Corvallis
56/47
HIGH
53° 37°
Seattle
55/48
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
55° 45°
Today
SATURDAY
Breezy and mild
with rain
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
44/28
REGIONAL FORECAST
Feb 22
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today.
A passing shower; a bit of rain, some freez-
ing in the north.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy today; a little rain
across the north.
Northern California: Mostly cloudy today,
but sunnier in the interior mountains. Low
clouds tonight.
Wednesday
NE 3-6
SSE 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today; a
little rain, except dry in the south. A passing
shower tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
today, except sunnier in the south and up-
per Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Periods of rain today.
A shower tonight. A little rain tomorrow.
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National Summary: Rain will extend from upstate New York to coastal Texas today with
spotty ice in the central Appalachians. Snow showers will occur over the Upper Midwest.
Rain and mountain snow will brush the Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 82° in McAllen, Texas
Low -9° in Gunnison, Colo.
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