WEATHER
East Oregonian
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
FRIDAY
TODAY
A t-storm around
this afternoon
Not as warm
84° 57°
80° 53°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
A thick cloud cover
Intervals of clouds
and sun
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
78° 55°
83° 57°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
86° 56°
90° 60°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
86°
72°
95° (2001)
57°
49°
23° (1903)
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"
0.65"
0.96"
6.07"
9.14"
6.07"
Corvallis
74/54
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
91°
74°
101° (1951)
57°
49°
30° (1964)
New
5:15 a.m.
8:29 p.m.
3:22 p.m.
3:12 a.m.
First
Bend
75/53
June 6
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
63
76
75
60
76
72
74
81
90
77
74
75
73
82
61
64
84
89
84
76
78
75
81
74
75
85
88
Lo
51
51
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50
49
50
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60
55
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49
58
49
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59
58
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47
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62
57
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Fri.
Hi
61
76
63
56
70
72
68
76
86
72
61
74
72
68
58
60
85
87
80
71
68
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82
70
70
81
87
Lo
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42
47
43
52
43
51
56
50
41
52
49
47
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60
57
53
50
41
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55
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Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
91
93
82
73
84
72
76
77
73
67
77
Lo
64
84
64
55
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50
56
61
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58
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Fri.
Hi
90
94
83
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64
78
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74
67
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Lo
65
85
66
56
52
43
62
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WINDS
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
74/50
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun
today. A couple of showers in the south
tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Times of sun
and clouds today; a thunderstorm in spots.
Eastern Washington: Times of clouds and
sun today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Cascades: Clouds and sun today; a thun-
derstorm in parts of the area, but dry across
the north.
Northern California: Mostly cloudy today;
however, sunnier in the interior mountains.
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Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Western Washington: Partly sunny today.
May 29
Caldwell
83/57
Medford
82/58
0.00"
0.91"
0.83"
4.96"
6.31"
4.82"
SUN AND MOON
John Day
77/55
Ontario
84/59
Burns
76/49
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
Albany
73/54
Eugene
74/53
TEMPERATURE
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
89° 62°
Spokane
Wenatchee
81/59
87/60
Tacoma
Moses
70/51
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 87/55
78/55
64/49
71/48
88/57
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
70/50
85/62 Lewiston
90/59
Astoria
84/60
63/51
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
76/54
Pendleton 72/50
The Dalles 90/60
84/57
85/60
La Grande
Salem
75/52
75/53
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
85° 58°
Seattle
71/53
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
79° 54°
Today
MONDAY
Nice with variable
clouds
72° 50°
Thursday, May 24, 2018
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showers t-storms
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rain
20s
flurries
30s
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snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Pleasant, dry weather will grace the northeastern U.S. today.
Downpours will drench the Southeast, while gusty storms slam the northern Plains. The
wildfire threat in the Southwest will persist.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 100° in Presidio, Texas
Low 26° in Leadville, Colo.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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60
90
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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
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sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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