September 26, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
As I write my column early Wednesday afternoon, I see raindrops on my windowpane and a few hundreds of an inch of moisture in my rain gauge here in the north county. A weak weather system was crossing the area as we discussed earlier in the week. Rainfall along the… Read story
September 24, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News
Autumn began at 5:43 a.m. Sunday and achieved a higher temperature than the last day of summer Saturday. The high was 76 degrees compared to Saturday’s 75. And not to be outdone, today’s high temperature is predicted to be at least 90 degrees with a slight easterly wind. Read story
September 21, 2024, 6:07am Clark County News
How are you enjoying this fine late summer weather? I guess that is the last time I will be asking that as the autumn equinox occurs Sunday at 5:43 a.m., and then we are off and running with the fall season. The weather, however, will remain more summerlike than fall,… Read story
September 19, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News
‘She told me the seasons were changing. The sun was shining but it was not hot. I could feel a sense of irritability in the air. Breezy, calm, breezy, no one noticed, and no one cared, at least not this day. Perhaps when one thinks about yet another change to… Read story
September 17, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News
On Sunday, Vancouver had its lowest high temperature for the month with 67 degrees. Today with light rain and showers moving in undoubtedly, we may record the lowest high temperature again for the month. The last week of summer looks more like fall, folks. Read story
September 14, 2024, 6:04am Clark County News
It appears we are now well on our way into autumn weather as the storm-making ingredients are beginning to mix in the Gulf of Alaska. That doesn’t mean we can’t have any warm days in the 80s but right now for the next week or 10 days I don’t see… Read story
September 12, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News
We finally got some rainfall which freshened the air outside and thirsty plants were overjoyed, I’m sure. The initial cold front was lackluster in rainfall totals locally with only a tenth of an inch measured in Vancouver as of early afternoon Wednesday. However, heavy showers were looming to our west… Read story
September 10, 2024, 6:05am Clark County News
Oh my, those azure skies Monday were amazing to look at after days and days with smoky, yellowish gray hues. I can see so clearly now I almost feel like I’m in a different place. Nope, westerly winds aloft have pushed all that smoke and haze away and we settle… Read story
September 7, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News
Friday as I wrote this column, I saw a memory of mine on social media where I remarked, “It is noon, and it is a blooming 86 degrees already.” That was Sept. 6, 2014 and it went on to reach 95 degrees that day. We had four days of 90… Read story
September 5, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
If Vancouver reaches 100 degrees today, it will only be the fourth time in the month of September in our weather history going back to 1891. Previously we peaked at 102 degrees in 1944, 100 degrees in 1987 and 103 degrees in 1988. It will be a rough goal to… Read story
