May 9, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News
The well-advertised warm spell is underway today with afternoon temperatures cruising into the 80s for the first time this year. That will be good enough to make today about 15 degrees or better above normal. If you enjoy the warmer weather, hang on to your hat for Friday. Read story
May 7, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
Today we slowly switch gears from cold and showery spring weather and ease into more summer-like weather with highs Wednesday 65 to 70 degrees and low 80s on Thursday, near 90 degrees on Friday and at least upper 80s on Saturday. I think Mother’s Day on Sunday will be warm… Read story
May 4, 2024, 5:56am Clark County News
As I wrote this column late Friday afternoon, the clouds to the west had thickened and rain was beginning to fall from the dark clouds overhead. And, as you read this today it will still be raining at some intensity before turning to showers late today and continuing into Sunday. Read story
May 2, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
How was your first day of May? Weather-wise, we had a brief break in the action with only scattered sprinkles here and there. April goes into the record books as a mild and dry month. Read story
April 30, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
Well, here we are on the last day of April and looking forward to a new month and hopefully some warmer weather. Looking at forecast models there is little hope of any warm and dry weather lasting long enough for any outdoor projects over the next seven to 10 days.… Read story
April 27, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
Did you enjoy Thursday’s rain? It was refreshing. I love the scent of fresh rain after a dry period. That pleasant order is called petrichor, a term coined by Australian scientists in 1964 to describe the earthy smell associated with rain. It is when the moisture mixes with compounds like… Read story
April 25, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
The anticipated change to our weather is underway today and for several days beyond. I expect a soaking rain and by midnight we should have upward of one-half inch in some of the Clark County rain gauges. Read story
April 23, 2024, 6:01am Clark County News
Our warm and sunny weather lingers and will continue into Wednesday before a much-needed damp spell is cast down upon us. As of Monday, Vancouver was running an inch and a half below average with the rainfall. The latter half of the week and into the weekend will help us… Read story
April 20, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News
This April is perhaps the best weather-wise that we have had in several years. It sure is dry to say the least. With 10 days to go I don’t see enough rain to help us out much. We have a weak weather system this weekend and another the later part… Read story
April 18, 2024, 6:00am Clark County News
It was a chilly morning across Clark County early Wednesday under clear skies and calm winds. A good share of the area received some frost although not everywhere reached the 32-degree mark. Officially in Vancouver it was 35 degrees for the low temperature. However, a couple miles from Hazel Dell… Read story
