There were a few light, scattered showers on Monday that dropped just .04 of an inch of rain, keeping alive the streak of measurable rain on every day so far this month. Vancouver’s total as of 4 p.m. Monday was 10.80 inches, about eight inches above average for the month.
More rain is on tap beginning Wednesday and continuing through the weekend. It may begin before the strike of midnight today; if it does, that would be another day with measurable rain, keeping up with the trend. It is possible to add another two inches of rain to the monthly tally by the end of the week. A strong atmospheric river of moisture is heading our way but not as extreme as last week. It will be short-lived over most areas. The heaviest amounts may be further south in Oregon.
We still continue to run much warmer than normal, with the average mean temperature in Vancouver at 43.7 degrees, 5.8 degrees above average. That should slowly drop the next ten days or so, as we generally will have seasonal high temperatures in the 40s for the most part.
Monday, we had a high of just 44 degrees and a low of 34 degrees. The average high and low temperatures for this time of the year are 46 and 34, respectively. So pretty close to what would be considered normal.
