Rain in July is very rare, light, and often times scattered in nature. The showers we saw Sunday and early Monday morning were no different with the Portland metro area being the big winner as you can see from this rainfall chart below.

Some fairly hefty downpours across parts of eastern Oregon in addition to the Portland area seeing rain. Much of the coastline and the central and southern Willamette Valley remained mostly dry, but now it’s back to regular summertime weather.

Forecast highlights

• The next several days should be rather pleasant with highs ranging from the low 80s to low 90s through this coming Tuesday. A very typical summertime forecast with varying amounts of low clouds during the morning hours, lots of afternoon sunshine, and dry.
• Cool nights stick around. I don’t see any morning lows warmer than 60° on the horizon, and in fact, lows should make it down to the lower 50s most evenings. I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the fresh air and cool evenings, so I’m happy to see that continue!
• Saturday and Sunday in particular both look cloudier and cooler, but dry. Highs upper 70s to low 80s.
• Watching for a shower/thunderstorm chance next Wednesday and Thursday. Despite being several days out, the chance is high enough to be mentioned. I’ll keep an eye on that threat and will do my best to update you as time gets closer.

Take care and stay safe out there!