Brutal heat, May 2021, and a quick look ahead

First off I would like to recognize the brief, but major heatwave we just experienced. Very rare to see temps so hot this early in the season. Check out the scorching high temperatures we experienced on Tuesday. Lots of new records! Another nice little graphic I'm borrowing from Fox 12 Oregon showing some of the …

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Finally some more “active” weather

It's been a dry spring. Really dry. Back in March we saw 58% of our typical rainfall for the month, then April rolled around even drier with 45% of that month's average, and now here we are well into May and it's still dry. Salem has received less than 27% of our typical rainfall for …

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