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13 Oct 08 - Cold temperatures set several new record lows this weekend,
including a low of 22 Saturday in downtown Pendleton that broke a 118
year-old record of 24.
Thursday saw a new low of 20 for Meacham, four degrees cooler than the
previous record from 2006. On Friday, Heppner hit 29, the coldest that
date has seen since 1960 when it was 30; and Long Creek was 21, besting
the 1987 record by four degrees.
On Saturday John Day dropped to 21, breaking the 1990 record of 23, and
Mitchell set a record with 21, five degrees cooler than the 2002 record.
On Sunday, for the third time in four days, Meacham set a record with a
low of 15, one degree cooler than the 2002 record, Long Creek's low of
21 broke with 1969 record of 25, and Mitchell's 21 broke the 1949 record
of 24. And downtown Pendleton's 21 chilled past the previous record of
25 from 1931.
Also Sunday, two-miles north of Hermiston cooled to 18, breaking the
1953 record of 20.
Not much global warming in Oregon, it would
appear.
http://www.eastoregonian.info/print.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=48&ArticleID=83885&TM=29612.53
Thanks to Don et al and Steven Woodcock for this link
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