Portland Downtown, OR

Oregon · Records since 1874–2026

☁️ 61Β°F
Currently in Portland Downtown
As of 3:45 PM PST
πŸ”₯ 4° below today's record of 65°F

Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

65Β°F

November 12, 1953

+12Β° from 53Β° normal

❄ Record Low

22Β°F

November 12, 1955

-20Β° from 42Β° normal
🌞 Normal high: 53Β°F 🌑 Normal low: 42Β°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records β€” Portland Downtown

🔥
114°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 28, 2021
❄
-2°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 15, 1888
🌧
6.68"
Wettest Day Ever
Dec 13, 1882
☃
15.5"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 21, 1943

First & Last Dates β€” Portland Downtown

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
332 days
Longest growing season
2016
190 days
Shortest growing season
1894
273 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs β€” November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 65Β°F November 12, 1953
2 64Β°F November 12, 1999
3 64Β°F November 12, 1974
4 64Β°F November 12, 1906
5 63Β°F November 12, 1900
6 62Β°F November 12, 2021
7 62Β°F November 12, 2016
8 62Β°F November 12, 1976
9 62Β°F November 12, 1967
10 62Β°F November 12, 1905

Top 5 Record Lows β€” November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 22Β°F November 12, 1955
2 26Β°F November 12, 1978
3 29Β°F November 12, 2000
4 30Β°F November 12, 1924
5 30Β°F November 12, 1916
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1874–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary β€” Portland Downtown

threshold: 89Β°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
3.9
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
97Β°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
1
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights β‰₯ 70Β°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days β‰₯ 90Β°F Per Year

1875–2026
9
2026 so far
10
Avg/year 1970–2025
14
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
24
Most in a year (1967)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year Β· complete decades only


Longest Heat Waves β€” Portland Downtown

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 25, 2009 – Aug 3, 2009 10 105Β°F (Jul 28) 96Β°F 66Β°F
2 Aug 12, 1967 – Aug 20, 1967 9 98Β°F (Aug 15) 94Β°F 64Β°F
3 Jul 22, 2018 – Jul 30, 2018 9 97Β°F (Jul 29) 92Β°F 61Β°F
4 Jul 26, 1974 – Aug 3, 1974 9 96Β°F (Jul 31) 92Β°F 62Β°F
5 Aug 6, 1981 – Aug 12, 1981 7 106Β°F (Aug 10) 101Β°F 66Β°F
6 Aug 3, 1972 – Aug 9, 1972 7 102Β°F (Aug 7) 94Β°F 65Β°F
7 Jul 25, 2022 – Jul 31, 2022 7 101Β°F (Jul 26) 97Β°F 67Β°F
8 Jul 17, 1888 – Jul 23, 1888 7 97Β°F (Jul 17) 94Β°F 59Β°F
9 Jul 12, 1911 – Jul 18, 1911 7 97Β°F (Jul 13) 94Β°F 65Β°F
10 Jun 30, 2015 – Jul 6, 2015 7 95Β°F (Jul 2) 94Β°F 63Β°F

Heat Waves Per Year


Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

40
2026 total
above-normal nights
35.6
Avg / summer
1970–2020
68
Most in a summer
1958

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows Β· complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation β€” Last 24 Months

Blue = actual Β· dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1872–2026)

Blue = above average Β· tan = below average Β· gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1872, annual totals have trended -0.15" per decade, about -2.2" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (β‰₯ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (β‰₯ 1.0")

This Year β€” 2026

How Portland Downtown is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

162 of 310 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.


Precipitation, Year to Date

24.87"
2026 YTD
Normal: 32.08"
-7.21"
1.96"
November so far
November normal: 6.58"
-4.62"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with β‰₯ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Portland Downtown is 7.21" behind the normal pace

Period Review β€” Oct 12 – Nov 11, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 31 days

54.1Β°F
Average temperature
26th-warmest of 151
+1.9Β°
vs. average
Normal: 52.2Β°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year β€” Oct 12 – Nov 11

1874–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.09Β° per decade (warming since 1874)

Precipitation by Year β€” Oct 12 – Nov 11

1872–2025 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.05" per decade (wetter since 1872)


Warmest Oct 12 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1944 56.9Β°F
2 1937 56.5Β°F
3 1965 56.5Β°F
4 1926 56.3Β°F
5 1941 56.1Β°F
6 1962 55.9Β°F
7 1958 55.7Β°F
8 2016 55.7Β°F
9 1914 55.5Β°F
10 1952 55.5Β°F

Coolest Oct 12 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1935 45.3Β°F
2 1919 47.0Β°F
3 1984 47.6Β°F
4 1878 47.8Β°F
5 1886 47.8Β°F
6 1920 48.0Β°F
7 1971 48.0Β°F
8 1994 48.4Β°F
9 1946 48.5Β°F
10 1882 48.6Β°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.