Where's the sun? Portland has had just 3 sunny, mild days this winter
We get the sense people are starting to notice the lack of sun lately. While the fall and winter season is typically dominated by clouds in Portland, it seems we've managed to "out-cloudy" ourselves this year.
The data seems to back it up -- the last time Portland had an official sunny day (as in 30 percent or less cloud cover observed) was on Feb. 13 - nearly a month ago! It was sunny and 53 that day (with a morning low of 29!), in case it's already faded into your memory banks.
In fact, since the start of October, Portland has had just seven official sunny days, below the average of 17 we have in a typical year during that time period. How bad is that? It's even worse than Seattle, which has had nine