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Live · the National Weather Service, and the nearest stationOfficial National Weather Service forecasts, ice storms and the east wind, heat, wildfire smoke and atmospheric rivers — for the Portland–Vancouver metro, from downtown and the Pearl out past I-205 to Gresham and the mouth of the Gorge, west across the Tualatin Valley to Hillsboro and Forest Grove, south through Oregon City and Wilsonville to McMinnville and the wine country, north across the Columbia to Vancouver and Battle Ground, and up the Gorge to Stevenson.
Cities & Suburbs
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Metro Counties
7 countiesThe City
Multnomah
Portland · Gresham · Troutdale · Fairview · Corbett
West Side
Washington
Hillsboro · Beaverton · Tigard · Tualatin · Forest Grove
South & East
Clackamas
Oregon City · Lake Oswego · Happy Valley · Sandy · Government Camp
Across the River
Clark
Vancouver · Camas · Washougal · Battle Ground · Ridgefield
Wine Country
Yamhill
McMinnville · Newberg · Dundee · Carlton · Sheridan
Down the Columbia
Columbia
St. Helens · Scappoose · Rainier · Vernonia · Clatskanie
The Gorge
Skamania
Stevenson · Carson · North Bonneville
Along the highways
The weather on the road, exit by exitInterstate
I-5
The spine — Salem and Wilsonville north through Tualatin and Tigard, along the west bank past downtown, over the Interstate Bridge to Vancouver, and on up through Ridgefield and La Center toward Seattle
Interstate
I-84
The Banfield & the Columbia River Highway — the east side past Hollywood and Gateway to Troutdale, then up the Gorge past Multnomah Falls and Cascade Locks, where the east wind comes down it
Interstate
I-205
The eastern bypass — I-5 at Tualatin east through West Linn and Oregon City, north past Clackamas and Gateway, over the Glenn Jackson Bridge to Vancouver and back to I-5 at Salmon Creek
Interstate
I-405
The Stadium Freeway — the loop around downtown, from the Marquam to the Fremont Bridge
Corridor
US-26 · Sunset & Mt. Hood
The Sunset Highway west through the Vista Ridge tunnel to Beaverton and Hillsboro, and east the Mount Hood Highway through Gresham and Sandy, up to Government Camp and the pass
Corridor
OR-217
The Beaverton–Tigard Highway — US-26 south past Washington Square to I-5
Corridor
US-30
The St. Helens road — northwest along the Columbia through Linnton, Scappoose and St. Helens to Rainier and Astoria
Corridor
OR-99W · OR-18
Tigard southwest through Sherwood, Newberg and Dundee into the wine country, McMinnville and the road to the coast
Corridor
SR-14
The Lewis & Clark Highway — Vancouver east along the Washington shore through Camas and Washougal, up the Gorge to Stevenson and Carson
The Portland weather story
Severe weather · seasons · climateServices · Dec–Feb
Ice Storms & the East Wind
Portland's worst winter weather blows out of the Columbia River Gorge. Cold air pours west through the gap while Pacific rain falls into it, and the east side ices over while the west hills stay wet and 40°F — the ice storms of February 2021 and January 2024 left hundreds of thousands in the dark. Snow and ice by county, from NWS Portland.
Warning · Jun–Sep
Extreme Heat
The city with the fewest air conditioners in the country met the June 2021 heat dome: 108°F, then 112, then 116 at the airport on June 28 — ten degrees past the old all-time record. Heat warnings, the nights that don't cool, and the cooling centers.
Warning · Aug–Oct
Wildfire Smoke Soon
The same east wind, in September, brings the fire down the mountain. The Eagle Creek Fire in 2017 dropped ash on downtown, and the Labor Day fires of 2020 gave Portland the worst air on earth for a week. Red Flag Warnings and the smoke forecast.
Services · Oct–May
Rain & Rivers Soon
Nine-tenths of the rain falls between October and May, much of it in atmospheric rivers off the Pacific. In February 1996 the Willamette rose within inches of the downtown seawall, and the city stacked sandbags and plywood along Waterfront Park. The Willamette, the Columbia, the Tualatin and the Sandy.
Recreation
Mount Hood & the Gorge Soon
An hour from downtown to the snow at Government Camp and Timberline, and half an hour to Multnomah Falls. Chain requirements on US-26 and I-84, the Gorge wind, and what the mountain is doing above 6,000 feet.
Guide
Climate & Records
Normals, records and long-term trends across all seven counties, on both sides of the river, from a Portland record that goes back to the 1870s.