Today was the warmest day in almost 2 months here in Portland. The 57 at PDX hasn’t been seen since a few days after Christmas. In Vancouver, it was your warmest day since before Thanksgiving! In Troutdale it was the warmest since early January. This was due to the warm southerly wind advecting in warmer air from south of us.
You might be thinking “wait a minute, what about those sunny and mild days in early February?”. Good point. For these three locations was cooler during those sunny periods due to a constant east wind blowing out of the Gorge. So it’s fair to say that for about 1/2 of the metro area today was the warmest so far this year.