'Not fun': Northwest heat wave builds, all-time records fall

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SARA CLINE and REBECCA BOONE

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest city broke its all-time heat record on Saturday. It could beat the new mark on Sunday.

Forecasters say many Pacific Northwest communities may sweat through the hottest days in their histories as temperatures soar during a heat wave that has sent residents scrambling for relief.

Stores sold out of portable air conditioners and fans, hospitals canceled outdoor vaccination clinics, cities opened cooling centers, baseball teams canceled or moved up weekend games, and utilities braced for possible power outages.

Portland, Oregon, reached 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) Saturday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. The previous heat record for Oregon’s largest city was 107 F (41.7 C), a mark hit in 1965 and 1981.



Cody Miller, with the Salem Fire Department, waits in his truck near a digital sign tracking the day's temperatures during a heat wave, Saturday, June 26, 2021, in Salem, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)


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[leftieNanner]

1. Expecting Southern Oregon

to hit 112 today!

And it won't be below 100 for at least a week more.

Ugh.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. What are overnight temps?

[maxsolomon]

5. Mid 70s

in SEA

[leftieNanner]

6. Mid 70s

So it does cool off somewhat at night.

[AZLD4Candidate]

4. We had 113+ in Arizona last week. It was unbearable even for Arizona

It's only 100 during the day and next week won't get over 90.

It does end.

[pnwmom]

14. Most people in Seattle don't even have a room air conditioner, much less central,

so it's worse without that.

[AZLD4Candidate]

15. I remember growing up in Upstate NY. 105-110 sometimes

and all we had were house fans that did nothing.

Trust me, I completely sympathize. Problem with us as the closest place to buy all that in the 1980s and early to mid 1990s was in Middletown NY, which was a 90 mile round trip and we couldn't afford to but them even if we wanted.

[Skittles]

16. I hear you

the humidity in Texas has been so bad, even AC doesn't make it feel much better - this summer, it just feels DIFFERENT

[former9thward]

22. Where are you at in AZ that 113 is unbearable?

That is pretty standard for Phoenix in the last half of June.

[AZLD4Candidate]

24. Tohono o'odham Nation. Phoenix is at about 1000 ft of elevation

Sells is near 4000. And I'm originally from a cold weather state. We got up to 117 three days in a row.

We are about 15-20 degrees above normal right now.

[Ptah]

27. Sells, AZ - Elevation 2,392 ft

[AZLD4Candidate]

28. And the point of this response was?

Just curious. My fact was wrong. We're out at the same elevation as Tucson then.

[Ptah]

29. The point of this response was your fact was wrong.

[AZLD4Candidate]

33. Congrats. Thank you. Your point is?

[Ptah]

34. Again, my point was to correct your assertion that Sells is at 4000 feet above sea level.

One never knows when a high school student might be reading DU
and come across incorrect information.

[AZLD4Candidate]

35. i live in Sells and I'm a history and social studies teacher

I was told by the Tohono o'Odham I know they were at 4000 feet so I went with it. Obviously, they were wrong.

Again, your point?

[Ptah]

36. Kitt Peak Observatory is at 6,877 ft

[AZLD4Candidate]

37. That I know. Are you doing pointing out I made a mistake on a meaningless elevation fact?

Or do you want to continue beating to death a dead horse?

[NickB79]

9. How's the humidity?

[leftieNanner]

10. Not Terrible

Not like east coast or NOLA weather.

But I'm planning to stay indoors as much as possible. I don't do well in the heat.

[subterranean]

17. More humid than in our typical heat waves.

Dew points today in Western Washington are in the 60s, which is rather high for this area. It's not a "dry heat."

[maxsolomon]

3. Always hotter in Portland than in Seattle

We're scorching, but it's always 5 degrees hotter down there.

I'd be on the coast today, in the water.

[Triloon]

8. I'm on the coast

Currently 101 degrees. Previous all-time record was 91. Just got an alert for 3 youths having trouble staying above water in Ocean Shores. Coast guard enroute.

[maxsolomon]

21. Unprecedented.

Last night I was at a relative's lakefront house and after sunset it smelled like the trees had been wrung dry. 1 more day to go.

[MFM008]

7. Unbearable

Even the air conditioners are sluggish.

[MurrayDelph]

25. Most houses in Clatsop County

don't have air conditioning, as generations grew up thinking "it never gets that hot."

Right now I'm away, but am planning to get estimates for adding central air when I get back.

[MFM008]

38. This was just

A 300 dollar portable AC.
This Heatwave turned those things into just glorified fans they didn't do a whole lot and Central AC runs up to $10,000 we just can't do it.

[Jopin Klobe]

11. This brings to mind many archaeological TV programs ...

... that have the lines that start, "This unforgiving arid desert land used to be lush with flora and fauna ..." ...

... "Those that ignore Nature's history, etc., etc., etc. ..." ...

[roamer65]

12. That starts happening en masse at 1000 ppm GHG's.

People will also be about 20 percent dumber than they already are with the cognitive impairment issue of the higher CO2 level.

[Hortensis]

13. As I recall, above 81-82 would shrivel the flowers in my garden

in Southern California. I remember visting friends in Pugit Sound and marveling at the same delicate poppy blooms remaining open and beautiful for days. Not this week, but this will pass.

[love_katz]

18. It's 111 degrees at Portland International Airport.

The forecast high is for 112. It has never been this horrible here.

[jmbar2]

19. I can see the Oregon Coast Highway 101 from here (Newport, OR)

It is bumper to bumper both north and south. People that are either coming here to escape the heat, or having to head back home.

I sort of want to go pick up some food, but don't want to get out in the traffic. I guess I'll be cooking at home tonite.

[brooklynite]

20. My MIL in Seattle is moving to a hotel (with air conditioning)

[Cryptoad]

26. 115 in Or,,,,,,

does that come just before or after "when pigs fly",,,O!

[Maxheader]

30. in wichita...08 through 10...

Summer was like 100s (40 , 50 days in a row) and dry dry. Texaas cattlemen were in

bad shape. No grass..feed for their herds. Used to see lots of semis hauling

hay south on I35. Wichita was looking

at getting water supply from el dorado lake. This regional ,

annual drought crap seems to vary..year to year..around the

world....it will, like the pandemic, require sacrifice to fix, if possible....

[MissB]

31. Forecast is for 115 today!

Ugh.

[NutmegYankee]

32. New England is doing it's usual bi-polar BS. 90s this week, then high in 60s weekend.

Riding the roller coaster!