Monday, July 27, 2009

Pacific Northwest Triple-Digit Heat Breaks Daily Records
Excessive Heat in Southwest, Also

For previous record temperature posts, see:
Record Heat
Record Cold


9 pm PDT Update: The National Weather Service reports several high temperature records for July 27 were broken or tied in Oregon and Washington:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES WAS SET AT SEATTLE WA WFO   
TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 90 SET IN 1996.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 88 DEGREES WAS SET AT QUILLAYUTE WA
AIRPORT TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 SET IN 1998.

..NEW RECORDS FOR JULY 27

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
====================================================
VANCOUVER 103 100 (SET IN 1998)
PORTLAND AIRPORT 103 102 (SET IN 1958)
TROUTDALE 103 102 (SET IN 1988)

..OTHER HIGH TEMPERATURES NEAR RECORDS TODAY

LOCATION HIGH TODAY EXISTING RECORD
AS OF 7 PM
====================================================
SALEM 103 104 (SET IN 1958)
HILLSBORO 103 105 (SET IN 1998)
MCMINNVILLE 103 105 (SET IN 1958)
PORTLAND DOWNTOWN 102 104 (SET IN 1958)
EUGENE 102 105 (SET IN 1998)
HOOD RIVER 100 103 (SET IN 1998)

..NEW RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JULY 27

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD
====================================================
SALEM 70 68 (SET IN 1899)
TROUTDALE 64 62 (SET IN 1998)
EUGENE 61* 61 (SET IN 1998)

*TIED RECORD

Original post:
A record high minimum of 61° was already set this morning in Olympia, Washington; the old record was 60° in 1998. Washington state high temperature reports have not yet been posted.

Other highs in the region (daily records in parentheses) were:
Oregon
Eugene 102 (105)
Salem 102 (104)
Hillsboro 94 (105)
Medford 105 (106)
Roseburg 104 (107)

Northern California
Redding 107 (110)
Ukiah 105 (111)
Mt. Shasta 96 (97)
Excessive heat was also reported in the Southwest, where Phoenix reported a high of 114°, which was 4° below the 1995 record. The high at Yuma was 115°, 3° below the 1998 record.

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