Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Pacific Northwest Heat Records Tumble

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


Many locations in southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon set high temperature records for July 28, and several were near or above their all-time record highs:
LOCATION          NEW RECORD    OLD RECORD      ALL-TIME RECORD  
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VANCOUVER 106 97 (2003) 105 (06/30/1942)
PORTLAND AIRPORT 106 101 (1998) 107 (08/10/1981)
PORTLAND DOWNTOWN 105 100 (1998) 106 (08/10/1981)
TROUTDALE 105 101 (1998) 108 (08/18/1977)
SALEM 107 99 (2003) 108 (08/09/1981)
EUGENE 106 100 (2003) 108 (08/09/1981)
HILLSBORO 105 96 (1985) 108 (07/19/1956)
MCMINNVILLE 106 104 (1998) 110 (07/10/1926)
HOOD RIVER 103 (TIED) 103 (2005) 108 (08/18/1977)
ASTORIA 92 82 (2003) 101 (07/01/1942)
Other record reports:
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 108 DEGREES WAS SET AT MEDFORD OR   
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 105 SET IN 2003.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 108 DEGREES WAS SET AT ROSEBURG OR
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 107 SET IN 1998.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 104 DEGREES WAS SET AT MONTAGUE CA
TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 104 SET IN 1973.

NEW RECORD OLD RECORD

SEA-TAC 97-TIED 97 1998

OLYMPIA 101 100 1998

HOQUIAM 93 81 1965

BELLINGHAM 90 88 1958

SEATTLE WFO (SANDPOINT) 95 92 1998

RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES

SEA-TAC 69* 65 1998

OLYMPIA 63 62 1958

QUILLAYUTE (FORKS) 59-TIED 59 2000

BELLINGHAM 63-TIED 63 1958

*TIES ALL-TIME HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE SET 9/2/1974

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