Only a couple more days and relief will be on the way via our wonderful Pacific air. Our string of consecutive 90-degree days will end by Thursday. If it reaches 90 degrees on Thursday it would break Portland’s record string of 10 90-degree days set back in 2009.
Cooler air is forecast to flood inland late Thursday, so whether it caps the afternoon heating remains to be seen. It will be close. Friday through the weekend we will be down to more seasonal temperatures, which are close to 80 degrees for a high temperature. We’ll fine-tune the forecast as we get closer.
Even Seattle tied its longest streak of 90-degree days, which occurred in 2009, with four days. Cooler marine air kept the afternoon temperatures Monday in the mid-80s. Meanwhile Portland logged its eighth day of consecutive 90-degree days. June had its share of records and now July is getting off to a good start, as well.
The hot weather has reached into British Columbia, where a large wildfire is blazing. Smoky skies have drifted over many portions of northern Washington. Weather observer Roland Derksen of Vancouver, B.C., reports that the heat wave just keeps going on and on there. He recorded his hottest June temperature since 1970 on June 27 with a high of 93.6 degrees.
