Saturday afternoon, the weather was picture perfect for mid-July. At 5 p.m., the temperature in Vancouver and surrounding areas was at or near 80 degrees, just about average for the date. I certainly hope you enjoyed it as we go back to the hot stuff today.
The National Weather Service in Portland issued an excessive-heat watch for our area for Monday and Tuesday. Today we push into the mid-90s, and Monday I wouldn’t be surprised to see the high of 100 degrees, but it will probably stop at 99 degrees for a teaser. Mid-90s on Tuesday, then we’re at or slightly above 90 degrees the rest of the week.
We already have 11 days this year with highs of 90 degrees or better, so if we do see highs of 90 degrees or above today through Friday, that would make a total of 17 days. We usually see 13 or 14 days of 90-degree weather each summer.
In 2015, we chalked up 25 days of highs of 90 degrees or better. Remember that hot summer? With extended outlooks looking drier and warmer than normal, we could come close to that record of 25 days. We still have August and early September to achieve that.
