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Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Pleasant summer forecast with highs from 80 to 85

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

July 8, 2023, 6:01am Clark County News

Friday was much more comfortable with the morning clouds which tempered afternoon high temperatures into the 80s. On July 4, we had a temperature of 95 degrees which tied the record set in 2015. On July 5, we surpassed the old record of 95 degrees, also in 2015, with 96… Read story

Vendors display sheep for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June. 27, 2023.

For the third time this week, Earth sets an unofficial heat record

Vendors display sheep for customers at a cattle market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, June. 27, 2023.

July 7, 2023, 8:41am Latest News

Earth's average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record and what one prominent scientist says could be the hottest in 120,000 years. Read story

Fire crews battle the Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on July 7.

Washington lands commissioner visits Tunnel Five Fire in Columbia River Gorge; containment at 20%

Fire crews battle the Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on July 7.

July 7, 2023, 7:32am Clark County News Free

Washington Public Lands commissioner and candidate for governor Hilary Franz visited the Tunnel Five Fire site and met with firefighters on Thursday. Read story

FILE - A homeless person lies on the sidewalk while holding a water bottle, Sunday, July 2, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday.

Climate change about more than heat

FILE - A homeless person lies on the sidewalk while holding a water bottle, Sunday, July 2, 2023, in downtown Los Angeles. Excessive heat warnings remain in place in many areas across the U.S. and are expected to last at least through Monday.

July 6, 2023, 7:42pm Nation & World

As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial records being set for average planetary temperature were a clear sign of how pollutants released by humans are warming their environment. But the heat is also just one way the planet is telling us something… Read story

Smoke from a brush fire in Mason County rises to the sky as people float in Totten Inlet near Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. A brush fire that started Tuesday is threatening homes and prompting evacuations near the western Washington city of Shelton. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which was estimated at more than 200 acres.

Can Washington utilities turn off your electricity in a heat wave? New law says they can’t

Smoke from a brush fire in Mason County rises to the sky as people float in Totten Inlet near Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, July 4, 2023. A brush fire that started Tuesday is threatening homes and prompting evacuations near the western Washington city of Shelton. It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which was estimated at more than 200 acres.

July 6, 2023, 3:40pm Latest News

Expect scorching heat to roll around during the first week of July, Washingtonians. Read story

Fire crews work to establish fire lines on the Tunnel Five fire in the Columbia. River Gorge on Wednesday.

Tunnel Five Fire in Columbia River Gorge still at 5% containment; evacuation levels expand

Fire crews work to establish fire lines on the Tunnel Five fire in the Columbia. River Gorge on Wednesday.

July 6, 2023, 2:00pm Clark County News Free

More personnel arrived in the Columbia River Gorge on Wednesday to fight the Tunnel Five Fire, which is holding steady in size, and remains at 5 percent containment. Read story

The San Antonio Fire spreads uphill west of Petaluma, Ca., Friday, June 30, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. The unofficial heat records come after months of unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event.

Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there

The San Antonio Fire spreads uphill west of Petaluma, Ca., Friday, June 30, 2023. The entire planet sweltered for the two unofficial hottest days in human recordkeeping Monday and Tuesday, according to University of Maine scientists at the Climate Reanalyzer project. The unofficial heat records come after months of unusually hot conditions due to climate change and a strong El Nino event.

July 6, 2023, 8:40am Nation & World

Earth’s average temperature on Wednesday remained at an unofficial record high set the day before, the latest grim milestone in a week that has seen a series of climate-change-driven extremes. Read story

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Weather Eye: Sunny days remind why we love the Northwest

Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

July 6, 2023, 6:00am Clark County News

It was tranquil sitting on the bench recently along the Columbia River waterfront. The weather that afternoon was sunny with light breezes and not a cloud in the sky. Only an occasional ripple on the water with a stray fish that jumped every now and then. The West Hills of… Read story

FILE - A woman sunbathes near the River Thames in front of a view of the City of London, on June 17, 2022. The U.K. sweltered through its hottest June since records began in 1884, the country's weather agency said Monday, July 3, 2023, adding that human-induced climate change means such unusual heat will become more frequent in the next few decades. The average temperature for June in the U.K. hit 15.8 degrees Celcius ( Fahrenheit) -- 0.9C hotter than the joint previous record of 14.9C in 1940 and 1976, according to the Met Office's provisional figures.

Tuesday set an unofficial record for the hottest day on Earth. Wednesday may break it.

FILE - A woman sunbathes near the River Thames in front of a view of the City of London, on June 17, 2022. The U.K. sweltered through its hottest June since records began in 1884, the country's weather agency said Monday, July 3, 2023, adding that human-induced climate change means such unusual heat will become more frequent in the next few decades. The average temperature for June in the U.K. hit 15.8 degrees Celcius ( Fahrenheit) -- 0.9C hotter than the joint previous record of 14.9C in 1940 and 1976, according to the Met Office's provisional figures.

July 5, 2023, 1:50pm Latest News

The planet's temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in decades and likely centuries, and Wednesday could become the third straight day Earth unofficially marks a record-breaking high. It's the latest in a series of climate-change extremes that alarm but don't surprise scientists. Read story

Helicopter dipping water from the Columbia River for the Tunnel Five Fire.

Personnel on Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge almost doubles

Helicopter dipping water from the Columbia River for the Tunnel Five Fire.

July 5, 2023, 9:40am Clark County News Free

The number of firefighters battling the Tunnel Five Fire in the Columbia River Gorge east of Stevenson nearly doubled Tuesday, jumping to 372. Read story