Weather & Climate

Fisherman Chris Walker tests his luck while hoping for a bite under hot conditions at Frenchman's Bar Regional Park on Monday morning. Walker said he was looking to snare a salmon on his hook while cooling off at the same time. "I'm down at Frenchman's trying to beat the heat," he said.

Vancouver breaks another record, hitting 115 degrees

June 28, 2021, 4:25pm Clark County News Free

With Vancouver poised to break the all-time high temperature record set Sunday of 112 degrees, many are hunkering down indoors or flocking to water to beat the heat. Read story

While the city reached a record temperature of over 110 degrees, people gathered at Peninsula Park to cool off, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Portland, Ore.

Northwest braces for hottest day of intense heat wave

June 28, 2021, 2:20pm Latest News

The hottest day of an unprecedented and dangerous heat wave scorched the Pacific Northwest on Monday, with temperatures expected to obliterate records that had been set just the day before. Read story

Tropical Storm Danny forms off South Carolina, nearing land

June 28, 2021, 1:28pm Nation & World

Tropical Storm Danny formed Monday afternoon off South Carolina's coast, and forecasters said the storm is expected to race inland over the U.S. Southeast while dumping several inches of rain in some spots. Read story

Tropical storm warning issued for South Carolina coast

June 28, 2021, 8:36am Nation & World

A tropical storm warning has been issued for parts of the South Carolina coast following the formation of a tropical depression. Read story

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2020 file photo Cal Fire Battalion Chief Craig Newell carries a hose while battling the North Complex Fire in Plumas National Forest, Calif. U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting from seasonal firefighting crews to full-time, year-round crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season and to make wildland firefighting jobs more attractive by increasing pay and benefits. U.S. Forest Service Deputy Chief Christopher French, testifying before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, said Thursday, June 24, 2021 agencies will seek to convert at least 1,000 seasonal wildland firefighters to permanent, full-time, year-round workers.

U.S. seeks to bolster firefighter ranks as wildfires increase

June 28, 2021, 6:02am Latest News

U.S. wildfire managers are considering shifting from seasonal to full-time firefighting crews to deal with what has become a year-round wildfire season and making the jobs more attractive by increasing pay and benefits. Read story

Vancouver breaks all-time heat record

Slava Bakhmutov holds an inflatable rainbow unicorn while Arriana, 4, swims toward it after she fell off on Saturday morning, June 26, at Cottonwood Beach in Washougal. “She’s rainbow obsessed,” Arianna’s mother said. Temperatures climbed into triple digits on Saturday, the first of three days it is expected to do so.

June 27, 2021, 11:53am Clark County News Free

Vancouver set its all-time heat record on Sunday. The National Weather Service recorded 109 degrees just before 3 p.m. at Pearson Field. That broke the record of 108 degrees that was set on July 29, 2009 and matched on Saturday. Read story

Weather Eye: Vancouver should see its highest-ever temperatures today

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

We entered this excessive heat wave as forecasted by the computer models several days ago. I haven’t seen so many models all being so agreeable. We have never experienced such high temperatures here, and the records go back to the late 1800s. Read story