By Rod Hill on 2010-07-28
Be thankful for this morning's pleasant temperatures. One year ago, July 28th, 2009, PDX reached a record high of 106 degrees. The morning hours low of 74 degrees tied the record for the warmest July low temperature. The date was day four of a record 10 day run of 90 degree temperatures or hotter. The record heat wave was just one of several records set in the hot summer of 2009! Obviously this summer has been much cooler by comparison. To date, PDX has reached 90 degrees 4 times. We are running below pace for the season average of 13 days. 90 degree temperatures are typically reached into the first two weeks of September. There are no signs of prolonged heat in the coming weeks. in fact, 90 degree heat is not expected through the 12th day of August. After that, we'll see??
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