Records set and broken in one city. A more-than-century-old marker shattered in another.
Over the weekend, the entirety of the Northwest baked under triple-digit temperatures –and the history-making heat wave was set to continue Monday.
On Sunday, Portland, which hit 112 degrees Fahrenheit, reached its highest temperature since the National Weather Service started record-keeping in 1940. On Saturday, Portland began its record-breaking streak as it hit 108, just over the previous record for Oregon’s largest city of 107 degrees set in 1965 and 1981.
South of the city,Salem smashed its heat record Sunday, reaching a sweltering 113 degrees. The previous record of 108 degrees was set in 1981, 1941 and 1927, according to David Bishop, a meteorologist with NWS Portland. The city of Eugene also broke