Excessive Heat in Northern Blue Mountains, Oregon

Excessive Heat August 16, 2022 – August 18, 2022 · Northern Blue Mountains, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Eden RAWS recorded consecutive maximum daily high temperatures of 95 degrees or greater from Aug. 16th through the 18th.

The wider storm

Upper level ridging and persistent surface high pressure in the Columbia Basin resulted in several areas reaching or exceeding critical heat risk thresholds during this period, with some mountain sites also seeing consecutive days of 95 degrees or greater temperatures.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1053504. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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