Excessive Heat in Wallowa County, Oregon

Excessive Heat August 17, 2022 – August 18, 2022 · Wallowa County, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Roberts Butte RAWS and the Joseph Airport AWOS recorded consecutive maximum daily high temperatures of 95 degrees or greater between Aug. 17th and 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 1053506. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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