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Excessive Heat in Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

Excessive Heat August 18, 2022 – August 22, 2022 · Lower Columbia Basin, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Calculated heat risk values at the Prosser, Richland, Kennewick, and Ice Harbor Dam GHCN sites recorded several days between Aug. 18th and Aug. 22nd of temperatures that met or exceeded excessive heat warning criteria.

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 1053512. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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