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Excessive Heat in Southern Blue Mountains, Oregon

Excessive Heat June 26, 2021 – June 30, 2021 · Southern Blue Mountains, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

Nearly all RAWS stations across the zone recorded consecutive daily high temperatures over 95 degrees through the period, with several sites recording consecutive days of daily high temperatures over 105 degrees.

The wider storm

A strong upper level ridge of high pressure and a surface thermal trough brought several days of record high temperatures across the PacNW, with many locations in the lower and higher elevations experiencing extreme heat risk during this event. The multiple days of extreme heat risk has been attributed to several fatalities across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 969133. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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