So far, the planet has warmed by about 1 degree Celsius, but we’re still on track for another 2 degrees of warming. His Path Is a Warning.Īs much as I’d love to think this heat wave is a freak occurrence, unprecedented weather is the new normal, and this is just the beginning. When I Became a Personal Trainer, I Thought My Clients Would Idolize Me.

But what’s noteworthy about this heat wave is that this is wildly atypical for the region, and we are simply not prepared for such heat. Yes, those places also get hot (though if we’re keeping track, Portland’s high record now beats Houston’s, and Lytton’s beats Vegas’). Naturally, people are comparing these temperatures to those in other cities known for hot summers: Las Vegas, Phoenix, Houston. Canada-yes, the entire country-has a new all-time high of a blistering 47.5 degrees Celsius, or around 118 degrees Fahrenheit, in Lytton, British Columbia.

Portland also set a new all-time record with 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and over the weekend, countless other cities across the Pacific Northwest broke records for hottest June temperatures and all-time high records. It’s so hot that our light rail trains are running slower because tracks are too hot, and asphalt has buckled in the heat. On Sunday, we broke that record, and on Monday, we broke it again with a high of 108 degrees. On Saturday, Seattle tied its all-time heat record of 103 degrees. Pacific Northwest and western Canada are experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. While our friends elsewhere plan sunny barbecues and beach trips, we expect summer to kick off with a couple weeks of gloom and drizzle, which locals lovingly call “Juneuary.”īut not this year. In Seattle, it’s well-known that you can’t count on summer weather until after the Fourth of July.

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