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Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat

GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA

580357

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Event typeevent_typeHeat
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id580,357
Episode IDepisode_id96,510
Begin UTCbegin_utc2015-06-07T23:30:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2015-06-10T02:30:00+00:00
StatestateOREGON
County/zone typecz_typeZ
County/zone namecz_nameGREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA
Deaths directdeaths_direct1
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect1
Damage propertydamage_property0.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops0.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceOfficial NWS Observations
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeAn unseasonably strong upper level ridge of high pressure resulted in hot temperatures early in June where high temperatures were around 20 degrees higher than the seasonal normals. The hospital visits for heat related illness for Northwest Oregon increased by 50 during this period.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeHigh Temperatures were in the low to mid 90s June 7 through June 9th which is around 22 degrees higher than the seasonal normals. The low temperatures were also unseasonably warm and the low temperature on June 7 of 61 degrees at the Portland Airport tied the warmest low record that was previously set in 1948. There is one known indirect heat related fatality where a young man boy drowned while swimming in the Clackamas River near Gladstone. Multnomah County had 7 hospital visits for heat related illnesses.
Yearyear2,015

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