People in Portland Will Never Forget This Week!

(Monday afternoon, June 28) The highest temp I've ever seen in Albuquerque is 105 degrees F (40.6 C). 

Apparently, ABQ can get even hotter - it reached 107 degrees F (41.7 C) in June, 1994. 

Interestingly, Portland, Oregon's all-time max before this week was also 107 degrees F (41.7 C). 

At 4 p.m. today (Monday), Portland reached 115 degrees F (46.1 C). It's pretty breezy too, with wind from the ENE down the Columbia River Gorge, which brings all that toasty inland plateau air downhill and subjects it to further adiabatic heating. 

In comparison, today Phoenix, Arizona could only manage 109 degrees F (42.8 C). 

The folks in Portland will never forget this week!

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