Heat — Greater Portland Metro Area, Oregon
June 7, 2015 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
High 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.
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.