A 121º reading in Lytton, British Columbia, on 29 June 2021 set a “ world record for the most extreme high temperature ever observed north of 45 degrees latitude.”
The heat tops Canada’s previous record of 113☏ (45☌) set in July 1937 in Yellow Grass and Midale, Saskatchewan.īut the 27th wasn’t the peak. In Canada, the town of Lytton, British Columbia, hit 116☏ (47☌)-the highest temperature on record anywhere in the country on any date. All-time records also fell in Oregon, where Portland reached 112☏ (44☌). Seattle reached 104☏ (40☌) that day, the city’s hottest temperature ever recorded on any day of the year. Local ground stations in numerous cities reported all-time-record highs on June 27. June 26th, NOAA issued excessive heat warnings for California, Oregon and Washington. On 25 June 2021, surface temperatures in Seattle reached 120☏ (49☌). NWS Weather Prediction Center June 27, 2021ĭaytime temperatures hit triple digits in an area where most residents do not have air conditioning in their homes, because average temps are in the 70ºs. Historic and dangerous heat wave to continue throughout the Northwest Did you know that heat waves are “ one of the deadliest natural hazards”?īy 27 June 2021, the Pacific Northwest ( US and Canada) was in the midst of a “ historic and dangerous” heat wave.
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