Clark County experienced its hottest days of the year last week as the Pacific Northwest dealt with a heat wave to close out July.
The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning for Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington on Monday, July 25. The warning was extended to run through Sunday, July 31, as high temperatures remained above 90 degrees for the duration of the warning.
On Tuesday, Vancouver broke its July 26 record from 2020 by one degree as it hit 101 degrees, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). The NWS reported another 101-degree day on July 30.
Vancouver experienced an eight-day streak of high temperatures above 90 degrees. It started on July 24, according to NWS data. The two days of triple-digit highs surpassed last month’s high of 97 degrees recorded on June 26.
The past week’s weather wasn’t hot enough to beat some of the record-breaking temperatures set last year. On June 28, 2021, the NWS reported an all-time high of 115 degrees. That heat wave lasted five consecutive days with highs of 90 degrees or more.
Last year’s unprecedented heat notwithstanding, the past week’s weather was the hottest maximum temperature recorded since 2017, according to NWS data, when temperatures hit 105.
During the heatwave, Clark Regional Emergency Services Agency listed a number of designated cooling centers for those without air conditioning in their homes. Most of the centers in North Clark County featured libraries in the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District.
This week is forecasted to be cooler by at least 10 degrees each day. As of press deadline, the NWS expected Monday’s high to be 88 degrees with lows in the mid-50s throughout the week. Thursday was forecasted to have the mildest high temperature at 76 degrees.
