Saturday, August 16, 2008

Enough Heat Already

It's 6 pm now. The temperature has cooled down to a refreshing 104. At 5:10 pm, the temperature here at our weather station maxed out at 108. That not only shattered the old record of 100 for Aug 16 (1977), but it tied the all time highest temperature ever officially recorded for any date in Hood River.

At the peak I was actually trying to will the thermometer to hit 109, and make this the hottest day ever, but, no go. So much for the awesome outside-temperature-changing power of the human mind. On the other hand, there were probably way more people wishing the temperature down...

The wind has shifted to a slight west breeze, and this most likely marks the gradual end of this particular heat wave.

1 comment:

  1. I'm with you on pushing for one more lousy degree to set a new record. It seems we should have SOMETHING to show for being miserable.

    I noticed last night's low was 71. Do you happen to know what the record "high" low is, and was that anywhere close?

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