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Well, first it was the Southwest, now, it's the Northwest as both regions have experienced heat waves beyond belief, courtesy ... Global Warming.

A blistering heat wave obliterated high temperature records in Oregon and Washington over the weekend, ratcheting up risks for deaths and fires, and underscoring the dangers of climate change.

Portland, Oregon’s biggest city, hit a sweltering all-time high of 112 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday at its international airport, the National Weather Service said. That broke a record of 108 F set just a day earlier. 

Both days topped the previous record of 107 F, reached in 1981 and 1965.

The temperature in Salem, Oregon’s capital, soared to 113 F yesterday, smashing a record of 108 F hit in 1941 and 1927.

And this.

Pacific Northwest Heat Wave Shatters Temperature Records

Cliff divers line up along the Clackamas River at High Rocks Park on Sunday in Gladstone, Ore., near Portland. Record breaking temperatures lingered over the Northwest during a historic heatwave.Credit...Nathan Howard/Getty Images

A heat dome has enveloped the Pacific Northwest, driving temperatures to extreme levels — with temperatures well above 100 degrees — and creating dangerous conditions in a part of the country unaccustomed to oppressive summer weather or air-conditioning.

One of the hottest cities in the region on Monday was Salem, Ore., about 45 miles southwest of Portland, where it reached 117 degrees in the afternoon, a record for the city, the National Weather Service said.

At Portland International Airport in Oregon, it reached 115 degrees on Monday, after it had reached 112 degrees on Sunday. The high on Monday in Portland was the highest temperature ever recorded there since historical records began in 1940, the National Weather Service said.

The average high temperature for this time of year at the airport is about 73 degrees, said forecasters.

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Addendum: Ground temps were even worse.

Ground temperatures were on another level in the Pacific Northwest this week.

Image: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-3

The air temperatures during the region's record heat wave were bad enough. The ground temperatures will make you want to curl into the fetal position.

Air temperatures during record-setting heat wave in the Pacific Northwest were bad enough. But the ground was on a whole other level.

Stunning new satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-3 satellite shows ground temperatures reached as high as 145 degrees Fahrenheit (63 degrees Celsius) in Wenatchee, Washington. Apparently even the Earth we stand on isn’t safe from the climate crisis.

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