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This prevailing pattern breaks down occasionally when dense cold air flows down the Columbia Gorge into the Willamette Valley and lowers temperatures more than usual from Portland to Eugene. [7] Oregon has a wide range of temperatures, though the extremes are rare. [3] The highest was recorded on July 29, 1898, in Hermiston, Oregon, and again ...
The bridge is the largest mechanical device in Oregon. [15] 36-foot-tall (11 m) gears drive 940-ton counterweights located inside each of the piers. The 69-foot (21 m) clearance is sufficient for most river traffic, requiring bridge openings only about 30 times a month. The bridge currently carries 50,000 vehicles daily in six lanes.
Wildfires and landscape change Air pollution on the Portland skyline during 2015 Oregon wildfires Sign praying for firefighters, Big Windy Complex fire, 2013 "Climate change can increase the frequency and severity of fires that burn forests, grasslands, and desert vegetation. Since 1984, about 4 percent of the land in Oregon has burned per decade.
Main article: Heat waves of 2015. Between April and May 2015, a heat wave occurred in India, killing more than 2,200 people in that country's different geographical regions. Daytime temperatures hovered between 45 and 47 °C (113 and 117 °F) in parts of two states over the weekend, 3–7 °C (5.4–12.6 °F) above normal.
The Willamette Valley is gearing up for extreme temperatures at or over 100 degrees in the coming days as the incoming heat dome will bring the warmest weather the area has seen so far this year.
Steens Mountain is in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Oregon, and is a large fault-block mountain. [2] [3] Located in Harney County, it stretches some 50 miles (80 km) north to south, and rises from the west side the Alvord Desert at elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,300 m) to a summit elevation of 9,738 feet (2,968 m).
Official name. Lewis and Clark Centennial and American Pacific Exposition and Oriental Fair. Details. Dates. June 1, 1905 to October 14, 1905. Location. Portland, Oregon, USA. Coordinates. 45°32′16″N 122°42′26″W.
Last year, during an August heat wave with temperatures over 100 degrees for four consecutive days, the Eugene Water and Electric Board called on customers to cut their energy use wherever possible.