NOUS46 KPQR 251203
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE PORTLAND OR 
500 AM PDT SUN JUL 25 2004

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN IN NW OREGON FOR JULY 24TH...

...DISCUSSION...

SEVERAL HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE BROKEN OR TIED ON JULY 24TH  
ACROSS NW OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON. FOR THE PORTLAND AIRPORT...THE 
2 DAYS OF 100 DEGREE READINGS WERE THE FIRST CONSECUTIVE 100 
DEGREE DAYS SINCE A 3 DAY STRETCH IN JULY 1994.

                HIGH TEMP                 PREVIOUS RECORD

PORTLAND            100  (TIED RECORD)         100/1984    
HILLSBORO           100  (TIED RECORD)         100/1996    
VANCOUVER           100  (TIED RECORD)         100/1924   
EUGENE              100                         99/1996 



IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVE RECORDS FOR JULY 24TH THERE WERE ALSO RECORDS
SET FOR THE WARMEST CALENDAR DAY LOWS FOR THE FOLLOWING.

                HIGH LOW                   PREVIOUS RECORD

SALEM                62  (TIED RECORD)          62/1996
EUGENE               62                         60/1969
NEWPORT              59                         56/1998

END.

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