It’s super late in the year to be seeing 90s, and yet here we are. Salem set a record high temp today 27 degrees above normal at a “scorching” 92°. The stretch of heat we are having is historic, and it’s tragic too in that wildfires continue to burn across the state of Oregon. Here’s a temperature map from 4PM showing the extremely hot temps around the region. Keep in mind it’s October 15th…

The forecast for the coming week is for more sun, more warm temps, more smoke in the air at times, and of course, still no rain. The “coolest” day this coming week will be Monday with highs reaching about 70 which is still warmer than normal by several degrees. We warm back up into the 80s Wed and Thu.

Now if you read my previous post, then you probably remember how optimistic I was that a switch to wetter and cooler weather was coming, and indeed it is still on schedule to arrive right around the 22nd. It can’t come soon enough though as I feel many of us are tired of the warm smoky air. I will happily update you all later this coming week with more details regarding our big and overdue change in the weather, but in the meantime I suppose we should all try our best to enjoy this very warm weather.