People gather on the gravel bar below Wallace Marine Park to cool off in the Willamette River on Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
Salem is poised to break the record for the city’s hottest day on Sunday.
Scott Weishaar, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Portland, said there are models that show Salem could reach 112 degrees Sunday but also models that show a high of 104.
“There is a little bit of spread, not a whole lot,” he said. “The mean is around 109 (degrees). There is the possibility it could a bit higher than that,” Weishaar said.
Salem’s hottest temperature – 108 degrees – has been hit three times in history: Aug. 9, 1981; July 15, 1942; and July 23, 1927.
Here is the latest forecast as of 4 a.m. Friday:
Forecast bottom line: “Temperatures will remain 10 to 20 degrees warmer than average for late June and early July.”
Saturday, June 26
High: 103 degrees
Low: 67 degrees
Record high: 103 degrees (set in 2006)
Sunday, June 27
High: 109 degrees
Low: 69 degrees
Record high: 99 degrees (set in 2000)
Monday, June 28
High: 103 degrees
Low: 69 degrees
Record high: 101 degrees (set in 2008)
Contact reporter Saphara Harrell at 503-549-6250, [email protected].
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