Children played in a fountain in a bid to stay cool in the hot weather in Seattle Image: Karen Ducey/REUTERS There were reports of stores across the region running out of fans and air conditioners. Residents in the temperate Pacific Northwest are not generally equipped to deal with the heat, and many homes do not have air conditioning. The previous record of 45 C (113 F) was set in the central province of Saskatchewan in 1937. Western Canada remains under a heat warning.

On Sunday, the temperature in the village of Lytton, located in the southern interior of British Colombia, rose to 46.1 degrees C (115 degrees F), which is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada. Canada breaks all-time high temperature record It was only the fourth time in recorded history that Seattle has topped 100 degrees, according to the NWS. Seattle reached 101 degrees F (38.3 degrees C) by mid-afternoon on Saturday, making it the hottest June day ever recorded in the city. The previous record for Oregon's largest city was 107 F (41.7 degrees C), a mark hit in 19. Portland, Oregon recorded its hottest day ever on Saturday, topping 108 Fahrenheit (42.2 degrees Celsius) by the afternoon. Record temperatures in Seattle and Portland The Inland Northwest is a sparsely populated region comprising eastern Washington, and parts of Idaho and northeast Oregon. 'This event will likely be one of the most extreme and prolonged heat waves in the recorded history of the Inland Northwest,' the NWS added. Temperatures are set to soar 20 to 30 degrees Fahrenheit above average throughout the region during the weekend and into next week, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said. Seattle and Portland set record temperatures on Saturday as a dome of extremely hot air settled over the US Pacific Northwest.Īll of Washington and Oregon, and parts of Idaho, Wyoming and California, are under an excessive heat warning.

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