Inside the Forecast: Five years since the ‘Pacific Northwest Heat Dome’

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — In 2021, the Pacific Northwest began a three-day stretch that has become known simply as the “heat dome.”

Over those three days, hundreds of daily record highs and all-time high temperatures were set from British Columbia to California.

At least 116 heat-related deaths were confirmed in Oregon…

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