Temperature

Temperatures are warming up across Portland with forecasters saying conditions could reach the mid-90s beginning Sunday. Temperatures are expected to get even hotter next week.

Oregon officials are urging residents to take extra precautions this week amid high heat and dry conditions. Numerous brush fires have already scorched multiple acres across the state.

The average age of K-12 school buildings in Oregon is 56 years. Experts say most weren’t built with today’s environmental factors in mind, so it’s costly and complicated to fix it.

If Oregon’s recent cold snap has you shivering, and the ice and snow in the forecast seem unusual, take solace. The state climatologist feels it too – even when he’s looking at data that seems to contradict the way he feels.

At least 12 Oregon cities just experienced the warmest temperatures on record for July and August.

We visited three of Portland's favorite ice cream shops to find out whose single scoop would last the longest in record-breaking heat.

High river temperatures in recent years has lead to the death of more than a quarter million salmon in the Columbia River. 

The ocean is going to be unusually warm this year off of Oregon and Washington, which could spell trouble for salmon and other marine life.