Heat Wave

Portland Clean Energy Fund’s Cooling Portland is offering 10,000 more free air conditioners to qualified city residents through 2026.

Temperatures are expected to heat up into the 90s across much of Oregon this weekend as the state braces for its first heat wave of the year. Some areas including Eastern and Southern Oregon could see temperatures reach 100 degrees.

Senate Bill 54 would require property owners of 10 or more multi-family rental units to provide tenants with indoor cooling in at least one room. By 2036, all bedrooms would require cooling devices.

Temperatures once again neared triple digits on Friday, near the tail-end of a very hot summer for the Pacific Northwest.

Temperatures will hover around triple digits across parts of Oregon and Southwest Washington Thursday through Friday evening. Several local officials are offering up resources for staying cool.

One state adopted worker protections and saw deaths drop, while the other took no action.

Oregon farmers are facing more severe droughts, wildfires and sweltering heat waves. With climate change adding to their burden, agriculture researchers say more farmers are seeking ways to cope and be more resilient.

Suspected heat-related deaths have now been reported in Coos, Jackson, Klamath, Linn, Multnomah, and Washington counties since last Friday.

Some districts haven’t been fazed. Others have had to close or cancel days of summer programs.

Ten people in Oregon have died from suspected heat-related illnesses during the heat wave that started last week.