
Portland and Seattle see record highs soar past 100 degrees as heat wave sweeps the Northwest
CNN
Canada, Seattle and Portland, Oregon, are all reporting their hottest temperatures on record in a wave that has more heat in store.
Seattle topped its all-time record high Sunday when thermometers climbed to 104 degrees -- so hot that even the normally freezing temperatures above 10,000 feet on Mt. Rainier reached 73 degrees.
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