PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland is forecast to break or tie temperature records on Thursday and Friday as the region suffers through a rare September heat wave.
KOIN 6 Meteorologist Kelley Bayern forecasts a high of 96 degrees on Wednesday, 100-degree temperatures on Thursday and near 100-degree heat on Friday. Portland's current temperature records for Sept. 5 is 101 degrees, set in 1944. The standing record for Sept. 6 is 97 degrees set in 1958.
“We could rival heat records...