Cloudy and 77 here. That temp and dew don’t look enjoyable.

Average high temp by month, 2013-2024 KGW vs. HIO and VUO, neither of which have seen much in the way of land use changes over their period of record KGW: June: 74.8, July 81.5, August 82.2, September 74.2 HIO: June: 76.2, July 83.9, August 84.7, September 75.8 VUO: June: 76.1, July 83.0, August 84.0, September 75.7 My point is it's a cold outlier relative to any other Portland area station for high temperatures, so whether it's an outlier in terms of anomalies means little. You're cherry picking the coldest station (it also runs much colder than the old Downtown Portland station pre 1973). It's also warmed less than HIO which has not had any meaningful change in land use over its POR. Max temps, HIO, 2013-2024 minus 1980 to 1989: June: +2.9 July: +5.1 August: +4.0 September: +0.7 Max temps, KGW, 2013-2024 minus 1980 to 1989: June: +1.6 July: +3.5 August: +2.3 September: +0.6

TBH, I did not think the DP’s could still stay this high in this hot airmass. Something new you learn and experience living in the desert.

One thing about August 2023 that was crazy was that the low one day here was 76, which was warmer than the lows in June 2021. I think it was a 107/76 day locally.

Really it comes down to this. What is more risky... leaving Biden on the ticket or somebody replacing him? There are arguments in either direction, and normally I would say that replacing at this juncture is much more risky. But Biden is facing an unprecedented amount of doubt about his basic fitness to do the job and anybody who would replace him would fare much better on that question. I understand the Dem concerns about trying to consolidate behind an alternate candidate, but the opponent is Donald Trump. That alone will be a huge motivating factor to get out the vote among Dems, especially after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on issues of immunity. They are terrified of Trump. Gonna be interesting to watch this unfold.