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Monday's high temperature didn't set a record, but it felt plenty toasty just the same.
The thermometer in Roseburg hit 104 degrees, three degrees shy of the 107 degrees recorded in 1998.
Today's temperature could reach 106 degrees, with Wednesday's high expected back at 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Medford.
“We're going to have at least two more days of burning heat,” said Kelly Sugden, a Weather Service meteorologist.
High pressure is preventing cooler marine air from heading inland, keeping temperatures high, Sugden said.
Overnight, it only cooled down to 71 degrees in Roseburg and that didn't occur until just before 7 this morning. An hour later, the temperature had risen to 75.
“It's already warm,” Sugden said.
The temperature hit the 104 mark between 3 and 4 p.m. It remained there for two hours before edging down to 102 degrees before 6 p.m. The thermometer continued to record triple digit highs until 8 p.m., when it settled down to 98 degrees.
At 10 p.m., it was still 93 degrees outside. At midnight, it was down to 85.
Only a few weather-related incidents were reported Monday to police dispatchers at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. One person reported being out in the sun too long and another caller said a dog had died in the heat, dispatchers said.
There was also a report of a swimmer knocked unconscious at about 4:44 p.m. in the North Umpqua River at The Narrows at Idleyld Park east of Glide. The swimmer, described to dispatchers as an 18- or 19-year-old man, was reported conscious and out of the water a few minutes later.
He was treated by a nurse at the scene, according to dispatch records.
Elsewhere, Portland set a record with 103 degrees, besting the old record of 102 set in 1958. Medford hit 105 degrees, which was the high in Oregon, while Red Bluff, Calif., recorded a high temperature of 113 degrees. Other high temperatures were 102 degrees in Eugene and 103 in Corvallis and Salem.
Temperatures in Roseburg are predicted to cool down into the 90s by Thursday and into the upper 80s or lower 90s by Friday and over the weekend.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
The thermometer in Roseburg hit 104 degrees, three degrees shy of the 107 degrees recorded in 1998.
Today's temperature could reach 106 degrees, with Wednesday's high expected back at 104 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Medford.
“We're going to have at least two more days of burning heat,” said Kelly Sugden, a Weather Service meteorologist.
High pressure is preventing cooler marine air from heading inland, keeping temperatures high, Sugden said.
Overnight, it only cooled down to 71 degrees in Roseburg and that didn't occur until just before 7 this morning. An hour later, the temperature had risen to 75.
“It's already warm,” Sugden said.
The temperature hit the 104 mark between 3 and 4 p.m. It remained there for two hours before edging down to 102 degrees before 6 p.m. The thermometer continued to record triple digit highs until 8 p.m., when it settled down to 98 degrees.
At 10 p.m., it was still 93 degrees outside. At midnight, it was down to 85.
Only a few weather-related incidents were reported Monday to police dispatchers at the Douglas County Sheriff's Office. One person reported being out in the sun too long and another caller said a dog had died in the heat, dispatchers said.
There was also a report of a swimmer knocked unconscious at about 4:44 p.m. in the North Umpqua River at The Narrows at Idleyld Park east of Glide. The swimmer, described to dispatchers as an 18- or 19-year-old man, was reported conscious and out of the water a few minutes later.
He was treated by a nurse at the scene, according to dispatch records.
Elsewhere, Portland set a record with 103 degrees, besting the old record of 102 set in 1958. Medford hit 105 degrees, which was the high in Oregon, while Red Bluff, Calif., recorded a high temperature of 113 degrees. Other high temperatures were 102 degrees in Eugene and 103 in Corvallis and Salem.
Temperatures in Roseburg are predicted to cool down into the 90s by Thursday and into the upper 80s or lower 90s by Friday and over the weekend.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
