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2021 Western North America heat wave

February 16, 2024

The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid-July 2021.[5] Extreme event attribution found this was a 1000-year weather event, made 150 times more likely by climate change.[6][7] A study in Nature Climate Change estimated that its occurrence, while previously thought virtually impossible, is projected to increase rapidly with further global warming, possibly becoming a 10-yearly occurrence in a climate 2°C warming than the pre-industrial period, which may be reached by 2050 if fossil fuels are not phased out and carbon-dioxide emissions eliminated.[8][9] The heat wave affected Northern California, Idaho, Western Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, as well as British Columbia, and in its latter phase, Alberta, Manitoba, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, all in Canada.[10] It also affected inland regions of Central and Southern California,[11] Northwestern and Southern Nevada and parts of Montana, though the temperature anomalies were not as extreme as in the regions farther north.

2021 Western North America heat wave
Air temperature anomalies across North America on June 27, 2021, compared to 2014–2020 baseline
TypeHeat wave
Start dateJune 25, 2021 (2021-06-25)
End dateJuly 7, 2021 (2021-07-07)
Peak temp. 49.6 °C (121.3 °F), recorded at Lytton, British Columbia[1]
Losses
Deaths≥1,408 deaths (estimated),[2][3] ≥914 (confirmed)
  • 808 excess deaths in Canada
    • 685 confirmed in Canada
      • Deadliest weather event in the history of Canada
  • around 600 excess deaths in the United States
    • ≥229 confirmed in the United States
DamagesUnited States: ≥$8.9 billion (2021 USD)[4]

The heat wave appeared due to an exceptionally strong ridge centered over the area, whose strength was linked to the effects of climate change.[12][13] It resulted in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region,[14] including the highest temperature ever measured in Canada at 49.6 °C (121.3 °F), as well as the highest temperatures in British Columbia, in the Northwest Territories, in the state of Washington as well as a tied record in Oregon. The record-high temperatures associated with the heat wave stretched from Oregon to northern Manitoba, and daily highs were set as far east as Labrador and as far southwest as Southern California. However, the Pacific Northwest suffered the vast majority of the disruption and damage connected with the extreme weather event.

The heat wave sparked numerous extensive wildfires, some reaching hundreds of square kilometers in area, which led to widespread disruption on the roads. One of them destroyed the village of Lytton, British Columbia, the day after it had set a record high temperature for Canada. The heat also damaged the road and rail infrastructure, forced closures of businesses, disrupted cultural events, and melted snowcaps, in some cases resulting in flooding.[15] The heat wave also caused extensive damage to crops across the region, which was seen as likely to result in higher food prices globally, though the losses have yet to be calculated.[5] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) estimated that the heatwave caused at least $8.9 billion (2021 USD) in damages in the USA.[4]

The death toll exceeded 1,400 people, with a death toll of at least 808 estimated in western Canada.[2] The Chief Coroner of British Columbia reported that in the week between June 25 to July 1, 619 deaths were due to heat exposure.[16] Confirmed deaths in the United States include at least 116 in Oregon (of which 72 are in Multnomah County, which includes Portland),[17][18][19] and at least 112 in Washington[20] and one death in Idaho;[21] An analysis by The New York Times suggests that around 600 excess deaths occurred the week the heat wave passed through Washington and Oregon.[3]

Meteorological history edit

 
Geopotential height chart at 500 millibars at 11:00 UTC on June 28, 2021. The center of the heat dome, which caused the heat wave, can be seen over the British Columbia Interior.

On June 23, the United States National Weather Service warned of an approaching heat wave in the Pacific Northwest,[22] whose origins could be traced to torrential rains in China.[23] There, the warm, moist air rose and was eventually entrained by the jet stream, which transported it east over cooler waters. When that air current encountered an upper-level high-pressure zone, also called a ridge, it started to significantly deform on June 25,[24] forcing to accommodate the high-pressure area south of the jet stream's meander.[25] At the same time, the Southwestern states were enduring an intense drought,[26] which had earlier allowed higher-than-average temperatures over the Southwestern United States, leading to a similar hot wave earlier in June.[27][28] Its remnants then moved north to the Pacific Northwest.[29][30] Six days later, Environment Canada issued a heat warning for Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Manitoba, Yukon, and Northwest Territories.[31]

 
Formation of a heat wave via a heat dome. In this scenario, the high-pressure area forces the air downwards, heating the air column,[32] but even as the air becomes increasingly lighter and hotter due to the sun's energy, it cannot escape the dome because of the high pressure.[33] This situation has been compared to pressure cooking.[27][34]

These conditions made way for a massive Rex block,[35][28] which is more often formed during La Niña years.[25] In this situation, a high-pressure area stays in place for a long time and does not let cyclones pass through it, which could have cooled the region;[32] in this particular case, the high-pressure area was sandwiched between two stationary lows, which prevented the high-pressure region from moving anywhere.[36] As the Pacific Northwest, just as the Southwest, experienced severe drought conditions, the already warm air was heating more quickly than usual,[37] which intensified the ridge so strongly it caused a heat dome.[14] Indeed, on June 27, the height at which 500 hPa air pressure was sustained (geopotential height) was reported at 5,986 m (19,639 ft) in Prince George, British Columbia – the highest ever recorded in the area; adjacent stations have similarly reported record-high values.[38] The downslope winds from the Cascades and other mountain ranges further warmed the air in the valleys.[30][34][39][40]

After the heat dome hovered over British Columbia and the Northwestern United States for a few days, it began to move eastward, breaking records east of the Rocky Mountains, particularly in the northern parts of the Prairie provinces, but bringing relief to the Pacific coast.[41][42] At this stage, the heat was kept between the warm and cold fronts of the low-pressure area that formed over southern Northwest Territories and was transported eastward towards Hudson Bay.[43] Sweltering conditions were observed as far east as Montana,[44][45] Manitoba,[46] and Northwest Ontario,[47] though the temperatures were not as high.[citation needed]

By July 4–5, the remnants of the heat dome crossed Hudson Bay and, weakened somewhat by the cool waters, entered Quebec,[48] and after that, Labrador,[49] briefly triggering temperatures of around 30 °C (86 °F). Having beaten daily records in some localities in the easternmost province of Canada, the high-pressure area entered the Atlantic Ocean on July 7, when the heat carried by the high-pressure system finally dissipated.[citation needed]

Climate change and additional factors edit

Climate change in Canada and in the United States are widely considered to have worsened the heat wave's unprecedented intensity and duration.[12][50][51][52][53][54] According to a preliminary study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, the heat wave would have been highly unlikely in the absence of anthropogenic climate change, the latter increasing the likelihood of such a heat wave at least 150-fold.[55][56] According to this study, either the climate change made the heat wave more likely by increasing base temperatures and a combination of rare events, such as the recent drought and/or changes in the jet stream, resulted in the heat wave, or even a relatively small increase in mean global temperatures caused by climate change can pass a threshold that triggers a sharp increase in the probability of extreme heat wave phenomena.[57]

While it is yet unknown whether the frequency of these omega blocks is due to global heating,[14] according to the data provided by Verisk, the Pacific Northwest is among the fastest-heating regions in the continental United States and southern Canada.[58] Moreover, the urban heat island effect could have further exacerbated the impact in cities.[59][60] Based on historic data, several meteorologists noted that this phenomenon should be expected to occur only once over a thousand or several thousand years,[14][55][61] and David Sauchyn, a scientist at the University of Regina, said that climate models had been predicting the heat wave of a similar intensity to happen in late 2020s at the earliest.[62]

Temperature records edit

Much of the Pacific Northwest, normally known for its temperate weather in June, received maximum temperatures 20–35 °F (11–19 °C) above normal during this heat wave.[63][64][65][66] In fact, the temperatures were so anomalous that nighttime lows were higher than the average high temperatures that this region would normally observe at this time of year.[63][67][68] Ground temperatures were also reaching extremes - in Wenatchee, Washington, it reached 145 °F (63 °C),[69] while the pavement at an intersection in Portland, Oregon reached 180 °F (82 °C).[70]

This heat wave, combined with other extreme weather occurrences elsewhere, yielded the hottest June on record in North America.[71][72] It also contributed to the hottest June ever for some localities such as Victoria, Abbotsford, Kamloops and Edmonton,[73] and in Portland, Oregon,[74] as well as one of the hottest June mean temperatures for Seattle[75] and Spokane.[76] On a statewide level, June 2021 was the warmest on record in California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Idaho, and second warmest for Washington, Oregon and Montana, at least partly attributable to this heat wave.[77]

Canada edit

The highest temperatures of the heat wave were registered in British Columbia, but areas as far east as Ontario were affected by the event. As of June 29, 103 all-time heat records were set across Western Canada.[78]

British Columbia edit

Temperature in Lytton[79]

The heat wave peaked in British Columbia on June 28–29. Most records of the coastal areas were made on June 28, while in the British Columbia Interior, the highest values were largely set the following day.[citation needed]

On June 28, records were set in Squamish, British Columbia at 43.0 °C (109.4 °F), Abbotsford at 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), Port Alberni at 42.7 °C (108.9 °F) and Victoria at 39.8 °C (103.6 °F).[80][81][82] Also, on the morning of June 28, a meteorological station at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby registered an overnight low of 29.0 °C (84.2 °F),[83] the highest ever recorded in the province.[citation needed]

On June 27, local records were also set in Cultus Lake, Lillooet,[84] Ashcroft (43.8 °C (110.8 °F))[85] and Kamloops (44 °C (111 °F)).[86] In all, there were 59 weather stations in B.C. that set records for hottest temperatures recorded for June 27.[87] These were largely beaten in the following days (Kamloops, for instance, registered 45.8 °C (114.4 °F) on June 28 and 47.3 °C (117.1 °F) on June 29, the peak temperature recorded in a major population center in the region).[1][88][89][90]

On June 29, the temperature in Lytton, British Columbia, hit 49.6 °C (121.3 °F), the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada,[1] although a nearby more modern station reported that the extreme was 1 °C lower.[91] The stations were temporarily isolated by the Lytton wildfire the next day. The record occurred after consecutively setting new record highs of 46.6 °C (115.9 °F) on June 27 and 47.9 °C (118.2 °F) on June 28.[92] It is also the highest temperature ever recorded north of 45°N, the highest temperature in the U.S. or Canada recorded outside the Desert Southwest, and higher than the absolute maximum temperatures of Europe or South America.[93][94]

Alberta edit

In Alberta, the highest heat was observed in the period from June 29 to July 1.[1][95] Banff 37.8 °C (100.0 °F), Beaverlodge 40.5 °C (104.9 °F), Cochrane 35.0 °C (95.0 °F), Fort McMurray 40.3 °C (104.5 °F), Jasper 41.2 °C (106.2 °F), Grande Prairie 41.5 °C (106.7 °F), Hendrickson Creek 38.3 °C (100.9 °F), Nordegg 37.2 °C (99.0 °F), Red Earth Creek 40.1 °C (104.2 °F) all saw the strongest heat ever measured in these communities, most after breaking all-time records of the previous day.[96]

Calgary noted 36.3 °C (97.3 °F) on June 29 and July 1, which stopped just 0.2 °C (0.4 °F) short of the highest observed temperature ever and beating the all-time records for June and July.[97][98] Edmonton also saw temperatures approach the absolute maxima – the city centre registered 37.0 °C (98.6 °F) on June 30,[99] while the Edmonton International Airport, near Leduc, hovered around 33 °C (91 °F) from June 29 to July 1. The heat wave had largely moved east by July 2, though, e.g., Fort McMurray measured its fourth daily record in a row on that date.[100]

Territories edit

In the Northwest Territories, on June 28, Nahanni Butte set a regional record at 38.1 °C (100.6 °F).[92] Two days later, Fort Smith, just north of the Alberta border, reached 39.9 °C (103.8 °F), which beat the previous all-time territorial record, registered in the same place in 1941.[101][102][103] It was also the new highest reliably recorded temperature above 60 degrees latitude.[104]

Yukon was largely bypassed by the heat wave, but on June 28, some areas in the territory went over 30 °C (86 °F), including Whitehorse (30.3 °C (86.5 °F)) and Teslin (31.1 °C (88.0 °F)), both of which were daily records.[88] Teslin also beat the record for June 29, at 29.0 °C (84.2 °F).[105]

Saskatchewan edit

Saskatchewan's heat records were mainly concentrated in the northern parts of the province. Stony Rapids saw the mercury reach 39.8 °C (103.6 °F) on June 30,[106] an all-time high and record temperatures were also set at Key Lake Airport, sometimes dubbed "the cold pole of Saskatchewan",[107] and Collins Bay Airport on July 1, both at 37.0 °C (98.6 °F),[1][108] as well as in Uranium City (38.0 °C (100.4 °F)).[109] July highs were also observed in these settlements on the first day of the month,[110] when 26 daily records were set across the province, most in northern communities.[111]

Elsewhere, the heat arrived slightly later. Saskatoon reached 35.4 °C (95.7 °F) on July 1[111] and beat the monthly record the following day, at 40.5 °C (104.9 °F), a tenth of degree below the all-time record.[112] La Ronge registered an all-time high with a reading of 37.9 °C (100.2 °F).[113] Regina, like most of the southern part of the province was spared the extremes reached in the northern parts, with a maximum of 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) on July 2.[114] The heat wave over Saskatchewan largely dissipated by July 3 and moved east.[115]

Manitoba edit

In a similar way to Saskatchewan, the majority of heat records (including all-time highs) were noted in the northern parts of the province. A remote community of Tadoule Lake observed 38.1 °C (100.6 °F), beating the previous all-time record by 6.2 °C (11 °F),[116] so did Lynn Lake (38.0 °C (100.4 °F)),[108] while Churchill, on the shore of Hudson Bay, registered 34.1 °C (93.4 °F), the highest temperature for July.[108]

Other parts of the province did not see heat as extreme as elsewhere, though 25 daily records were set on July 3, including 35.0 °C (95.0 °F) in Winnipeg.[117]

Ontario edit

Northwestern Ontario did not see all-time high records beaten, but several daily records were pushed higher: on July 3, Thunder Bay equalled 34.3 °C (93.7 °F), Geraldton saw 33.6 °C (92.5 °F), while the hottest temperature was in Pickle Lake, at 35.2 °C (95.4 °F).[117][118]

Newfoundland and Labrador edit

Weakened by interaction with the Hudson Bay waters, and having not set any records in Quebec, the heat wave arrived to the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador, but before dissipating in the Atlantic Ocean, it still managed to beat some daily records. Hopedale registered 25.1 °C (77.2 °F) on July 5, while Happy Valley-Goose Bay reached 33.2 °C (91.8 °F) the following day.[119][120]

United States edit

The heat wave broke numerous records by large margins. Several large cities, including Portland, Seattle, and Spokane, experienced high temperatures far exceeding 100 °F (38 °C) and low temperatures higher than the area's normal daily high temperatures. The heat wave beat Washington's all-time heat record in Hanford (120 °F (49 °C)) and tied one for Oregon (119 °F (48 °C) at two places, including at Pelton Dam).[121] The same temperature was noted in Peshastin in Chelan County, Washington, where temperatures soared to 119 °F (48 °C) on June 29, slightly surpassing the previous all-time high for the state.[122][123]

Oregon edit

On June 26, Portland broke its previous all-time record high temperature of 107 °F (42 °C), set in July 1965 and August 1981, with a temperature of 108 °F (42 °C).[124] It topped that record again on June 27, with a temperature of 112 °F (44 °C).[125] The following day, the temperature increased further to 116 °F (47 °C).[65][126] These extremes also beat the previous record June temperature, 102 °F (39 °C) set on June 26, 2006.[64]

Salem, Oregon, reached 105 °F (41 °C) on June 26, its record high temperature for June. It then hit 113 °F (45 °C) degrees on June 27, breaking the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in that city, which was previously 108 °F (42 °C). Salem then exceeded the previous day's record temperature on June 28, with a maximum temperature of 117 °F (47 °C).[127] However, not all the regions of the mid-Willamette Valley experienced extreme heat on June 28. Regions south of Salem, for example, did not see highs above mid-90s Fahrenheit on that day, likely due to cooler ocean air in the area.[128]

The Willamette Valley also experienced extreme overnight temperature drops (twice the size of normal fluctuations) due to cooler air coming from the ocean – Portland cooled a record 52 °F (29 °C) during the night, while Salem almost approached its all-time largest temperature swing, from 117 °F (47 °C) to 61 °F (16 °C).[129]

Washington edit

 
Predicted high temperatures for western Washington on June 28, 2021

Between 1894, when the records in Seattle began, and June 2021, temperatures over 100 °F (38 °C) were only noted three times;[130][131] however, the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport recorded three consecutive days of temperatures over 100 °F (38 °C).[132] The temperature rose to 104 °F (40 °C) on June 27, beating the previous record of 103 °F (39 °C), only for the record to be broken again the following day by a high of 108 °F (42 °C).[133][134] All of these values broke the previous June record (96 °F (36 °C), 2017) by a large margin.[64] The suburbs farther from the coast were even hotter – a local radio station in Maple Valley reported temperatures of 118 °F (48 °C).[135]

On June 26, Port Angeles recorded an all-time record high of 95 °F (35 °C).[136] The Quillayute Airport weather station, also on the Olympic Peninsula, reported 110 °F (43 °C) on June 28, exceeding its prior record by 11 °F (6 °C).[67]

On Mount Rainier, normally freezing temperatures reached 73 °F (23 °C) degrees above 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on June 27.[137] The heat wave was blamed for greater glacier melt on Mt. Rainier than had been seen in the state in the past 100 years.[138]

East of the Cascades, multiple locations such as Spokane measured record-breaking or -tying temperatures, beating several records over the period of a few days.[139][140][141] On June 29, Spokane, Ephrata and Omak all reached their all-time records, at 109 °F (43 °C), 115 °F (46 °C) and 117 °F (47 °C), respectively. These are the hottest temperatures measured since records began for those areas.[142][143][144] Extremely warm minimum temperatures were also noted: Ephrata's thermometers did not go lower than 78 °F (26 °C) on June 28[145] and 82 °F (28 °C) on June 29,[146] and all-time highest low temperature records were set at Spokane International Airport on June 29 (77 °F (25 °C)) and June 30 (78 °F (26 °C)), during overnight hours.[147][148]

It was even hotter on and near the Oregon-Washington border. In The Dalles, Oregon and Dallesport, on either side of the Columbia River, daytime high temperatures reached 118 °F (48 °C), tying the then all-time record for the state of Washington and beating the June statewide record by 5 degrees Fahrenheit.[61] The same heat was measured in Tri-Cities on June 28–29.[149][150] The state's new official temperature record was set at 120 °F (49 °C) on June 29 in Hanford.[151] The heat wave resulted in 128 all-time high temperature records set for individual weather stations across the state, including in Seattle.[152][153]

California edit

Temperature records were observed in the northern part of the state. South Lake Tahoe observed 91 °F (33 °C) on June 28, beating the previous June record, and tied or beaten daily records for three days in a row.[154] In Redding, the temperatures soared to 114 °F (46 °C) on June 27, a daily record, while in Siskiyou County, Montague tied an all-time high for the county, at 109 °F (43 °C).[155]

Southern California was also impacted. Palm Springs registered 121 °F (49 °C) on June 27, surpassing the previous daily record, while other communities, such as Palmdale, Campo and Idyllwild, tied with them.[156]

Idaho edit

Being largely on the margin of the high pressure dome, Idaho did not see temperatures as extreme as elsewhere.[54] In Lewiston, on the border with Washington, 115 °F (46 °C) was noted on June 29, beating an all-time June record and becoming the third-highest temperature in the history of recordings for the city.[157] Other localities in the Treasure Valley to the east were expected to sustain triple-digit heat for a week (which is in and of itself unusual) and in general to tie or beat daily records.[158] Boise, for example, tied one for June 29 (105 °F (41 °C))[159] and for June 30 (104 °F (40 °C)),[160] and also recorded nine consecutive days of temperatures exceeding 100 °F (38 °C), which tied the record for such a streak.[161] Records were also beaten in the Idaho Panhandle, with Coeur d'Alene registering 109 °F (43 °C), which surpassed the previous highest temperature for June and equaled the all-time high for the city.[61]

Montana edit

Most of Montana was placed on heat advisories, but the areas that were most affected by the heat wave were on the extreme northwest and eastern parts of the state. Kalispell and Missoula registered temperatures of 101 °F (38 °C) on June 29, both daily records and 1 °F (−17 °C) short of the record for June;[162] Libby succeeded in doing so, setting the plank at 109 °F (43 °C).[163] In the eastern parts of the state, several daily records were also noted: Livingston reached 97 °F (36 °C) on June 30 and Miles City saw 105 °F (41 °C) two days later; Billings tied its 100 °F (38 °C) daily record on July 1 and had not fallen below 69 °F (21 °C) on July 3,[164] while Glasgow bettered its July 1 record to 102 °F (39 °C), tied the daily high record the next day, and set the highest minimum temperatures on these days (72 °F (22 °C) on July 2).[165]

Deaths and injuries edit

Canada edit

 
Deaths due to heat-related causes by county in the states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington in the United States, reported as of July 14, 2021[18][21][166][167]
  More than 50 deaths
  10-49 deaths
  5-9 deaths
  3-4 deaths
  1-2 deaths

The heat wave was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history.[168]

Over 1,000 deaths occurred due to the direct consequences of the heat wave (such as hyperthermia). Most of the deaths occurred in Canada – about 600 more deaths than usual were noted in British Columbia and 66 in Alberta.[169][170] It still unknown whether any of the excess deaths in Alberta were related to the heat wave,[clarification needed] but the Chief Coroner of British Columbia stated that 569 casualties could be attributed to heat.[171] A later report put the heat-related death toll at 619.[16] She also said that in the prior five years, only three heat-related casualties had been registered.[172] Among the deaths reported to the provincial coroner, Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities saw several times more deaths than usual, and the Vancouver Island and Interior Health health districts noted double the expected number of dead during the week from June 25 to July 1. Most of the deaths were registered on June 29.[173]

An disproportionate number of heat-related deaths during the 2021 heat wave occurred in government-funded or licensed buildings such as longterm care facilities. Of the total heat-wave-related deaths, 47 people died in community living, assisted living or long-term care facilities. Further, 62 people died from heat exposure in social housing run or funded by the provincial government. Eight individuals who lived at Vancouver Mental Health and Substance use housing died. Records show indoor air temperatures in some long-term care facilities rose to over 30°C during the heat wave.[174] Some hospitals were also unable to keep temperatures in a comfortable range for patients and staff. At least two Lower Mainland and one Northern hospital recorded indoor temperatures of over 32°C in the emergency department, while an acute care floor at Lions Gate Hospital got as hot as 38°C.[174]

In British Columbia, E-Comm emergency dispatchers answered nearly 15,300 calls on June 26-27, which was about 55 percent above normal for the month,[175] and also deployed the ambulances 1,850 times on June 27 and 1,975 the following day - the highest number ever recorded for the province.[176][177] Delays for non-emergency calls reached up to 16 hours in extreme cases.[178] In addition to that, some ambulances were left inoperable as the emergency service was understaffed.[176] These setbacks led to hours-long delays.[179] The handling of the crisis drew criticism from the paramedics unions, which forced Adrian Dix, the provincial healthcare minister, to change the leader of British Columbia's emergencies response management to Jim Chu, former Vancouver's police chief,[180] and to appoint a chief ambulance officer.[181]

United States edit

In the United States, the death toll was lower but still in the hundreds: at least 116 deaths with confirmed heat-related causes in Oregon (72 in Multnomah County),[17][18][19] at least 112 in Washington[20] and one in Idaho.[21] The New York Times analysis suggested that almost 450 excess deaths in Washington and 160 deaths in Oregon occurred during the heat wave, though it has not been demonstrated how many were related to the heat.[3] For comparison, however, Oregon had only 12 heat-related deaths 2017–2019.[182] Most of the deaths occurred among the elderly.[18][183]

On July 13, 2021, Multnomah County, Oregon published an analysis which found that a majority of deaths occurred in households which had no air conditioning or had only fans.[184]

A surge in 9-1-1 calls and emergency department visits related to the heat saw 1,100 people were hospitalized in Oregon and Washington;[185] and almost 2,800 heat-related emergency department visits were made on July 25–30.[186] The Washington Department of Health estimated that over 2,000 such visits occurred statewide, not including visits to Veteran Administration or the military hospitals.[187] In Portland, the number of calls and the response times doubled,[188] setting a record for the area.[189] On the other hand, in Oregon, while the number of heat-related visits skyrocketed, the total number of emergency visits stayed in the expected range.[190] Non-emergency municipal services were also strained—on June 26, the non-emergency health information service (2-1-1) did not respond to 750 heat-related calls due to lack of working staff.[191]

Some deaths also occurred among those seeking cooling in the Pacific Northwest's rivers. Two swimmers in Salem, who were trying to escape the heat, went missing in the Willamette River,[127] another did so in Portland,[192] while in Washington, three people drowned.[193] With 30 deaths in King County, it was the deadliest weather event in the county.[194] In fact, with 112 deaths, this became the deadliest weather event in Washington State history.[195] The total damage in Washington State was between $500 million and $1 billion.[196]

Impact edit

Air conditioning edit

The heat wave was a problem for major cities in the Northwest. Seattle and Portland had the lowest and third-lowest percentage of air-conditioned households among major metro areas in the United States, respectively.[197] In 2015, a U.S. Census Bureau survey found that only 33% of Seattle homes have air conditioning (A/C) units, but that number increased to 44% in the 2019 survey, likely due to the warming trend in that area (Portland had 79% coverage, which was still below the national average).[64][198] The rate of air-conditioned households was even lower in British Columbia despite marked increases over the years – BC Hydro estimated that only 34% of the province's residents were using these cooling appliances,[199] while a separate analysis indicated that only 21% of Metro Vancouver's households used air conditioning in 2017 (the number was only slightly higher for Edmonton and Calgary, at 29% and 24%, respectively).[200] Authorities therefore waived restrictions related to COVID-19 for designated cooling shelters in Oregon,[201] Washington,[202] and British Columbia.[203]

Trying to stay cool, residents in the Pacific Northwest and Alberta rushed to buy A/C units, which significantly increased their prices (some double the normal), created long installation and delivery backlogs, and ultimately made them unavailable in many stores.[198][204][205][206] The pent-up demand for cooling forced electricity consumption to soar to record-high summer values. BC Hydro reported a peak of 8,500 MW,[207] AESO registered 11,721 MW (8 MW short of an all-time high),[208] SaskPower recorded 3,547 MW,[209] while several electricity providers in Washington also logged record values.[210] It also prompted power utilities in Alberta,[208] Idaho (Idaho Power)[211] and eastern Washington (Avista) to formally ask to conserve energy.[212] The warning had the Idaho State Capitol voluntarily turn off lights as a result,[213] while in the Spokane area, power outages were rolled in an attempt to prevent strain on the power grid.[210][214]

Some residents chose to shelter from the heat by booking rooms in hotels, which often ran out of air-conditioned accommodation.[215][216][217] According to CoStar calculations, the search for cooled rooms made the hotel occupancy in British Columbia reach the highest levels since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,[218] while Washington County, Oregon (suburbs of Portland) hotels reported occupancy levels at or exceeding +5⁄6 of total capacity on June 26–28, more than double the rate from 2020.[219]

Infrastructure edit

 
Emergency repairs to a heat-damaged section of Interstate 5 in Shoreline, Washington

The heat wave strained and damaged the region's infrastructure. It caused the sidewalks to buckle due to thermal expansion of concrete (57 sidewalks were damaged in Edmonton alone).[220][221][222] In Washington and Oregon, damage was even more severe, leading to closures of roads and other inconveniences for drivers, including on some lanes of Interstate 5, as well as some state highways.[223][224][225][226][227] In order to prevent thermal fatigue to Seattle's steel drawbridges, the city announced it would hose them down with cool water.[228]

Public transportation also deteriorated during the sweltering conditions. Trains on Link light rail and Sounder commuter rail in Seattle operated at reduced speeds as a precaution against possible deformation of railroad tracks and overhead lines.[229] In the Portland metropolitan area, TriMet suspended MAX Light Rail and WES Commuter Rail service for part of June 27 and all of June 28 because the cables from which the light rail cars drew electricity had sagged.[230][231] Heat-induced rail distortion, called sun kink, slowed down the passenger service on the route of the Amtrak Cascades.[232] Moreover, school districts in Kamloops, Sooke (BC), Ephrata and Royal City (WA) all suspended school bus services, while Grant County, Washington limited the frequency of the buses under their management as they did not offer air conditioning or the built-in version could not cope with the heat.[233][234][235]

On June 28, 15 school districts in British Columbia's Lower Mainland, including all districts within Vancouver, closed due to the heat and their lack of sufficient cooling infrastructure;[236][237] many others also changed, or shortened, Tuesday schedules to avoid daytime high temperatures.[238] COVID-19 vaccination sites also endured disruption because of the weather conditions.[235][238]

Businesses and workers edit

Local businesses faced a choice to continue to work under oppressive heat or make a day off. Some restaurants, food stands and cafés closed, fearing excessive heat at the workplace or spoilage of solid products.[185][239][240][241] Similarly, numerous grocers were forced to shut down aisles and halt the sale of perishable goods or use plastic sheets as impromptu thermal shields, as refrigeration units failed under the load.[242] The businesses that decided to stay open often provided de facto sheltering from heat or converted parts of buildings to cooling centers, such as Amazon.[243][244]

In a few cases, workers in California and Oregon protested the lack of air conditioning and staged local walkouts,[245] and agricultural trade unions had also noted increased calls to strike.[246] An SMS survey among 2,176 farmworkers in Washington (mostly in the eastern part of the state) conducted by United Farm Workers, a labor union, reported that almost all farmers did not consider protections mandated by the state OSHA sufficient. Among the surveyed, about two-fifths reported not having had shade, just under a third not having received heat illness prevention training and a quarter of respondents had no access to cool water.[247]

After Sebastian Francisco Perez, an outdoor farm worker in St. Paul, Oregon, died while at work, Oregon OSHA faced calls to enforce safety rules for dealing with the heat wave, which had been first drafted in May. In response, Oregon's governor, Kate Brown, directed the agency to enforce the safety regulations for 180 days pending permanent implementation.[248][249] In Washington state, the heat wave prompted state agencies to roll out additional protections.[250][251] The Washington Post reported that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also considering a set of heat-related safety rules, whose implementation was said to be a "top priority" for the Biden administration.[252]

Culture and sports edit

Sports events were disrupted by the heat wave. In Eugene, where the qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics were held, the heat caused evacuation of the stadium in the afternoon and postponement of some events to the evening hours, as the temperature of the stadium's track exceeded 150 °F (66 °C).[253][254] It also caused an athlete to withdraw from the race.[254]

Among other disruptions, a public swimming pool in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood was closed due to dangerously high deck temperatures,[255][256] so was a senior's center in Rathdrum, Idaho[257] and a golf course on Vancouver Island.[258] Some local concerts were also moved to avoid the heat.[259][260]

Agriculture edit

See also: 2020–22 North American drought

Farms have experienced serious losses, as the heat wave baked the fruits and berries or otherwise destroyed the crop and the drought conditions worsened.

10 million pounds of fruit per day were being harvested in the Pacific Northwest at the time the heat wave struck.[261] Farmers in Eastern Washington, facing a loss of the cherry and blueberry crop, sent workers into orchards at night to avoid the heat in the day.[262][263][264][265] The British Columbia provincial fruit growers association estimated that 50 to 70 percent of the cherry crop was damaged, effectively "cooked" in the orchards.[266] Raspberry and blackberry farms in the Lower Mainland, Oregon and Washington have also endured losses.[267][268][269][270] In Whatcom County, Washington, which produces four-fifths of raspberries in the United States, estimates varied from quarter to half of the harvest;[271][272] elsewhere, they went as high as 80-90%.[267][273] Lettuce producers in the Okanagan Valley were also reported to be struggling with spoilt crops,[274] so were those who grew Christmas trees[275] and apples.[276] In contrast, grapevines in Oregon and Washington did not seem to have sustained much damage,[5] and corn in Skagit County, Washington was growing much ahead of schedule.[276]

Farmers in the United States have also seen reduced yields of soft wheat, which additionally saw the quality deteriorate (68% of wheat harvest in the Pacific Northwest was estimated by the USDA to be of poor or very poor condition).[5] In the Prairie provinces, an infestation of grasshoppers is threatening cash crops[277] and farmers were reported to be struggling with feeding cattle as hay and forage was found to be in short supply.[278] Saskatchewan has therefore extended additional drought support for farmers.[279] In Alberta, lack of rain and excessive heat saw some grain plants catch fire, which has put the harvest in jeopardy.[269] Beaumont, Alberta issued a mandatory ban on non-essential water usage, citing drought conditions.[208] Further east, St. Laurent and Armstrong, Manitoba declared a "state of agricultural disaster" as the heat wave worsened the drought in the region, whose water reserves were already depleted.[280]

Environment edit

Wildfires edit

Further information: 2021 wildfire season § North America, and Lytton wildfire
 
Wildfire burning near Mount Shasta, California, on June 28, 2021

The heat event sparked significant fires across the West Coast and Western Canada.[78] One of the first fires to have struck the region was the Lava Fire, burning west of Mount Shasta, California, caused by a lightning strike on June 25,[281][282] and which eventually burned around 26,300 acres (106 km2) on the west slope of one of the highest peaks in the state.[283] Some of the largest fires, such as the Beckwourth Complex Fire, grew over 100,000 acres (405 km2). Strong winds, which were causing fire tornadoes in some places,[284] and dry vegetation hampered efforts to contain the fires. This led to road closures, such as the U.S. Route 97 and the North Cascades Highway,[285][286][287] suspension of airport operations in Redmond, Oregon, and evacuation of settlements adjacent to the fires.[282][288][289] The winds were so strong that residents of Medford, Oregon, c. 80 mi (130 km) north of the fires, reported having seen ash falling from the sky.[290]

Among the most known fires was the one that burst in the evening of June 30 in British Columbia. Then, Lytton, the settlement that had been beating national heat records in the previous days, along with several First Nations reserves, were ordered to be evacuated as a likely human-caused[291] fire was approaching to the village, where it later did widespread destruction to the buildings.[292][104][293] A local MP, Brad Vis, estimated damage to the settlement at 90%,[294] while a local resident said that only "four or five houses, the post office and the church were still standing".[295] The fire damaged roads, telecommunication and power facilities as well as the railway that comes through the settlement;[104][296][297] two people died while hiding from the flames.[298] The fire in the settlement forced the closure of a section of British Columbia Highway 1, part of Trans-Canada Highway, as well as Highway 12, which ends in Lytton.[299][294] In total, 300 fires were ravaging the province as of July 13,[300] and the wildfire season destroyed around 2,230 km2 (860 sq mi) of forests by July 15.[301] Pyrocumulonimbus clouds formed due to such extensive burning, producing several hundred thousand lightning strikes in one day and further complicating efforts to contain fires.[302]

Despite deployment of more than 9,000 firefighters in the United States to extinguish them by July 1[303] and more than 17,000 by mid-July,[304] the size and number of the fires grew. Almost 1,000,000 acres (4,050 km2) of forest were consumed by large wildfires, and more than 2,250,000 acres (9,110 km2) were burnt in the United States as of July 15.[304] The intensity of the fires moved the US fire preparedness alert level to 5 (highest) by July 14, which was an early start of the wildfire season.[305] In addition to that, Governors Kate Brown of Oregon, Jay Inslee of Washington and Brad Little of Idaho declared states of emergency due to the extreme risk of wildfires.[306][307][308] The Canadian army officials set up a coordination center in Edmonton in order to assist wildfire actions in British Columbia, which would be directed until July 19.[295] Higher-than-average burning also appeared in Albertan, Saskatchewan and Manitoba forests.[309][310][311][312]

As the extreme heat and dry conditions persisted, scientists, firefighters and various politicians urged residents not to use fireworks during Independence Day celebrations in the Western United States[313] and on Canada Day in Alberta.[314] In addition to that, Washington and British Columbia enacted state-/provincewide bans on most open fires, and Washington authorities also issuing a total fire ban in state parks.[315][316] Idaho and Manitoba were using more regionalized approaches, though the latter suspended all burning permits provincewide.[312][317]

As of September 14, 2021, the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reported that 44,647 wildfires in the United States had burned 5.6 million acres of land.[318] Similarly, the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) announced that 6,317 wildfires burned 10.34 million acres.[319] Initially, the NIFC declared that the United States and Canada had a preparedness level of 5, meaning it had the potential to exhaust national firefighting resources.[320] Due to the earliness and severity of the wildfire season, the United States and Canada were unable to provide each other with aid as in previous years.[321] However, by September 20, 2021, the national preparedness level was reduced to 4 and 1 for the United States and Canada, respectively.[322]

In April 2021, the North American wildfire season was predicted to be severe due to record drought conditions and high spring temperatures in the West.[323] In May, more than 75% of the western United States experienced drought conditions, with 21% of these conditions being deemed as "exceptional drought", which is the most extreme level of drought.[324] These extreme conditions result in a lack of moisture on the ground that is imperative for combating wildfires.[325] In Arizona, there were 311 early wildfires in the first four months of the year, compared to 127 in the same period in 2020.[326]

In July 2021, haze from West Coast fires was affecting East Coast cities,[327][328] and particulate pollution caused unhealthy air quality in New Hampshire.[329]

In Montana, evacuation orders had displaced around 600 people by early August.[330]

On October 21, the national preparedness level was lowered to 1 (indicating minimal fire activity).[322] By November 5, a total of 48,725 wildfires had burned more than 6.5 million acres across the United States, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC).[322]

Glacier melt edit

Extreme temperatures were also noted for mountain regions, which accelerated the melting of glaciers. Extensive melting occurred in the snowcaps of Banff National Park, which a glaciologist estimated that the Albertan snow from the mountains melted three times faster than usual.[331] On Mount Rainier, the heat wave caused the mass of the snow cap to shrink by 30%, and Washington's glaciers in general have come through what glaciologists say to be the strongest melting episode in 100 years. Additionally, the increased melting of glaciers caused high amounts of runoff to be present within some rivers.[332] The unexpected snowmelt blocked some high mountain roads in Whatcom County, Washington[333] and rendered three hiking trails in British Columbia impassable.[334] More importantly, it caused flash flooding down the creeks and rivers, which the glaciers feed. This triggered i.a. a week-long evacuation order in the Pemberton Valley[335] extreme water rises were also noted in Squamish,[336] and flood alerts were issued for other parts of British Columbia.[337] Soot from wildfires (→ 2021 British Columbia wildfires) is further expected to diminish the mass of ice.[338]

Wildlife and fisheries edit

As the surrounding air was extremely hot, water temperatures rose, which proved to be a hazard for aquatic wildlife. On the Pacific shore, temperatures in the intertidal zone reached up to 122 °F (50 °C) and more than a billion seashore animals, like clams, barnacles and oysters, died as a result of heat wave, impacting water quality.[339][340] The deaths also impacted seafood producers, who faced losses of produce as it baked in the heatwave and started rotting.[341][342][343] Inland, the population of sockeye salmon in Idaho rivers was preventatively caught out of water as increasing temperatures made it prone to disease;[36] some salmon was also transported to cooler waters in the Columbia River.[275] Fish kill, however, was not prevented in Albertan aquifers and appeared earlier than expected.[344]

The heat wave caused an increase in vibrio bacteria levels in oysters in the Pacific Northwest, causing a record number of people to be sickened from vibriosis, an intestinal disease caused by the bacteria. The Washington State Department of Health urged people not to eat raw oysters and other shellfish from the region due to the risk of bacterial contamination.[345][346]

On the land, trees in Metro Vancouver dried up and started shedding leaves;[347] the same happened to the fir canopy in Oregon on the side where the trees faced the sun,[348] and reportedly also in Lytton just before the wildfire swept through the community.[349] Birds have also come through distress - in Seattle, nearly a hundred juvenile terns, whose nests were on top of an industrial building, died when they plunged to the pavement below, presumably trying to escape the heat - those that survived were treated for burns.[350] Scores of British Columbian raptors, apart from heat exhaustion, were suffering from dehydration and starvation.[351]

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2021, western, north, america, heat, wave, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, article, contain, excessive, number, citations, please, help, remove, q. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article may contain an excessive number of citations Please help remove low quality or irrelevant citations January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs editing to comply with Wikipedia s Manual of Style Please help improve the content January 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2021 Western North America heat wave was an extreme heat wave that affected much of Western North America from late June through mid July 2021 5 Extreme event attribution found this was a 1000 year weather event made 150 times more likely by climate change 6 7 A study in Nature Climate Change estimated that its occurrence while previously thought virtually impossible is projected to increase rapidly with further global warming possibly becoming a 10 yearly occurrence in a climate 2 C warming than the pre industrial period which may be reached by 2050 if fossil fuels are not phased out and carbon dioxide emissions eliminated 8 9 The heat wave affected Northern California Idaho Western Nevada Oregon and Washington in the United States as well as British Columbia and in its latter phase Alberta Manitoba the Northwest Territories Saskatchewan and Yukon all in Canada 10 It also affected inland regions of Central and Southern California 11 Northwestern and Southern Nevada and parts of Montana though the temperature anomalies were not as extreme as in the regions farther north 2021 Western North America heat waveAir temperature anomalies across North America on June 27 2021 compared to 2014 2020 baselineTypeHeat waveStart dateJune 25 2021 2021 06 25 End dateJuly 7 2021 2021 07 07 Peak temp 49 6 C 121 3 F recorded at Lytton British Columbia 1 LossesDeaths 1 408 deaths estimated 2 3 914 confirmed 808 excess deaths in Canada 685 confirmed in Canada Deadliest weather event in the history of Canada around 600 excess deaths in the United States 229 confirmed in the United StatesDamagesUnited States 8 9 billion 2021 USD 4 The heat wave appeared due to an exceptionally strong ridge centered over the area whose strength was linked to the effects of climate change 12 13 It resulted in some of the highest temperatures ever recorded in the region 14 including the highest temperature ever measured in Canada at 49 6 C 121 3 F as well as the highest temperatures in British Columbia in the Northwest Territories in the state of Washington as well as a tied record in Oregon The record high temperatures associated with the heat wave stretched from Oregon to northern Manitoba and daily highs were set as far east as Labrador and as far southwest as Southern California However the Pacific Northwest suffered the vast majority of the disruption and damage connected with the extreme weather event The heat wave sparked numerous extensive wildfires some reaching hundreds of square kilometers in area which led to widespread disruption on the roads One of them destroyed the village of Lytton British Columbia the day after it had set a record high temperature for Canada The heat also damaged the road and rail infrastructure forced closures of businesses disrupted cultural events and melted snowcaps in some cases resulting in flooding 15 The heat wave also caused extensive damage to crops across the region which was seen as likely to result in higher food prices globally though the losses have yet to be calculated 5 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA estimated that the heatwave caused at least 8 9 billion 2021 USD in damages in the USA 4 The death toll exceeded 1 400 people with a death toll of at least 808 estimated in western Canada 2 The Chief Coroner of British Columbia reported that in the week between June 25 to July 1 619 deaths were due to heat exposure 16 Confirmed deaths in the United States include at least 116 in Oregon of which 72 are in Multnomah County which includes Portland 17 18 19 and at least 112 in Washington 20 and one death in Idaho 21 An analysis by The New York Times suggests that around 600 excess deaths occurred the week the heat wave passed through Washington and Oregon 3 Contents 1 Meteorological history 1 1 Climate change and additional factors 2 Temperature records 2 1 Canada 2 1 1 British Columbia 2 1 2 Alberta 2 1 3 Territories 2 1 4 Saskatchewan 2 1 5 Manitoba 2 1 6 Ontario 2 1 7 Newfoundland and Labrador 2 2 United States 2 2 1 Oregon 2 2 2 Washington 2 2 3 California 2 2 4 Idaho 2 2 5 Montana 3 Deaths and injuries 3 1 Canada 3 2 United States 4 Impact 4 1 Air conditioning 4 2 Infrastructure 4 3 Businesses and workers 4 4 Culture and sports 4 5 Agriculture 4 6 Environment 4 6 1 Wildfires 4 6 2 Glacier melt 4 6 3 Wildlife and fisheries 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksMeteorological history edit nbsp Geopotential height chart at 500 millibars at 11 00 UTC on June 28 2021 The center of the heat dome which caused the heat wave can be seen over the British Columbia Interior On June 23 the United States National Weather Service warned of an approaching heat wave in the Pacific Northwest 22 whose origins could be traced to torrential rains in China 23 There the warm moist air rose and was eventually entrained by the jet stream which transported it east over cooler waters When that air current encountered an upper level high pressure zone also called a ridge it started to significantly deform on June 25 24 forcing to accommodate the high pressure area south of the jet stream s meander 25 At the same time the Southwestern states were enduring an intense drought 26 which had earlier allowed higher than average temperatures over the Southwestern United States leading to a similar hot wave earlier in June 27 28 Its remnants then moved north to the Pacific Northwest 29 30 Six days later Environment Canada issued a heat warning for Alberta Saskatchewan British Columbia Manitoba Yukon and Northwest Territories 31 nbsp Formation of a heat wave via a heat dome In this scenario the high pressure area forces the air downwards heating the air column 32 but even as the air becomes increasingly lighter and hotter due to the sun s energy it cannot escape the dome because of the high pressure 33 This situation has been compared to pressure cooking 27 34 These conditions made way for a massive Rex block 35 28 which is more often formed during La Nina years 25 In this situation a high pressure area stays in place for a long time and does not let cyclones pass through it which could have cooled the region 32 in this particular case the high pressure area was sandwiched between two stationary lows which prevented the high pressure region from moving anywhere 36 As the Pacific Northwest just as the Southwest experienced severe drought conditions the already warm air was heating more quickly than usual 37 which intensified the ridge so strongly it caused a heat dome 14 Indeed on June 27 the height at which 500 hPa air pressure was sustained geopotential height was reported at 5 986 m 19 639 ft in Prince George British Columbia the highest ever recorded in the area adjacent stations have similarly reported record high values 38 The downslope winds from the Cascades and other mountain ranges further warmed the air in the valleys 30 34 39 40 After the heat dome hovered over British Columbia and the Northwestern United States for a few days it began to move eastward breaking records east of the Rocky Mountains particularly in the northern parts of the Prairie provinces but bringing relief to the Pacific coast 41 42 At this stage the heat was kept between the warm and cold fronts of the low pressure area that formed over southern Northwest Territories and was transported eastward towards Hudson Bay 43 Sweltering conditions were observed as far east as Montana 44 45 Manitoba 46 and Northwest Ontario 47 though the temperatures were not as high citation needed By July 4 5 the remnants of the heat dome crossed Hudson Bay and weakened somewhat by the cool waters entered Quebec 48 and after that Labrador 49 briefly triggering temperatures of around 30 C 86 F Having beaten daily records in some localities in the easternmost province of Canada the high pressure area entered the Atlantic Ocean on July 7 when the heat carried by the high pressure system finally dissipated citation needed Climate change and additional factors edit Climate change in Canada and in the United States are widely considered to have worsened the heat wave s unprecedented intensity and duration 12 50 51 52 53 54 According to a preliminary study which has not yet been peer reviewed the heat wave would have been highly unlikely in the absence of anthropogenic climate change the latter increasing the likelihood of such a heat wave at least 150 fold 55 56 According to this study either the climate change made the heat wave more likely by increasing base temperatures and a combination of rare events such as the recent drought and or changes in the jet stream resulted in the heat wave or even a relatively small increase in mean global temperatures caused by climate change can pass a threshold that triggers a sharp increase in the probability of extreme heat wave phenomena 57 While it is yet unknown whether the frequency of these omega blocks is due to global heating 14 according to the data provided by Verisk the Pacific Northwest is among the fastest heating regions in the continental United States and southern Canada 58 Moreover the urban heat island effect could have further exacerbated the impact in cities 59 60 Based on historic data several meteorologists noted that this phenomenon should be expected to occur only once over a thousand or several thousand years 14 55 61 and David Sauchyn a scientist at the University of Regina said that climate models had been predicting the heat wave of a similar intensity to happen in late 2020s at the earliest 62 Temperature records editMuch of the Pacific Northwest normally known for its temperate weather in June received maximum temperatures 20 35 F 11 19 C above normal during this heat wave 63 64 65 66 In fact the temperatures were so anomalous that nighttime lows were higher than the average high temperatures that this region would normally observe at this time of year 63 67 68 Ground temperatures were also reaching extremes in Wenatchee Washington it reached 145 F 63 C 69 while the pavement at an intersection in Portland Oregon reached 180 F 82 C 70 This heat wave combined with other extreme weather occurrences elsewhere yielded the hottest June on record in North America 71 72 It also contributed to the hottest June ever for some localities such as Victoria Abbotsford Kamloops and Edmonton 73 and in Portland Oregon 74 as well as one of the hottest June mean temperatures for Seattle 75 and Spokane 76 On a statewide level June 2021 was the warmest on record in California Nevada Arizona Utah and Idaho and second warmest for Washington Oregon and Montana at least partly attributable to this heat wave 77 Canada edit The highest temperatures of the heat wave were registered in British Columbia but areas as far east as Ontario were affected by the event As of June 29 update 103 all time heat records were set across Western Canada 78 British Columbia edit Temperature in Lytton 79 Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org The heat wave peaked in British Columbia on June 28 29 Most records of the coastal areas were made on June 28 while in the British Columbia Interior the highest values were largely set the following day citation needed On June 28 records were set in Squamish British Columbia at 43 0 C 109 4 F Abbotsford at 42 9 C 109 2 F Port Alberni at 42 7 C 108 9 F and Victoria at 39 8 C 103 6 F 80 81 82 Also on the morning of June 28 a meteorological station at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby registered an overnight low of 29 0 C 84 2 F 83 the highest ever recorded in the province citation needed On June 27 local records were also set in Cultus Lake Lillooet 84 Ashcroft 43 8 C 110 8 F 85 and Kamloops 44 C 111 F 86 In all there were 59 weather stations in B C that set records for hottest temperatures recorded for June 27 87 These were largely beaten in the following days Kamloops for instance registered 45 8 C 114 4 F on June 28 and 47 3 C 117 1 F on June 29 the peak temperature recorded in a major population center in the region 1 88 89 90 On June 29 the temperature in Lytton British Columbia hit 49 6 C 121 3 F the highest temperature ever recorded in Canada 1 although a nearby more modern station reported that the extreme was 1 C lower 91 The stations were temporarily isolated by the Lytton wildfire the next day The record occurred after consecutively setting new record highs of 46 6 C 115 9 F on June 27 and 47 9 C 118 2 F on June 28 92 It is also the highest temperature ever recorded north of 45 N the highest temperature in the U S or Canada recorded outside the Desert Southwest and higher than the absolute maximum temperatures of Europe or South America 93 94 Alberta edit In Alberta the highest heat was observed in the period from June 29 to July 1 1 95 Banff 37 8 C 100 0 F Beaverlodge 40 5 C 104 9 F Cochrane 35 0 C 95 0 F Fort McMurray 40 3 C 104 5 F Jasper 41 2 C 106 2 F Grande Prairie 41 5 C 106 7 F Hendrickson Creek 38 3 C 100 9 F Nordegg 37 2 C 99 0 F Red Earth Creek 40 1 C 104 2 F all saw the strongest heat ever measured in these communities most after breaking all time records of the previous day 96 Calgary noted 36 3 C 97 3 F on June 29 and July 1 which stopped just 0 2 C 0 4 F short of the highest observed temperature ever and beating the all time records for June and July 97 98 Edmonton also saw temperatures approach the absolute maxima the city centre registered 37 0 C 98 6 F on June 30 99 while the Edmonton International Airport near Leduc hovered around 33 C 91 F from June 29 to July 1 The heat wave had largely moved east by July 2 though e g Fort McMurray measured its fourth daily record in a row on that date 100 Territories edit In the Northwest Territories on June 28 Nahanni Butte set a regional record at 38 1 C 100 6 F 92 Two days later Fort Smith just north of the Alberta border reached 39 9 C 103 8 F which beat the previous all time territorial record registered in the same place in 1941 101 102 103 It was also the new highest reliably recorded temperature above 60 degrees latitude 104 Yukon was largely bypassed by the heat wave but on June 28 some areas in the territory went over 30 C 86 F including Whitehorse 30 3 C 86 5 F and Teslin 31 1 C 88 0 F both of which were daily records 88 Teslin also beat the record for June 29 at 29 0 C 84 2 F 105 Saskatchewan edit Saskatchewan s heat records were mainly concentrated in the northern parts of the province Stony Rapids saw the mercury reach 39 8 C 103 6 F on June 30 106 an all time high and record temperatures were also set at Key Lake Airport sometimes dubbed the cold pole of Saskatchewan 107 and Collins Bay Airport on July 1 both at 37 0 C 98 6 F 1 108 as well as in Uranium City 38 0 C 100 4 F 109 July highs were also observed in these settlements on the first day of the month 110 when 26 daily records were set across the province most in northern communities 111 Elsewhere the heat arrived slightly later Saskatoon reached 35 4 C 95 7 F on July 1 111 and beat the monthly record the following day at 40 5 C 104 9 F a tenth of degree below the all time record 112 La Ronge registered an all time high with a reading of 37 9 C 100 2 F 113 Regina like most of the southern part of the province was spared the extremes reached in the northern parts with a maximum of 35 0 C 95 0 F on July 2 114 The heat wave over Saskatchewan largely dissipated by July 3 and moved east 115 Manitoba edit In a similar way to Saskatchewan the majority of heat records including all time highs were noted in the northern parts of the province A remote community of Tadoule Lake observed 38 1 C 100 6 F beating the previous all time record by 6 2 C 11 F 116 so did Lynn Lake 38 0 C 100 4 F 108 while Churchill on the shore of Hudson Bay registered 34 1 C 93 4 F the highest temperature for July 108 Other parts of the province did not see heat as extreme as elsewhere though 25 daily records were set on July 3 including 35 0 C 95 0 F in Winnipeg 117 Ontario edit Northwestern Ontario did not see all time high records beaten but several daily records were pushed higher on July 3 Thunder Bay equalled 34 3 C 93 7 F Geraldton saw 33 6 C 92 5 F while the hottest temperature was in Pickle Lake at 35 2 C 95 4 F 117 118 Newfoundland and Labrador edit Weakened by interaction with the Hudson Bay waters and having not set any records in Quebec the heat wave arrived to the mainland part of Newfoundland and Labrador but before dissipating in the Atlantic Ocean it still managed to beat some daily records Hopedale registered 25 1 C 77 2 F on July 5 while Happy Valley Goose Bay reached 33 2 C 91 8 F the following day 119 120 United States edit The heat wave broke numerous records by large margins Several large cities including Portland Seattle and Spokane experienced high temperatures far exceeding 100 F 38 C and low temperatures higher than the area s normal daily high temperatures The heat wave beat Washington s all time heat record in Hanford 120 F 49 C and tied one for Oregon 119 F 48 C at two places including at Pelton Dam 121 The same temperature was noted in Peshastin in Chelan County Washington where temperatures soared to 119 F 48 C on June 29 slightly surpassing the previous all time high for the state 122 123 Oregon edit On June 26 Portland broke its previous all time record high temperature of 107 F 42 C set in July 1965 and August 1981 with a temperature of 108 F 42 C 124 It topped that record again on June 27 with a temperature of 112 F 44 C 125 The following day the temperature increased further to 116 F 47 C 65 126 These extremes also beat the previous record June temperature 102 F 39 C set on June 26 2006 64 Salem Oregon reached 105 F 41 C on June 26 its record high temperature for June It then hit 113 F 45 C degrees on June 27 breaking the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in that city which was previously 108 F 42 C Salem then exceeded the previous day s record temperature on June 28 with a maximum temperature of 117 F 47 C 127 However not all the regions of the mid Willamette Valley experienced extreme heat on June 28 Regions south of Salem for example did not see highs above mid 90s Fahrenheit on that day likely due to cooler ocean air in the area 128 The Willamette Valley also experienced extreme overnight temperature drops twice the size of normal fluctuations due to cooler air coming from the ocean Portland cooled a record 52 F 29 C during the night while Salem almost approached its all time largest temperature swing from 117 F 47 C to 61 F 16 C 129 Washington edit nbsp Predicted high temperatures for western Washington on June 28 2021Between 1894 when the records in Seattle began and June 2021 temperatures over 100 F 38 C were only noted three times 130 131 however the Seattle Tacoma International Airport recorded three consecutive days of temperatures over 100 F 38 C 132 The temperature rose to 104 F 40 C on June 27 beating the previous record of 103 F 39 C only for the record to be broken again the following day by a high of 108 F 42 C 133 134 All of these values broke the previous June record 96 F 36 C 2017 by a large margin 64 The suburbs farther from the coast were even hotter a local radio station in Maple Valley reported temperatures of 118 F 48 C 135 On June 26 Port Angeles recorded an all time record high of 95 F 35 C 136 The Quillayute Airport weather station also on the Olympic Peninsula reported 110 F 43 C on June 28 exceeding its prior record by 11 F 6 C 67 On Mount Rainier normally freezing temperatures reached 73 F 23 C degrees above 10 000 feet 3 000 m on June 27 137 The heat wave was blamed for greater glacier melt on Mt Rainier than had been seen in the state in the past 100 years 138 East of the Cascades multiple locations such as Spokane measured record breaking or tying temperatures beating several records over the period of a few days 139 140 141 On June 29 Spokane Ephrata and Omak all reached their all time records at 109 F 43 C 115 F 46 C and 117 F 47 C respectively These are the hottest temperatures measured since records began for those areas 142 143 144 Extremely warm minimum temperatures were also noted Ephrata s thermometers did not go lower than 78 F 26 C on June 28 145 and 82 F 28 C on June 29 146 and all time highest low temperature records were set at Spokane International Airport on June 29 77 F 25 C and June 30 78 F 26 C during overnight hours 147 148 It was even hotter on and near the Oregon Washington border In The Dalles Oregon and Dallesport on either side of the Columbia River daytime high temperatures reached 118 F 48 C tying the then all time record for the state of Washington and beating the June statewide record by 5 degrees Fahrenheit 61 The same heat was measured in Tri Cities on June 28 29 149 150 The state s new official temperature record was set at 120 F 49 C on June 29 in Hanford 151 The heat wave resulted in 128 all time high temperature records set for individual weather stations across the state including in Seattle 152 153 California edit Temperature records were observed in the northern part of the state South Lake Tahoe observed 91 F 33 C on June 28 beating the previous June record and tied or beaten daily records for three days in a row 154 In Redding the temperatures soared to 114 F 46 C on June 27 a daily record while in Siskiyou County Montague tied an all time high for the county at 109 F 43 C 155 Southern California was also impacted Palm Springs registered 121 F 49 C on June 27 surpassing the previous daily record while other communities such as Palmdale Campo and Idyllwild tied with them 156 Idaho edit Being largely on the margin of the high pressure dome Idaho did not see temperatures as extreme as elsewhere 54 In Lewiston on the border with Washington 115 F 46 C was noted on June 29 beating an all time June record and becoming the third highest temperature in the history of recordings for the city 157 Other localities in the Treasure Valley to the east were expected to sustain triple digit heat for a week which is in and of itself unusual and in general to tie or beat daily records 158 Boise for example tied one for June 29 105 F 41 C 159 and for June 30 104 F 40 C 160 and also recorded nine consecutive days of temperatures exceeding 100 F 38 C which tied the record for such a streak 161 Records were also beaten in the Idaho Panhandle with Coeur d Alene registering 109 F 43 C which surpassed the previous highest temperature for June and equaled the all time high for the city 61 Montana edit Most of Montana was placed on heat advisories but the areas that were most affected by the heat wave were on the extreme northwest and eastern parts of the state Kalispell and Missoula registered temperatures of 101 F 38 C on June 29 both daily records and 1 F 17 C short of the record for June 162 Libby succeeded in doing so setting the plank at 109 F 43 C 163 In the eastern parts of the state several daily records were also noted Livingston reached 97 F 36 C on June 30 and Miles City saw 105 F 41 C two days later Billings tied its 100 F 38 C daily record on July 1 and had not fallen below 69 F 21 C on July 3 164 while Glasgow bettered its July 1 record to 102 F 39 C tied the daily high record the next day and set the highest minimum temperatures on these days 72 F 22 C on July 2 165 Deaths and injuries editCanada edit nbsp Deaths due to heat related causes by county in the states of Idaho Oregon and Washington in the United States reported as of July 14 2021 18 21 166 167 More than 50 deaths 10 49 deaths 5 9 deaths 3 4 deaths 1 2 deathsThe heat wave was the deadliest weather event in Canadian history 168 Over 1 000 deaths occurred due to the direct consequences of the heat wave such as hyperthermia Most of the deaths occurred in Canada about 600 more deaths than usual were noted in British Columbia and 66 in Alberta 169 170 It still unknown whether any of the excess deaths in Alberta were related to the heat wave clarification needed but the Chief Coroner of British Columbia stated that 569 casualties could be attributed to heat 171 A later report put the heat related death toll at 619 16 She also said that in the prior five years only three heat related casualties had been registered 172 Among the deaths reported to the provincial coroner Fraser and Vancouver Coastal health authorities saw several times more deaths than usual and the Vancouver Island and Interior Health health districts noted double the expected number of dead during the week from June 25 to July 1 Most of the deaths were registered on June 29 173 An disproportionate number of heat related deaths during the 2021 heat wave occurred in government funded or licensed buildings such as longterm care facilities Of the total heat wave related deaths 47 people died in community living assisted living or long term care facilities Further 62 people died from heat exposure in social housing run or funded by the provincial government Eight individuals who lived at Vancouver Mental Health and Substance use housing died Records show indoor air temperatures in some long term care facilities rose to over 30 C during the heat wave 174 Some hospitals were also unable to keep temperatures in a comfortable range for patients and staff At least two Lower Mainland and one Northern hospital recorded indoor temperatures of over 32 C in the emergency department while an acute care floor at Lions Gate Hospital got as hot as 38 C 174 In British Columbia E Comm emergency dispatchers answered nearly 15 300 calls on June 26 27 which was about 55 percent above normal for the month 175 and also deployed the ambulances 1 850 times on June 27 and 1 975 the following day the highest number ever recorded for the province 176 177 Delays for non emergency calls reached up to 16 hours in extreme cases 178 In addition to that some ambulances were left inoperable as the emergency service was understaffed 176 These setbacks led to hours long delays 179 The handling of the crisis drew criticism from the paramedics unions which forced Adrian Dix the provincial healthcare minister to change the leader of British Columbia s emergencies response management to Jim Chu former Vancouver s police chief 180 and to appoint a chief ambulance officer 181 United States edit In the United States the death toll was lower but still in the hundreds at least 116 deaths with confirmed heat related causes in Oregon 72 in Multnomah County 17 18 19 at least 112 in Washington 20 and one in Idaho 21 The New York Times analysis suggested that almost 450 excess deaths in Washington and 160 deaths in Oregon occurred during the heat wave though it has not been demonstrated how many were related to the heat 3 For comparison however Oregon had only 12 heat related deaths 2017 2019 182 Most of the deaths occurred among the elderly 18 183 On July 13 2021 Multnomah County Oregon published an analysis which found that a majority of deaths occurred in households which had no air conditioning or had only fans 184 A surge in 9 1 1 calls and emergency department visits related to the heat saw 1 100 people were hospitalized in Oregon and Washington 185 and almost 2 800 heat related emergency department visits were made on July 25 30 186 The Washington Department of Health estimated that over 2 000 such visits occurred statewide not including visits to Veteran Administration or the military hospitals 187 In Portland the number of calls and the response times doubled 188 setting a record for the area 189 On the other hand in Oregon while the number of heat related visits skyrocketed the total number of emergency visits stayed in the expected range 190 Non emergency municipal services were also strained on June 26 the non emergency health information service 2 1 1 did not respond to 750 heat related calls due to lack of working staff 191 Some deaths also occurred among those seeking cooling in the Pacific Northwest s rivers Two swimmers in Salem who were trying to escape the heat went missing in the Willamette River 127 another did so in Portland 192 while in Washington three people drowned 193 With 30 deaths in King County it was the deadliest weather event in the county 194 In fact with 112 deaths this became the deadliest weather event in Washington State history 195 The total damage in Washington State was between 500 million and 1 billion 196 Impact editAir conditioning edit The heat wave was a problem for major cities in the Northwest Seattle and Portland had the lowest and third lowest percentage of air conditioned households among major metro areas in the United States respectively 197 In 2015 a U S Census Bureau survey found that only 33 of Seattle homes have air conditioning A C units but that number increased to 44 in the 2019 survey likely due to the warming trend in that area Portland had 79 coverage which was still below the national average 64 198 The rate of air conditioned households was even lower in British Columbia despite marked increases over the years BC Hydro estimated that only 34 of the province s residents were using these cooling appliances 199 while a separate analysis indicated that only 21 of Metro Vancouver s households used air conditioning in 2017 the number was only slightly higher for Edmonton and Calgary at 29 and 24 respectively 200 Authorities therefore waived restrictions related to COVID 19 for designated cooling shelters in Oregon 201 Washington 202 and British Columbia 203 Trying to stay cool residents in the Pacific Northwest and Alberta rushed to buy A C units which significantly increased their prices some double the normal created long installation and delivery backlogs and ultimately made them unavailable in many stores 198 204 205 206 The pent up demand for cooling forced electricity consumption to soar to record high summer values BC Hydro reported a peak of 8 500 MW 207 AESO registered 11 721 MW 8 MW short of an all time high 208 SaskPower recorded 3 547 MW 209 while several electricity providers in Washington also logged record values 210 It also prompted power utilities in Alberta 208 Idaho Idaho Power 211 and eastern Washington Avista to formally ask to conserve energy 212 The warning had the Idaho State Capitol voluntarily turn off lights as a result 213 while in the Spokane area power outages were rolled in an attempt to prevent strain on the power grid 210 214 Some residents chose to shelter from the heat by booking rooms in hotels which often ran out of air conditioned accommodation 215 216 217 According to CoStar calculations the search for cooled rooms made the hotel occupancy in British Columbia reach the highest levels since the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic 218 while Washington County Oregon suburbs of Portland hotels reported occupancy levels at or exceeding 5 6 of total capacity on June 26 28 more than double the rate from 2020 219 Infrastructure edit nbsp Emergency repairs to a heat damaged section of Interstate 5 in Shoreline WashingtonThe heat wave strained and damaged the region s infrastructure It caused the sidewalks to buckle due to thermal expansion of concrete 57 sidewalks were damaged in Edmonton alone 220 221 222 In Washington and Oregon damage was even more severe leading to closures of roads and other inconveniences for drivers including on some lanes of Interstate 5 as well as some state highways 223 224 225 226 227 In order to prevent thermal fatigue to Seattle s steel drawbridges the city announced it would hose them down with cool water 228 Public transportation also deteriorated during the sweltering conditions Trains on Link light rail and Sounder commuter rail in Seattle operated at reduced speeds as a precaution against possible deformation of railroad tracks and overhead lines 229 In the Portland metropolitan area TriMet suspended MAX Light Rail and WES Commuter Rail service for part of June 27 and all of June 28 because the cables from which the light rail cars drew electricity had sagged 230 231 Heat induced rail distortion called sun kink slowed down the passenger service on the route of the Amtrak Cascades 232 Moreover school districts in Kamloops Sooke BC Ephrata and Royal City WA all suspended school bus services while Grant County Washington limited the frequency of the buses under their management as they did not offer air conditioning or the built in version could not cope with the heat 233 234 235 On June 28 15 school districts in British Columbia s Lower Mainland including all districts within Vancouver closed due to the heat and their lack of sufficient cooling infrastructure 236 237 many others also changed or shortened Tuesday schedules to avoid daytime high temperatures 238 COVID 19 vaccination sites also endured disruption because of the weather conditions 235 238 Businesses and workers edit Local businesses faced a choice to continue to work under oppressive heat or make a day off Some restaurants food stands and cafes closed fearing excessive heat at the workplace or spoilage of solid products 185 239 240 241 Similarly numerous grocers were forced to shut down aisles and halt the sale of perishable goods or use plastic sheets as impromptu thermal shields as refrigeration units failed under the load 242 The businesses that decided to stay open often provided de facto sheltering from heat or converted parts of buildings to cooling centers such as Amazon 243 244 In a few cases workers in California and Oregon protested the lack of air conditioning and staged local walkouts 245 and agricultural trade unions had also noted increased calls to strike 246 An SMS survey among 2 176 farmworkers in Washington mostly in the eastern part of the state conducted by United Farm Workers a labor union reported that almost all farmers did not consider protections mandated by the state OSHA sufficient Among the surveyed about two fifths reported not having had shade just under a third not having received heat illness prevention training and a quarter of respondents had no access to cool water 247 After Sebastian Francisco Perez an outdoor farm worker in St Paul Oregon died while at work Oregon OSHA faced calls to enforce safety rules for dealing with the heat wave which had been first drafted in May In response Oregon s governor Kate Brown directed the agency to enforce the safety regulations for 180 days pending permanent implementation 248 249 In Washington state the heat wave prompted state agencies to roll out additional protections 250 251 The Washington Post reported that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also considering a set of heat related safety rules whose implementation was said to be a top priority for the Biden administration 252 Culture and sports edit Sports events were disrupted by the heat wave In Eugene where the qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics were held the heat caused evacuation of the stadium in the afternoon and postponement of some events to the evening hours as the temperature of the stadium s track exceeded 150 F 66 C 253 254 It also caused an athlete to withdraw from the race 254 Among other disruptions a public swimming pool in Seattle s Rainier Beach neighborhood was closed due to dangerously high deck temperatures 255 256 so was a senior s center in Rathdrum Idaho 257 and a golf course on Vancouver Island 258 Some local concerts were also moved to avoid the heat 259 260 Agriculture edit See also 2020 22 North American drought Farms have experienced serious losses as the heat wave baked the fruits and berries or otherwise destroyed the crop and the drought conditions worsened 10 million pounds of fruit per day were being harvested in the Pacific Northwest at the time the heat wave struck 261 Farmers in Eastern Washington facing a loss of the cherry and blueberry crop sent workers into orchards at night to avoid the heat in the day 262 263 264 265 The British Columbia provincial fruit growers association estimated that 50 to 70 percent of the cherry crop was damaged effectively cooked in the orchards 266 Raspberry and blackberry farms in the Lower Mainland Oregon and Washington have also endured losses 267 268 269 270 In Whatcom County Washington which produces four fifths of raspberries in the United States estimates varied from quarter to half of the harvest 271 272 elsewhere they went as high as 80 90 267 273 Lettuce producers in the Okanagan Valley were also reported to be struggling with spoilt crops 274 so were those who grew Christmas trees 275 and apples 276 In contrast grapevines in Oregon and Washington did not seem to have sustained much damage 5 and corn in Skagit County Washington was growing much ahead of schedule 276 Farmers in the United States have also seen reduced yields of soft wheat which additionally saw the quality deteriorate 68 of wheat harvest in the Pacific Northwest was estimated by the USDA to be of poor or very poor condition 5 In the Prairie provinces an infestation of grasshoppers is threatening cash crops 277 and farmers were reported to be struggling with feeding cattle as hay and forage was found to be in short supply 278 Saskatchewan has therefore extended additional drought support for farmers 279 In Alberta lack of rain and excessive heat saw some grain plants catch fire which has put the harvest in jeopardy 269 Beaumont Alberta issued a mandatory ban on non essential water usage citing drought conditions 208 Further east St Laurent and Armstrong Manitoba declared a state of agricultural disaster as the heat wave worsened the drought in the region whose water reserves were already depleted 280 Environment edit Wildfires edit Further information 2021 wildfire season North America and Lytton wildfire nbsp Wildfire burning near Mount Shasta California on June 28 2021The heat event sparked significant fires across the West Coast and Western Canada 78 One of the first fires to have struck the region was the Lava Fire burning west of Mount Shasta California caused by a lightning strike on June 25 281 282 and which eventually burned around 26 300 acres 106 km2 on the west slope of one of the highest peaks in the state 283 Some of the largest fires such as the Beckwourth Complex Fire grew over 100 000 acres 405 km2 Strong winds which were causing fire tornadoes in some places 284 and dry vegetation hampered efforts to contain the fires This led to road closures such as the U S Route 97 and the North Cascades Highway 285 286 287 suspension of airport operations in Redmond Oregon and evacuation of settlements adjacent to the fires 282 288 289 The winds were so strong that residents of Medford Oregon c 80 mi 130 km north of the fires reported having seen ash falling from the sky 290 Among the most known fires was the one that burst in the evening of June 30 in British Columbia Then Lytton the settlement that had been beating national heat records in the previous days along with several First Nations reserves were ordered to be evacuated as a likely human caused 291 fire was approaching to the village where it later did widespread destruction to the buildings 292 104 293 A local MP Brad Vis estimated damage to the settlement at 90 294 while a local resident said that only four or five houses the post office and the church were still standing 295 The fire damaged roads telecommunication and power facilities as well as the railway that comes through the settlement 104 296 297 two people died while hiding from the flames 298 The fire in the settlement forced the closure of a section of British Columbia Highway 1 part of Trans Canada Highway as well as Highway 12 which ends in Lytton 299 294 In total 300 fires were ravaging the province as of July 13 300 and the wildfire season destroyed around 2 230 km2 860 sq mi of forests by July 15 301 Pyrocumulonimbus clouds formed due to such extensive burning producing several hundred thousand lightning strikes in one day and further complicating efforts to contain fires 302 Despite deployment of more than 9 000 firefighters in the United States to extinguish them by July 1 303 and more than 17 000 by mid July 304 the size and number of the fires grew Almost 1 000 000 acres 4 050 km2 of forest were consumed by large wildfires and more than 2 250 000 acres 9 110 km2 were burnt in the United States as of July 15 304 The intensity of the fires moved the US fire preparedness alert level to 5 highest by July 14 which was an early start of the wildfire season 305 In addition to that Governors Kate Brown of Oregon Jay Inslee of Washington and Brad Little of Idaho declared states of emergency due to the extreme risk of wildfires 306 307 308 The Canadian army officials set up a coordination center in Edmonton in order to assist wildfire actions in British Columbia which would be directed until July 19 295 Higher than average burning also appeared in Albertan Saskatchewan and Manitoba forests 309 310 311 312 As the extreme heat and dry conditions persisted scientists firefighters and various politicians urged residents not to use fireworks during Independence Day celebrations in the Western United States 313 and on Canada Day in Alberta 314 In addition to that Washington and British Columbia enacted state provincewide bans on most open fires and Washington authorities also issuing a total fire ban in state parks 315 316 Idaho and Manitoba were using more regionalized approaches though the latter suspended all burning permits provincewide 312 317 As of September 14 2021 the National Interagency Fire Center NIFC reported that 44 647 wildfires in the United States had burned 5 6 million acres of land 318 Similarly the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre CIFFC announced that 6 317 wildfires burned 10 34 million acres 319 Initially the NIFC declared that the United States and Canada had a preparedness level of 5 meaning it had the potential to exhaust national firefighting resources 320 Due to the earliness and severity of the wildfire season the United States and Canada were unable to provide each other with aid as in previous years 321 However by September 20 2021 the national preparedness level was reduced to 4 and 1 for the United States and Canada respectively 322 In April 2021 the North American wildfire season was predicted to be severe due to record drought conditions and high spring temperatures in the West 323 In May more than 75 of the western United States experienced drought conditions with 21 of these conditions being deemed as exceptional drought which is the most extreme level of drought 324 These extreme conditions result in a lack of moisture on the ground that is imperative for combating wildfires 325 In Arizona there were 311 early wildfires in the first four months of the year compared to 127 in the same period in 2020 326 In July 2021 haze from West Coast fires was affecting East Coast cities 327 328 and particulate pollution caused unhealthy air quality in New Hampshire 329 In Montana evacuation orders had displaced around 600 people by early August 330 On October 21 the national preparedness level was lowered to 1 indicating minimal fire activity 322 By November 5 a total of 48 725 wildfires had burned more than 6 5 million acres across the United States according to the National Interagency Fire Center NIFC 322 Glacier melt edit Extreme temperatures were also noted for mountain regions which accelerated the melting of glaciers Extensive melting occurred in the snowcaps of Banff National Park which a glaciologist estimated that the Albertan snow from the mountains melted three times faster than usual 331 On Mount Rainier the heat wave caused the mass of the snow cap to shrink by 30 and Washington s glaciers in general have come through what glaciologists say to be the strongest melting episode in 100 years Additionally the increased melting of glaciers caused high amounts of runoff to be present within some rivers 332 The unexpected snowmelt blocked some high mountain roads in Whatcom County Washington 333 and rendered three hiking trails in British Columbia impassable 334 More importantly it caused flash flooding down the creeks and rivers which the glaciers feed This triggered i a a week long evacuation order in the Pemberton Valley 335 extreme water rises were also noted in Squamish 336 and flood alerts were issued for other parts of British Columbia 337 Soot from wildfires 2021 British Columbia wildfires is further expected to diminish the mass of ice 338 Wildlife and fisheries edit As the surrounding air was extremely hot water temperatures rose which proved to be a hazard for aquatic wildlife On the Pacific shore temperatures in the intertidal zone reached up to 122 F 50 C and more than a billion seashore animals like clams barnacles and oysters died as a result of heat wave impacting water quality 339 340 The deaths also impacted seafood producers who faced losses of produce as it baked in the heatwave and started rotting 341 342 343 Inland the population of sockeye salmon in Idaho rivers was preventatively caught out of water as increasing temperatures made it prone to disease 36 some salmon was also transported to cooler waters in the Columbia River 275 Fish kill however was not prevented in Albertan aquifers and appeared earlier than expected 344 The heat wave caused an increase in vibrio bacteria levels in oysters in the Pacific Northwest causing a record number of people to be sickened 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