Portland, Oregon, sets high-temperature record as heat wave bakes the Northwest

Attendees sit inside a cooling booth at the Shasta District Fair during a heatwave in Anderson, California, on Saturday, June 26.

A pedestrian carries a box fan during a heatwave in Portland, Oregon, on June 26.

John Elizondo, 11, dumps a bucket of water over himself while playing in the Snake River at the edge of Asotin, Washington, on June 24.

Park visitors in Big Water, Utah, walk on an area of Lake Powell that used to be underwater at Lone Rock Beach.

James Oehlerking spreads ice over a tub of bottled beer at Coors Field, the home of Major League Baseball’s Colorado Rockies, on June 17. Temperatures were in the triple digits for a third straight day in Denver.

A sign says “stop in and cool off” on a building at Lake Mead in Boulder City, Nevada, on June 16. The lake is at its lowest water level on record since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s.

People swim in a pool at the Circa Resort and Casino during an excessive heat warning in Las Vegas on June 16.

Gerry Huddleston cools off in the shallow water of the Russian River in Healdsburg, California, on June 16.

John Merizier stops at a water mister along the Las Vegas Strip during the excessive heat warning on June 16.

A wildfire burns on a canyon wall south of St. Xavier, Montana, on June 15. Record-high temperatures and gusting winds stoked a rapid expansion of major fires across central and eastern Montana.

Adrian Keller, left, and Tim Smith fill a cooler with water at a Salvation Army heat-relief station in Phoenix on June 15.

Low water levels can be seen in the Hoover Dam reservoir of Lake Mead on June 9.

Ranchers Jim Jensen, center, and Bill Jensen inspect a trench they are working on to try to get more water to their ranch in Tomales, California, on June 8. As the drought continues in California, many ranchers and farmers are beginning to see their wells and ponds dry up. They are having to make modifications to their existing water resources or have water trucked in for their livestock.

Cattle walk up to a water trough in Tomales, California, on June 8.

This aerial photo shows houseboats anchored at the Bidwell Canyon Marina in Oroville, California, on June 1. As water levels continued to fall at Lake Oroville, officials were flagging houseboats for removal so they could avoid being stuck or damaged.

California’s Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge, near the Oregon border, is seen on May 28. The area has been severely affected by drought and the lack of irrigation waters from Upper Klamath Lake, which usually feeds into the refuge.

This aerial photo shows rows of almond trees sitting on the ground during an orchard removal project in Snelling, California, on May 27. Because of a shortage of water in the Central Valley, some farmers are having to remove crops that require excessive watering.

A firefighter inspects equipment on a Type 3 engine designed for wild land firefighting at a station in Oroville, California, on May 26.

A launch ramp, extended to accommodate low water levels, stretches into California’s Lake Oroville on May 22. At the time of this photo, the reservoir was at 39% of capacity and 46% of its historical average.

Firefighters battle a brushfire in Santa Barbara, California, on May 21.

Clinton Jackson prepares to fill water tanks with recycled water in Oakley, California, on May 20. The Ironhouse Sanitation District opened its residential recycled water fill station earlier than usual to make recycled water available for free to Oakley and Bethel Island residents.