portland and seattle as well. 20 degrees above seasonal values in a area that struggled to get to 80 up until a couple of days ago and now searching past that. you will notice areas into las vegas in the 100s, you will notice the historic temperatures have been observed in northwest and oregon, 92 was observed on sunday afternoon, the previous record was 85. from monday into tuesday, a significant drop in temperatures. marine push brings temperatures back down to reality. mid 60s eventually by wednesday, rain showers possible and eventually we settled back down approaching the holiday weekend. temperatures climb back up to 80 across the region. a 100% or 98% across arizona, that is the drought coverage we have been in place. wildfire activity has been sick
in the interest of public safety, to make water resources available for wildfire activity. right now, all these sprinkles would be running. reporter: michael is a farmer near las vegas, new mexico. completely open. there is no water. as you can see. right now, we have it completely open and there s no water coming out. reporter: all of his irrigation lines are dry. the wildfire is miles away from his 600-acre farm and yet it will wipe out all of his crops because of the state order mandating he temporarily give up his water rights. have you thought about what that means for your bottom line? it s nonexistent. we have no revenue. reporter: water stopped flowing to this farm just four days ago and this canal used to be full, but now it s just down to a puddle and you still see the water line from where the water used to be. this was the canal before the state stopped water flow to his property. you have no idea how long you ll
acres have burned. that s more than double the same period last year. we have never had a fire this big. new mexico has been in the bull s eye of a mega drought, the state s largest reservoirs are at critically low levels. the calf canyon hermit peak wildfire is the largest in the u.s. and bigger than new york city. wind gusts as high as 70 miles per hour have been fueling it. new mexico recently issued an unprecedented order, mandating farmers in some areas stop irrigating their crops, quote, in the interest of public safety to make water resources available for wildfire activity. right now, all these sprinklers would be running. michael is a third generation farmer near las vegas, new mexico. it s completely open. there s no water, as you can see. right now, we have it completely open and there s no water coming out. all of his irrigation lines are dry. the wildfire is miles away from
couple of weeks and we re right back at it this week with temps soaring to 100 degrees. so you ll notice not just seattle but portland goes into near record territory yet again. in medford temperatures climbing up to almost 110 degrees. and the concern across the state of california, there are currently 19 active fires. as rosy noted here, 21% containment in a fire already destroyed some 600 plus structures. but notice the fire one of the largest fires in california state history. rosemary, six of the top seven have happened since august of last year. since august 2020, an incredible run of wildfire activity and the dixie fire now pushing into second place for the largest in state history. so, unfortunately, conditions not going to get better as far as weather is concerned the next several days. rosy? not good news at all. bringing us the very latest, many thanks as always. and thank you for joining us. i m rosemary church. i ll be back with more news