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The Hottest Places in Portland

On June 28, 2021, Portland State Geography Professor Vivek Shandas drove around Portland on this hottest day ever recorded in the city, measuring the temperatures of the pavement in various neighborhoods around town. And what he found was a dramatic discrepancy between the ambient temperatures of the pavement in low income communities - as high as 160 degrees Farenheit - and ....

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