More than 6,300 Portland General Electric customers were hit with power outages this weekend as the city’s all-time high temperature climbed to 112 degrees late Sunday afternoon, according to PGE data.
The updated figures from PGE come after Portland topped its previous temperature record of 107 degrees — set in 1965 — reaching 108 on Saturday and eventually 112 late Sunday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Washington County had the most outages at 28, with 3,376 customers losing power as of 7 p.m. Sunday. PGE estimated the 11 zip codes listed will have power restored between 8 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.
In Clackamas County, 11 outages affected 2,309 customers, with restored power throughout the county expected between 9 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.
Multnomah County had nine outages and 554 customers without power. PGE estimated power will be back on between 8 p.m. and 11:15.
Marion County and Yamhill County both had outages.
A total 6,335 PGE customers are without power as of 7 p.m., PGE reported Sunday.
“Our crews are working as quickly as safety allows to get people their power back on,” said PGE spokesperson Brittany Gonzalez.
-- Ardeshir Tabrizian; atabrizian@oregonian.com; 503-929-3053; @ardytabrizian
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