People in the Portland metro area are finding ways to beat the heat with temperatures expected to reach record highs Sunday.
Temperatures in Portland are expected to reach 112 degrees by Sunday afternoon, which would shatter the city’s all-time record high temperature of 108, which was set Saturday.
The unprecedented heat wave has led to closures, cancellations and scheduling changes for outdoor events across the Portland metro area.
Organizers of Pride Beaverton, the city’s LGBTQ Pride month festival, decided the start the celebration early at 10 a.m. Sunday due to the heat.
Vendors selling wares, food and drinks filled a shaded city block outside the Beaverton City Library Sunday morning. Kate Kristiansen, executive director for Pride Beaverton, estimated that several thousand people had already come through the event by noon. She said event organizers had set up two misting tents and a sunscreen station and were giving away 1,600 bottles of water.
Kristiansen said some community members were unhappy the event wasn’t rescheduled. But given the size of the event, she said rescheduling wasn’t feasible and organizers opted to move forward with modifications, rather than cancel the event entirely.
However, organizers had to make several last-minute changes to the event. Performances by Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus, a circus theater production that spotlights transgender and queer performers, were canceled due to the weather.
”One of the keywords for this year has been pivot,” Kristiansen said. “When the heat just kept coming up and up, we lost Sir Cupcake’s Queer Circus, we lost so many of the different components, but it was really important for us to show up for the community, even though it’s crazy hot.”
Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty, who attended the event with her mother, said the city worked with Pride Beaverton organizers to ensure the event could move forward safely.
“Look around, it’s amazing,” Beaty said. “I think the city of Beaverton has an appetite for inclusion and for us to come together and celebrate. It’s been a year of not being able to do it. Even though it’s the hottest summer in Portland’s history, look at everyone who’s here.”
In Southeast Portland, dozens of people were hiking around Mt. Tabor Sunday morning around 10 a.m., walking their dogs or getting in their morning jogs before the heat became unbearable. Nearby, people visited the Montavilla Farmers Market, which planned to close early at noon due to the heat.
In Northeast Portland, the last few vendors at the monthly Parkrose Marketplace had packed up and called it a day by 12:30 p.m.
The new community market, which had its first ever event last month, saw many vendors pull out this weekend due to the heat. Karina Kelley, one of the vendors, estimated the May market had about 60 booths. There were maybe 35 on Saturday, and even fewer on Sunday as temperatures inched higher. The market will return July 24 and 25.
This post will be updated throughout the day Sunday.
-- Samantha Swindler, sswindler@oregonian.com, @editorswindler
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