Of the us, last friday when the heat first started rising. the darker reds indicate temperatures of around a0 degrees celsius — that's about 104 degrees fahrenheit. and this image gives you an idea of how high the air temperature was in the pacific northwest, two days ago. the dark red shows how it had risen more than fifteen degrees celsius above the average over the last seven years. let's get some of the day's other news. germany has withdrawn its last troops from afghanistan. the deployment was the first foreign deployment since the second world war for germany, and the 1100 soldiers ser...