I think you're having a different problem than temp and wind. ...Yakima gets the heat all the time and the wind from time to time ...I don't know where Rogue is (where they have their hop farm, Independence, Or (26 miles from you??)) as compared to you but they do grow hops there .. http://www.rogue.com/cams/hopcam.htm ...and you *seem* to be close to hop central as far as Oregon is concerned.
I think you have some other problem other than heat and wind.
100F and 20 knot winds. Full sun and RH under 20%. I suspect the hops will be dead and dried before morning.
I live in a unique climate zone, not the Willamette Valley or Coastal. The summers when it has been hot all summer, the hops are okay. They put out lots of secondary roots. A mild, windless summer, followed by a heat spell and a dry wind is the problem.
There are old trees on my property that have started dropping their leaves because of the wind.
Amend the soil to hold more moisture, and maybe use mulch to hold in the moisture. It can't hurt...
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