It's been an unusually warm summer this year in Seattle, but today took the cake. The official high was 103° F (40° C), which was the highest temperate ever recorded in Seattle. That's right: the hottest day since they started measuring temps here in 1891.
Most houses and apartments here - including our townhouse - don't have air conditioning; it's usually not cost effective to install it. On average, Seattle gets 3 days of temps over 90 degrees in a summer (and 1 in 4 summers have no days >90°).
We've had to start sleeping on our lowest level in the guest bedroom, where it stays relatively cool. But it's still been pretty uncomfortable at home. Like just about everyone else in the city, we've been spending a lot of time at the beach. Water temps in Lake Washington are a balmy 80°; but the Sound is still a nice hypothermia-inducing 55°. Now we just need the weather to shift so the winds come from the ocean rather than from desert-like Eastern Washington.
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Sounds rough. Have you followed the numbers from Portland and Vancouver (WA)? Breaking daily records by 6-8 deg and also all time highs. Quite the opposite here.
Yeah, everywhere in the Northwest has been getting it. Records are falling left & right in both Portland and up in BC.
Luckily cooler air moved in and it got down in the 60's last night. Our highs are back down into the 80s now - still warmer than normal, but tolerable.
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