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Seattle logs record string of 70+ degree days
NW Cable News ^ | 08/25/03 | Staff Writer

Posted on 08/25/2003 1:44:01 PM PDT by bedolido

SEATTLE - Seattle tied a record Monday for 49 straight days of temperatures of 70 degrees or higher.

Meteorologist Jeff Rood with the National Weather Service says it's "iffy" whether the record will broken. The forecast high for Tuesday is only 71 degrees and a few clouds over Sea-Tac Airport could make all the difference.

But if the string holds, the forecast is for warmer weather so those 70s days could run into September.

The old record was set in 1958 in roughly the same time period - from July 9 to Aug. 26.

Rood says Seattle temperatures have been a couple of degrees above normal this summer, but it's not that far out of the normal variation. He notes some parts of the country have been much hotter.

It's also been dry in Seattle. Precipitation at Sea-Tac since June first has totaled less than an inch - 0.89.

The driest June through August was 0.84 in 1987. Records at the airport go back to 1945. Taking a look at record from the Federal Building in downtown Seattle, which started in 1891, the driest June through August was 0.65 in 1919.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 70; days; degree; record; seattle
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To: Eala
LOL....I was probably at THAT Rally, without an umbrella - must have been the day it was STORMY...wind, rain, hail, etc. (sorry, your link did not work). People with camera's get SPECIAL dispensation, for sure. I miss the good ole rains of Seattle.....we haven't had any REALLY good really RAINY winters for awhile. (But, I'm lucky I don't have to get out and drive the freeways, etc...either.)
101 posted on 08/25/2003 8:02:17 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Vote Democrat ....... pay for our drugs, travel, and total retirement life! Ha hahaha ...fools.)
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To: Publius
To each his own.... I can say that I at least try different foods.

The question is do slugs taste like escargot? Sautéed escargot is chewy and musty, anything like slugs?
102 posted on 08/25/2003 8:02:32 PM PDT by CyberCowboy777 (SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0 ................................................. 0 rows returned)
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To: Libertina
cozy fire
don't have to go anywhere
(4 wheel drive if you do)
Snow falling lightly
homemade soup on the stove
books
FR
THAT kind of prepared? ;)

Yes, but you forgot: Generator running because the snow brought some trees down on the power lines... *\;-)

103 posted on 08/26/2003 7:20:24 AM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: freekitty
What does 70 degrees feel like?

Hot. Really hot.

But now it's a warm 54F outside, with an intermittent light mist.

104 posted on 08/26/2003 7:23:23 AM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: Eala
Correctomundo, Eala! MUST have a super generator. :)
105 posted on 08/26/2003 10:05:07 AM PDT by Libertina
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To: bedolido
Gee, if Seattle were in France, 5,000 natives would be dead from heatstroke.
106 posted on 08/26/2003 10:08:56 AM PDT by Koblenz (There's usually a free market solution)
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To: Koblenz
NOAA Sand Point says the temp is 70% exactly, so I guess we broke the record.
107 posted on 08/26/2003 1:05:53 PM PDT by djf
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To: goodnesswins
LOL....I was probably at THAT Rally, without an umbrella - must have been the day it was STORMY...wind, rain, hail, etc. (sorry, your link did not work).

That was the day! Don't understand why the link didn't work -- it does for me. *\:-(

108 posted on 08/26/2003 5:42:48 PM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: djf
NOAA Sand Point says the temp is 70% exactly, so I guess we broke the record.

Saw it on the KVI home page -- we have a new record. *\:-(

I keep looking at those clouds overhead... hoping it will rain...

109 posted on 08/26/2003 5:45:32 PM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: Eala
I am envious.
110 posted on 08/26/2003 7:24:58 PM PDT by freekitty
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To: Eala
Yup, we broke it! Predictions are that it could go for another 2 weeks or so...

...hoping it will rain...

It will. Believe me. It will.
111 posted on 08/26/2003 8:32:25 PM PDT by djf
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To: freekitty
I am envious.

We pay for it with our winters. And liberals.

112 posted on 08/27/2003 8:05:12 AM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: bedolido
SEATTLE - Seattle tied a record Monday for 49 straight days of temperatures of 70 degrees or higher.

It'll stop tomorrow:  I'm taking a few well-earned days off and playing golf.

Me deciding to play golf always snaps the good weather.  Break out your snow boots.

113 posted on 08/27/2003 8:10:45 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny
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To: Libertina; Eala
Seventy degrees? As in seven-zero?!?
We'd be freezing here in NC at 70° in August!

Here's the weather for where I live:

Detailed Forecast for Edgecombe County, NC
Heat Advisory:

Issued at: 4:00 AM EDT 8/27/03, expires at: 6:00 PM EDT 8/27/03

heat advisory this afternoon Afternoon temperatures in the mid 90s combined with the humidity will create heat index values around 105 degrees for 3 to 5 hours. Prolonged exposure to these conditions may cause problems for even very healthy people. Heat exhaustion, cramps, or in extreme cases heat stroke, can result from prolonged exposure to these conditions. Children, the elderly, and people with chronic ailments are usually the first to suffer from the heat. Friends, relatives, or neighbors should check on people who may be at risk. Be sure to limit your time outdoors between 10 am and 6 pm, and stay out of the sun as much as possible. If you must work outside, take frequent breaks in air conditioning. Drink plenty of water to stay hydrated.

This bulletin affects: Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Scotland, Wayne, Wilson, including the cities of Fayetteville, Goldsboro and Rocky Mount


114 posted on 08/27/2003 8:12:25 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: Constitution Day
Ugh. I'd have real trouble there. I'm okay into the 90s... if it's dry.
115 posted on 08/27/2003 8:30:42 AM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- try the Atkins diet.)
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To: Eala
I grew up here and that's even a bit hot for me.
I never run in the evenings when the temp. gets that high.

Actually, we've had a pretty mild summer so far... the temps have usually been in the mid-high 80s.

116 posted on 08/27/2003 8:33:51 AM PDT by Constitution Day
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