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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: cmsgop
200" plus, every year... make that every month!
81 posted on 08/25/2003 4:10:35 PM PDT by irishtenor (I AM in shape, round is a shape, ya know.)
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To: Ann Archy
>>Portland....where the men are men and so are the women.<<

I was at an "out to lunch" concert today (wells fargo building at 2nd and madison) and I noticed this kinda big guy in a baseball cap. I noticed his shirt said "bread not bombs." Then I noticed BEHIND the shirt he had two very large BREASTS. Then I looked at the musicians and around at the "close seats" crowd and I realized it was a "dyke fest."

When she said the title of her next song was "Go away George Bush," I voted with my feet, which caused a smart remark from the band leader.

Too darned bad. And I took pleasure in being able to display ACTION with the feelings I know I shared with others there. It really would have been nice if some of them had done the same, though.
82 posted on 08/25/2003 4:12:09 PM PDT by RobRoy
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To: angry elephant
The Smith tower?
83 posted on 08/25/2003 4:13:01 PM PDT by djf
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To: Eala
Seattleites know 300 shades of grey.
84 posted on 08/25/2003 4:13:03 PM PDT by irishtenor (I AM in shape, round is a shape, ya know.)
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To: RobRoy
I'll bet they were all the same losers that went to Dean's rally last night. Every pitiful looking person had a Dean sign.....sad.
85 posted on 08/25/2003 4:20:58 PM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: RinaseaofDs
Yeah and it rains so much that even when the sun DOES come out...... your windows are all dirty from the rain splashes that you can't see through them...to get to the sun...that has finally come out! (TRUE STORY)
86 posted on 08/25/2003 4:22:47 PM PDT by M0sby (Proud Marine Corp's Wife!)
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To: radiohead
No Washingtonian NATIVE would ever carry an umbrella!!! We don't melt like the "immigrants."
87 posted on 08/25/2003 5:05:54 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Vote Democrat ....... pay for our drugs, travel, and total retirement life! Ha hahaha ...fools.)
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To: CyberCowboy777
Well, now, I love oysters, mussels and escargot.

The first time I tried escargot, they escarwent and were escargone in short order.

I first tried raw oysters in 1984 when I lunched with a co-worker who was an old Navy salt (CPO). He said, "Dip it in sauce, chew three times and swallow." It was wonderful. And when I tried one without the sauce, it was like tasting the ocean.

Being of Italian ancestry I've been familiar with mussels since I was a kid. Pasta with mussels is a real treat.

88 posted on 08/25/2003 5:47:42 PM PDT by Publius
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To: djf
Not the Smith Tower. The Smith Tower is down on First Avenue near Pioneer Square. The Seattle Tower is on Third across from the big Washington Mutual building. It used to be called the Northern Life Tower, and the family who owned the railroad and lived in Spokane kept a penthouse with a fireplace in it. They would ride the train over and spend the week before Christmas in Seattle every year. The train runs under the Seattle Tower.
89 posted on 08/25/2003 5:49:05 PM PDT by angry elephant
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To: Ann Archy
You can read about the Puget Sound FReeper Chapter at The Story of a FReeper Chapter. We have a FReeper Meet coming up on September 20.
90 posted on 08/25/2003 5:53:03 PM PDT by Publius
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To: angry elephant
Been over a year since I wuz downtown. Maybe if I get some gumption, I'll head down there and go to the market. Used to be (and still are) some damn fine eateries down there too.
91 posted on 08/25/2003 6:16:17 PM PDT by djf
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To: goodnesswins
No Washingtonian NATIVE would ever carry an umbrella!!!

Um. Well, I don't claim to be a native, but I do use an umbrella to shield my camera from the rain (and can't remember any other use for decades). I think every picture from this Support Our Troops Rally was (awkwardly) shot from beneath an umbrella. May I receive special dispenation for the clarity of the photos?

92 posted on 08/25/2003 6:39:11 PM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: Eala; Publius
Let's face it - we're a good summer place.
93 posted on 08/25/2003 6:39:55 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: Libertina
We're a superior winter place too -- if you're sufficiently braced for it.
94 posted on 08/25/2003 6:44:01 PM PDT by Eala (Annoy PETA -- go on the Atkins diet.)
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To: Eala
Our three months of summer almost make up for the nine months of winter.
95 posted on 08/25/2003 6:51:03 PM PDT by djf
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To: Eala
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? ;)
96 posted on 08/25/2003 7:00:13 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: Libertina
Starting Sept. 5th, you can pet the pigs in Puyallup.
Elephant ears, blintzes, scones, corn on the cob, bbq ribs...

yum!
97 posted on 08/25/2003 7:06:44 PM PDT by djf
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To: djf
LOL Good reasons to Do the Puyallup! I just love the state fairs, thanks for the reminder djf :)
98 posted on 08/25/2003 7:13:29 PM PDT by Libertina
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To: mizmb
ping
99 posted on 08/25/2003 7:22:27 PM PDT by I'll be your Huckleberry (`)
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To: Libertina
Warm living room,
Rain outside,
Hot Japanese green tea
And homemade biscotti.
A Beethoven string quartet
Or a Rachmaninoff symphony
Or a Wagner opera on the sound system.

I love a Seattle winter.

100 posted on 08/25/2003 7:53:18 PM PDT by Publius
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