August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Phil]

11 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

BFI looks like it moved locations slightly with their switch to ASOS in 1998 (this is also a helpful resource for checking out the physical histories of different stations if you ever have questions).

https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets/GHCND/stations/GHCND:USW00024234/detail

However, the missing data from 1965 to 1998 is kind of inexplicable. The airport was still recording and reporting throughout that era. They even managed a 5'er in December 1990!

https://www.wunderground.com/history/daily/us/wa/seattle/KBFI/date/1990-12-21

 

Wow, thanks for linking that! That is a treasure trove of information.

[NWbyNW]

Hit 75F here a around 11:30pm and hasn't budged upward yet.  I expect it too, but it hasn't.

[TT-SEA]

On the hour at 1 p.m. SEA is still running +5 compared to yesterday (88 vs 83).   That would put the high today at 94.

[TT-SEA]

7 minutes ago, NWbyNW said:

Hit 75F here a around 11:30pm and hasn't budged upward yet.  I expect it too, but it hasn't.

91 here right now... same in North Bend.  16 degrees warmer than your location.   

@Phil it's almost like Everett is very close to a cold body of water and North Bend is not.    I will research further.  

[Phil]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

91 here right now... same in North Bend.  16 degrees warmer than your location.   

@Phil it's almost like Everett is very close to cold body of water and North Bend is not.    I will research further.  

 

[Front Ranger]

Sadly, it sounds like the Lahaina death toll will be easily in the triple digits. Officially 96 as of now.

The deadliest forest fire in American history happened in Minnesota in 1918: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloquet_fire

[TT-SEA]

Snoqualmie Pass is at 93.   Much higher elevation than my backyard and it's even warmer there.  

@Phil you waaaaaaaay overestimate the cooling effect of elevation on these warm summer days.    Being only 500 feet higher than SEA at my house has no impact.  But being 30 miles away from the cooling effect of the Sound has a significant impact.  

[Phil]

Just now, TT-SEA said:

Snoqualmie Pass is at 93.   

@Phil you waaaaaaaay overestimate the cooling effect of elevation on these warm summer days.    Being only 500 feet higher than SEA at my house has no impact.  But being 30 miles away from the cooling effect of the Sound has a significant impact.  

Sucks for you. You’ve got the warmest mountaintop estate in the PNW.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

The deadliest forest fire in American history happened in Minnesota in 1918: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloquet_fire

Not even close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_fire

Interestingly, it happened on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire.

[TT-SEA]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

Sucks for you. You’ve got the warmest mountaintop estate in the PNW.

Quite a mountaintop location here!  In the Snoqualmie Valley basin and surrounded by actual mountains in every direction and a whopping 500 feet higher than the runways at SeaTac Airport.    Usually we need a sherpa guide to get home.     

[GHweatherChris]

KHQM up to 90, 4 above forecast.

[GHweatherChris]

99 here, 96 at the official station close to the river to our south.

[MWG]

105F 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

Currently 82.0°F. Haven’t seen a 90-burger since May. Would be weird if that’s the only one of the summer (but my money is on getting at least one 90+ max this week).

[GHweatherChris]

This station is about a mile from me by way of the crow.

[Rubus Leucodermis]

2 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

This station is about a mile from me by way of the crow.

Almost unbelievably hot for that locale. Assuming that reading is accurate, I suspect downsloping off the Olympics.

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Almost unbelievably hot for that locale. I suspect downsloping off the Olympics.

Ya, that is a contributing factor, just hit 100 here at the house.

[Front Ranger]

31 minutes ago, Rubus Leucodermis said:

Not even close.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshtigo_fire

Interestingly, it happened on the same day as the more famous Great Chicago Fire.

Ah, hadn't heard of that one. The one I cited was the second deadliest forest fire in history: https://abcnews.go.com/US/maui-wildfire-now-ranks-deadliest-us-history/story?id=102249625#

[TT-SEA]

90 at SEA on the hour.  +4 compared to yesterday. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

4 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Ah, hadn't heard of that one. The one I cited was the second deadliest forest fire in history, though: https://abcnews.go.com/US/maui-wildfire-now-ranks-deadliest-us-history/story

I’m an old guy and I grew up in the Midwest. I remember the commemorations of the Great Chicago Fire in 1971. Then we went on our annual summer vacation to the Upper Peninsula, and passed through Peshtigo on our way there. And interestingly enough, Peshtigo was having its own set of Great Fire commemorations that year.

Can’t view your link. Might be geo-blocked from outside the USA.

Anyhow, so far as I know, the Peshtigo Fire is clearly the deadliest forest fire in US history. It killed more people than the Great Chicago Fire did.

[Front Ranger]

HIO and TTD at 104.

[Anti Marine Layer]

Looks like Fred won't be fixing the reacts. 

[Phil]

Looks like I missed another severe storm back home. 58mph at DCA for the umpteenth time.  

[ShawniganLake]

93F.  A bit sweaty at work today.  

[Phil]

22 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

This station is about a mile from me by way of the crow.

My condolences.  

[GHweatherChris]

6 minutes ago, Phil said:

My condolences.  

For what?

[the_convergence_zone]

Quillayute hit the big 100! Only the third time in recorded history, with the other two instances both in June 2021. 

I was initially skeptical but the nearby RAWS site in Forks is at 99. 

[TT-SEA]

Only 92 here... happily missing out on the downslope component happening along the coast.   

But I am in a unique location on the very top of a mountain that is also somehow at the base of the mountains.  Very confusing.   

[FroYoBro]

108 at Troutdale. Cold at pdx. 

[GHweatherChris]

Up to 102 here now, official station near me dropped down to 91 upon a wind switch, that is perfect evidence of proximity to water and wind direction affecting a micro climate.

[Tyler Mode]

104 here, my hottest August day in at least 13 years.

[Omegaraptor]

6 minutes ago, FroYoBro said:

108 at Troutdale. Cold at pdx. 

Wind at Troutdale has officially switched to easterlies.

[Chewbacca Defense]

Soccer is going to suck tonight.  The league cancels games when the heat index hits 91 as projected on the NWS forecast page for the zipcode where the field is.  Its currently projected to be 89.

 

Currently 87 IMBY.

[Deweydog]

Airports gone WILD!

[the_convergence_zone]

I hit 86.9 around 1:30, since then I've been hovering around 85 with a brisk breeze out of the NNW. 

[Requiem]

PDX apparently at 106.... pretty top tier excluding the massive June elephant in the room 

[Phishy Wx]

37 minutes ago, Anti Marine Layer said:

Looks like Fred won't be fixing the reacts. 

is it snowing yet?  so no

[Front Ranger]

I jinxed SLE, they're stuck at 100 while PDX just shot up to 106.

Major downsloping doing work in some areas, not so much others.

[Phishy Wx]

94 here

will we make 99?

 

 

[Front Ranger]

BLI at 82!