August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[GHweatherChris]

1 minute ago, ChristheElohim said:

TWC better than NWS at local pin point forecast

Irrelevant to my comment.

[YahRaEl]

At the Pacific Fire Department just south of Auburn and north of Sumner. 

[Rubus Leucodermis]

83.1°F. A little over 2°F down from the max so far today, and it’s 4:45 PM. Pretty safe to say it’s not hitting 90°F IMBY today.

[Cold Snap]

The warmest temp at SEA so far this year has been broken unfortunately.

[Omegaraptor]

107 at Hillsboro

108 at PDX

110 at Troutdale

All three are all-time August records

[YahRaEl]

3 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

The warmest temp at SEA so far this year has been broken unfortunately.

94°* . Also 94° at BFI 

[Deweydog]

-8 today at PDX compared to 6/28/21.

#coolingtrend

#newolympia

[Anti Marine Layer]

1 hour ago, Ken in Wood Village said:

It's officially the hottest day of 2023 for Troutdale. I'm really hoping for cooler temperatures by the end of the week. 

Global boiling 

[Cold Snap]

1 hour ago, GHweatherChris said:

103 for a high here, +9 above forecast, KHQM at 92 right now and currently +6 above forecast.

 

53 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

We have been above 95 five times now here so far, might be 6.

Idk if it’s your microclimate that makes you hot but the fact you are right by the coast and are pulling off these temps is pretty gross. Though it’s probably been more of the normal for you since 2013.

[TigerWoodsLibido]

102F and here’s the view…

[YahRaEl]

Just now, TigerWoodsLibido said:

102F and here’s the view…

[YahRaEl]

[TacomaWx]

About to be in sandy oregon…smoky and hot here 104 degrees. 89 so far today at home might just hold off on our first 90 of the year for another day. 

[TT-SEA]

94 officially at SEA... unless there is a post 5 p.m. high.  

12Z EPS hinted at another warm up later in the run.    And was woefully too cold today.

[TT-SEA]

13 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

 

Idk if it’s your microclimate that makes you hot but the fact you are right by the coast and are pulling off these temps is pretty gross. Though it’s probably been more of the normal for you since 2013.

Not uncommon for that area to be one of the warmest spots at the onset of heat waves when the flow is from the NE with downsloping off the Olympics. But the flow turns onshore much faster there as well.   ECMWF shows upper 60s out there by Thursday while its still in the low 90s in Seattle.   

[MWG]

We made it to 110F. 

[Omegaraptor]

2 minutes ago, MWG said:

We made it to 110F. 

Looks like Medford and Troutdale are tied for hottest place outside the Desert SW today.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Omegaraptor said:

Looks like Medford and Troutdale are tied for hottest place outside the Desert SW today.

In the lower 48? The country? The world? The solar system?

[Omegaraptor]

1 minute ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

In the lower 48? The country? The world? The solar system?

In the United States

[Cascadia_Wx]

105/67 spread here. Just an ugly day with a wall of smoke hanging to the south. Vegetation looks like it’s suffering out there.

I kinda envy those who can still find events like this legitimately interesting and enjoyable to track. 

[T-Town]

34 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

About to be in sandy oregon…smoky and hot here 104 degrees. 89 so far today at home might just hold off on our first 90 of the year for another day. 

Nice northerly breeze keeping things manageable in T Town today. 

[Cloud]

32 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

94 officially at SEA... unless there is a post 5 p.m. high.  

12Z EPS hinted at another warm up later in the run.    And was woefully too cold today.

Appears to be 2 days in a row that the temps were running a good 4-5 degrees warmer than forecast. Makes you wonder what’ll be in store for the 90s being shown for tomorrow and Wednesday and even Thursday!

May very well be 4 consecutive days of 90s

[Requiem]

It really does feel like something has shifted-- sure, June 2021 was a black swan event that will probably not happen again for a long time, but it took us three decades to beat the 107 and now we've done it not just three times in sequence, but a second time two years later. A real nasty flavor to our heat events lately.

[GHweatherChris]

45 minutes ago, Cold Snap said:

 

Idk if it’s your microclimate that makes you hot but the fact you are right by the coast and are pulling off these temps is pretty gross. Though it’s probably been more of the normal for you since 2013.

The last 5 years for sure, but it is definitely a bit of a micro climate assist to a point.

[Skagit Weather]

Got all the way up to 83F at home today after a low of 64F. Meanwhile I'm far up the Skagit River Valley and it was hot (around 100F) and quite smoky (AQI was over 200 before noon).

[MossMan]

Had a high of 87. Currently 83 and windy! 

[GHweatherChris]

33 minutes ago, TT-SEA said:

Not uncommon for that area to be one of the warmest spots at the onset of heat waves when the flow is from the NE with downsloping off the Olympics. But the flow turns onshore much faster there as well.   ECMWF shows upper 60s out there by Thursday while its still in the low 90s in Seattle.   

But the warmest is becoming extremely warm the last few years, sure, the heat doesn't last as long here, but the high end of what we get is D**n impressive in the interim, tomorrow will be super hot until about 2, actually it may not be until Wednesday we get relief but we close heat waves here like a beast.   The last day we can spike up over 100 degrees and then crash into the 70's by 2 PM.  Very interesting.

[Kolk1604]

95 here. I'm ready for fall and lots of model riding. 

[TT-SEA]

8 minutes ago, GHweatherChris said:

But the warmest is becoming extremely warm the last few years, sure, the heat doesn't last as long here, but the high end of what we get is D**n impressive in the interim, tomorrow will be super hot until about 2, actually it may not be until Wednesday we get relief but we close heat waves here like a beast.   The last day we can spike up over 100 degrees and then crash into the 70's by 2 PM.  Very interesting.

Definitely becoming more extreme on the warm side.

[TacomaWx]

21 minutes ago, T-Town said:

Nice northerly breeze keeping things manageable in T Town today. 

90ish doesn’t even sound that hot anymore. Ended up leaving to come home a day early today because it was super hot down here. Got out to get gas in sandy and it felt like an absolute blast furnace. 

[TacomaWx]

We will see if the 108 stands but pretty wild if it does. I think the 117 a couple years ago makes 108 not even seem like a big deal…but crazy that a couple years ago the all time record was 107. 

[YahRaEl]

11 minutes ago, Kolk1604 said:

95 here. I'm ready for fall and lots of model riding. 

Sumner, Pacific, Algona, Orting I believe are climatologically the warmest of areas during the summer season vs elsewhere. UHI+Valley

[BLI snowman]

13 minutes ago, Requiem said:

It really does feel like something has shifted-- sure, June 2021 was a black swan event that will probably not happen again for a long time, but it took us three decades to beat the 107 and now we've done it not just three times in sequence, but a second time two years later. A real nasty flavor to our heat events lately.

The baseline is shifting upwards at a pretty incredible rate, with year to year volatility having little impact in this.

This is a little bit cherry-picked, but it shows the average max for PDX for the 6/20-8/31 period. 

Prior to 2015, the highest ever was 1967 with 84.1.

Since 2015, we've seen PDX eclipse this mark in 5/8 years. This year looks to make it 6/9.

[Cascadia_Wx]

Just now, TacomaWx said:

We will see if the 108 stands but pretty wild if it does. I think the 117 a couple years ago makes 108 not even seem like a big deal…but crazy that a couple years ago the all time record was 107. 

The 108 was definitely official at PDX. I think they “only” hit 116 in 2021.

Impressive, but to me tracking this stuff is about as fun as gleefully tracking a loved one’s cancer progression.

[Jakewestsalem]

Working in the garage right now with the door open.

Wouldn't want it all summer, but it feels great this evening.

High of 104f outside

[Deweydog]

3 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

The baseline is shifting upwards at a pretty incredible rate, with year to year volatility having little impact in this.

This is a little bit cherry-picked, but it shows the average max for PDX for the 6/20-8/31 period. 

Prior to 2015, the highest ever was 1967 with 84.1.

Since 2015, we've seen PDX eclipse this mark in 5/8 years. This year looks to make it 6/9.

Just FaceTimed with Flatiron and he asked me to ask you to do Olympia now.

[Frontal Snowsquall]

On 8/13/2023 at 5:36 PM, Frontal Snowsquall said:

 

The Weather Channel has Troutdale getting to 110 tomorrow. I think it’s doable.

 

20 hours ago, Frontal Snowsquall said:

As of 9pm, many spots still at 90 here in the PDX Metro area. I think PDX will hit 107/108 tomorrow. It would be cool if they could somehow get to 108+ which means they would have broken the long standing record of 107 four times in a three year span. This might be the new normal going forward.

 

1 hour ago, Omegaraptor said:

107 at Hillsboro

108 at PDX

110 at Troutdale

All three are all-time August records

WE DID IT!!!  

[TacomaWx]

3 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

The 108 was definitely official at PDX. I think they “only” hit 116 in 2021.

Impressive, but to me tracking this stuff is about as fun as gleefully tracking a loved one’s cancer progression.

Maybe it was SLE that hit 117 that i was thinking of…but yeah it’s definitely alarming seeing the state of the ecosystem in the PNW after the last 10 years. 

[Port Angeles Foothiller]

95.5, highest temp of 2023

[Phishy Wx]