August 2023 Weather in the PNW

[Phishy Wx]

made it to 97 IMBY

[YahRaEl]

Elbe got up to 93° 1,250ft town close to Mount Rainier

[YahRaEl]

Impressive how high the wet bulb temps are today

[Phishy Wx]

take that back, just went up to 98

[T-Town]

19 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

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. 

Sitting in the shade in the breeze it’s quite comfortable. 

[Ken in Wood Village]

This is not going to be good for me Every time there is smoke in the air, I need to use my inhaler. I'm not looking forward to this  

[Doinko]

107/76 at home. PDX and troutdale breaking the old all time record of 107 before 2021

[Cascadia_Wx]

22 minutes ago, TacomaWx said:

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. 

Yeah I do know SLE hit 117 in 2021. It’s true, what we’ve seen so far post-2013 is pretty bad. The harder pill to swallow is realizing/making peace with the fact that it’s only going to get worse.

[Dave]

The smoke persisted all day long which definitely kept our temps down a few degrees. The NWS is going for a low of 69 (nice) degrees tonight. That would be the 2nd warmest low of all time (the record is 71).

[BLI snowman]

38 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

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

 

 

They really should get rid of the runway at OLM because it's clearly influencing the data...

[Doinko]

54 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.

Third historic heatwave in three years. Really hoping we can avoid more torching next summer but I highly doubt that.

[Phishy Wx]

2 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Third historic heatwave in three years. Really hoping we can avoid more torching next summer but I highly doubt that.

lol once you accept the new reality it's easier to deal with it

[Cold Snap]

2 hours ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

102F and here’s the view…

Hoping I don’t have to deal with a view like that IMBY this year.

[Cascadia_Wx]

17 minutes ago, Doinko said:

Third historic heatwave in three years. Really hoping we can avoid more torching next summer but I highly doubt that.

Even I drank the kool-aid back in the late spring, thinking this summer might at least be more 2019-esque. Especially with the record hot May. Only thing that could really improve upon this warm season now is a relatively early end, but I won’t hold my breath.

[Cascadia_Wx]

17 minutes ago, Phishy Wx said:

lol once you accept the new reality it's easier to deal with it

Oooof?

[Poulsbo Snowman]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

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

An Ocean's 12 new quote?

[MV_snow]

I’m one that used to enjoy tracking heat waves, but I’ve had enough of this $hit in recent years. And we’re far from seeing the worst of the worst here like the OR posters do.

[MWG]

Officially Medford broke the record today 110F from 108 in 2008. Finally temps going down not by much 106F at the moment lol. 
 

[YahRaEl]

Cliff Mass says this will be last heat event of the year once we get thru Thursday 

[Cascadia_Wx]

9 minutes ago, ChristheElohim said:

Cliff Mass says this will be last heat event of the year once we get thru Thursday 

Laughing react.

[Anti Marine Layer]

2 minutes ago, Cascadia_Wx said:

Laughing react.

Puke react

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, Deweydog said:

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

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, TacomaWx said:

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. 

The bright side: at least the PNW isn't seeing the same trend in winter.

[Cascadia_Wx]

1 minute ago, Front Ranger said:

Hope you like the room. I accidentally left my game cube there when I moved out.

[Cascadia_Wx]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

The bright side: at least the PNW isn't seeing the same trend in winter.

Laughing react 

[Front Ranger]

1 hour ago, BLI snowman said:

 

 

They really should get rid of the runway at OLM because it's clearly influencing the data...

At least you admitted the 6/20-8/31 period was cherry-picked. I mean...why not just do 6/1-8/31 or 6/1-9/30, since September is basically as much a summer months as June?

The trend is clear as day anyway, yet you still felt the need to exacerbate it with cherry-picking. 

[Front Ranger]

26 minutes ago, ChristheElohim said:

Cliff Mass says this will be last heat event of the year once we get thru Thursday 

Phil called it first.

[BLI snowman]

9 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

At least you admitted the 6/20-8/31 period was cherry-picked. I mean...why not just do 6/1-8/31 or 6/1-9/30, since September is basically as much a summer months as June?

The trend is clear as day anyway, yet you still felt the need to exacerbate it with cherry-picking. 

I picked June 20 to August 31 because it most dramatically represents the trend, as well as the summer season here.

If you don't like it then feel free to post your own data, or try politely asking the summer to be cooler.

Edited August 15, 2023 by BLI snowman

[SilverFallsAndrew]

Floated from McIver to Barton today. It was hot guyz. 

[TT-SEA]

Mariners making it as painful as possible.   

[MossMan]

1 minute ago, TT-SEA said:

Mariners making it as painful as possible.   

It’s over for them. Go Hawks!! 
Currently 77 degrees. 

[TigerWoodsLibido]

85F out there right now. Very smoky.

[Front Ranger]

17 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I picked June 20 to August 31 because it most dramatically represents the trend, as well as the summer season here.

If you don't like it then feel free to post your own data, or try politely asking the summer to be cooler.

I'm just not a fan of cherry-picking. But like I said, at least you admitted it.

PDX's average long term high on 9/10 is 3 degrees warmer than 6/20...I don't think that period best reflects the summer season either.

[Deweydog]

37 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Actually rent is $2015 a month. 2015 sqft built in 2011. Added a heat pump in 2015.

[SilverFallsAndrew]

7 minutes ago, TigerWoodsLibido said:

85F out there right now. Very smoky.

At least the smoke kept your high temp below 105.

[RentonHill]

26 minutes ago, BLI snowman said:

I picked June 20 to August 31 because it most dramatically represents the trend, as well as the summer season here.

If you don't like it then feel free to post your own data, or try politely asking the summer to be cooler.

[TT-SEA]

3 minutes ago, Deweydog said:

Actually rent is $2015 a month. 2015 sqft built in 2011. Added a heat pump in 2015.

LOL.  

[BLI snowman]

3 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I'm just not a fan of cherry-picking. But like I said, at least you admitted it.

PDX's average long term high on 9/10 is 3 degrees warmer than 6/20...I don't think that period best reflects the summer season either.

 

When extended to 9/10... no meaningful differences and that 5 year moving average remains a half degree higher than the longstanding 1967 record. This is jarring stuff here, Flat Albert.

[Deweydog]

6 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

I'm just not a fan of cherry-picking. But like I said, at least you admitted it.

PDX's average long term high on 9/10 is 3 degrees warmer than 6/20...I don't think that period best reflects the summer season either.

[TT-SEA]

34 minutes ago, Front Ranger said:

Phil called it first.

Just a quick little heat wave.  Ridges are always short-lived and then back to our usual cold summer weather.