Gorgeous sunset from Mt Tabor park. Lots of big, downed trees on the north and east side of the park from our ARCTIC WINDS three weeks ago. But honestly the damage wasn’t quite as bad as I feared. I guess the historic shelter took a pretty good hit but that part of the park was cordoned off.
I was intrigued so I looked up the average high and low temperatures across WA for August of 1899. Olga's average low of 45F is pretty impressive as it's about 4 degrees colder than anything we've seen in the last 50 years. The fact it's so much colder than every other location on the west side does make me wonder if there was an error with the thermometer at that time or maybe it was just incredible cold winds blowing off the straight.
The Seattle average high for the month was almost 10 d
Yes, interesting to see the growth then the shrinkage. I am thinking the spring rains should have done more for Kansas. Looks thin for a wheat harvest. But the largest portion of the corn belt is looking ok and rains continue there. Iowa now only the NE corner in peril. More rain expected there. Dry continues from east Arizona to west Texas. New Mexico in serious fire danger.
I know it’s not the case farther south or even other parts of WA but I’ll remember this spring for how dry it is despite the relatively cool temps and cloudiness. Fortunately we got so much rain in January and February that it’s not as big of a deal as it could have been.
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