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
Ended up with a fairly cool day here. 59/51 spread. Light rain and drizzle started in the morning hours and continued though the early afternoon. Mostly cloudy early with some sunbreaks late, as well as some scattered heavy showers.
.12” on the day. Currently partly to mostly cloudy with a temp of 53. Still just a little bit of ambient light visible in the sky.
Garry oak and Oregon white oak are the same species. There are lots of Garry oak stands on the SE part of Vancouver Island, as well as shadowed parts of the San Juans. I’m guessing they don’t extend too far past about a Nanaimo to Vancouver BC line, moving northward.
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