We logged yet another 90 degree high temperature Saturday into the record books. As of 5 p.m., the high was 94 degrees in Vancouver, the fourth one this month and the warmest since September 5, when it was 95 degrees.
Once again, I can say that our high temperature was the warmest in the Evergreen State, even beating out the usual hot areas east of the mountains. East winds brought us the hot and dry air. Humidity was less than 20 percent at times. Skies were clear all over the Northwest, except, of course, where smoke filled the skies from numerous wildfires.
Puget Sound was much cooler, only in the 70s. Seattle’s high of 76 degrees was chilly compared with Vancouver’s. The ocean beaches were hot, to say the least. A few readers who were down there told me it was too hot to be on the beach, much less walk on the sand. Only along the water’s edge was it tolerable. Afternoon temperatures along the northern Oregon and southern Washington coasts were in the mid 80s, with offshore winds.
Patrick Timm is a local weather specialist. His column appears Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. Reach him at http://patricktimm.com.
