Heat — Southwest Interior, Washington

2022-08-29 · Southwest Interior, Washington

Event narrative

A record high temperature of 92 degrees was set at the Olympia airport, breaking the old record of 90 set in 1987.

Wider weather episode

Another period of very warm weather affected Western Washington at the end of August, helping set a few new record maximum temperatures. In general, daytime high temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to low 90s for the interior lowlands and mountain valleys; 70s for the coast. Overnight low temperatures were in the low to mid 60s. This posed a moderate risk for heat related impacts, with isolated areas of high heat risk.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1055416. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.