Heat — Seattle and Vicinity, Washington

2022-09-26 · Seattle and Vicinity, Washington

Event narrative

A record high temperature of 82 was set at Seattle-Tacoma WA airport on September 26th. This breaks the old record of 78 set in 1970.

A record high temperature of 80 was set at Seattle WA WFO on September 26th. This breaks the old record of 79 set in 1949.

Wider weather episode

An upper level ridge brought record heat area wide in late September.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1057979. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.