Heat — Southwest Interior, Washington

2022-09-26 · Southwest Interior, Washington

Event narrative

A record high temperature of 86 was set at Olympia WA Airport on September 26th. This breaks the old record of 83 set in 2016.

Wider weather episode

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1057981. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.