Excessive Heat in Southwest Interior, Washington

Excessive Heat October 13, 2022 · Southwest Interior, Washington

What the National Weather Service wrote

Upper level ridging lead to record high temperatures being broken at Olympia (76 degrees breaking the record of 73 in 1961).

Upper-level ridging over the area brought unseasonably warm and dry conditions over a extended period of time.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1063644. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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