Heat — Southwest Interior, Washington

2024-07-08 · Southwest Interior, Washington

Event narrative

A record high temperature of 99 degrees was set on July 8th at Olympia Airport, breaking the previous record of 95 degrees in 2010.

Wider weather episode

A long stretch of hot temperatures across western Washington caused numerous records to broken during the beginning of July.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1205221. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.