Heat — Seattle and Vicinity, Washington

2024-09-05 · Seattle and Vicinity, Washington

Event narrative

A record high temperature of 90 degrees was set at KSEA airport on September 5th, breaking the old record of 88 degrees set in 1973.

Wider weather episode

An strong upper level ridge situated itself over western Washington over several days, resulting in multiple high temperature records broken across the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1219472. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.