Seattle and Vicinity storm history

Here's an article excerpt taken from the Seattle Times 01/18/24. At least five people have died from hypothermia in Seattle since Jan. 11, during a stretch of days that saw temperatures plummet well below freezing, according to the King County medical examiner's office. Authoriti…

During a period of unseasonably warm weather with Puget Sound area temperatures near 90 degrees, officials say 17-year-old Jeramiah Smith was swimming across the Green River in Auburn with six friends about 7:30 p.m. when he started having trouble about halfway through. Smith's f…

The Seattle ASOS measured a sustained wind of 44 mph. Eric Medalle, 42, was in the driver's seat of a vehicle in Seattle's Seward Park when an evergreen tree collapsed onto the vehicle and killed him. His daughter, also in the vehicle only suffered minor injuries. The 520 bridge …

At least 23 car collisions reported around Puget Sound by news media, possibly weather related. Highway 99 closed for a few hours through downtown Seattle. Numerous reports of trees or branches on roadways. Widespread power outages. Power outages at 130 pm PDT include: Over 161,0…

A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at Boeing Field in Seattle, WA.

A wind gust of 52 mph was recorded at Sea-Tac airport.

One inch of snowfall was recorded at Sea-Tac airport. One inch of snowfall was recorded at the National Weather Service Seattle forecast office.

A large tree and limbs fell on metro bus at 35th and 95th in north Seattle.

Public reports 1-inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off in Seattle.

Public reports 3-inch tree limbs broken and power poles broken.

Sea-Tac Airport recorded a 59 mph wind gust.

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.

A record high temperature of 89 degrees was set at WFO Seattle on September 5th, breaking the old record of 88 degrees set in 1944.

A record high temperature was set at WFO Seattle on July 8th, breaking the old record of 90 degrees set in 1905.

A high temperature of 93 degrees was set at Seattle-Tacoma airport on July 7th breaking the old record of 90 degrees in 2010. A high temperature of 92 degrees was also set at WFO Seattle on July 7th breaking the old record of 89 degrees set in 1945.

A record high temperature of 74 degrees was set at KSEA airport on March 16th, breaking the old record of 72 degrees set in 1947.

A record high temperature of 71 degrees was set at WFO Seattle on March 16th, breaking the old record of 70 degrees set in 1947.

Observing system at Renton airport reported freezing rain ice accretion of 0.13 inches.

A record low temperature of 16 degrees was observed at NWS Seattle. This broke the previous record for the date of 17 degrees set in 1909.

A high temperature of 56 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma airport tied the daily record previously set in 1945 and 1958.

A high temperature of 63 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma airport broke the previous daily record of 54 degrees set in 1975.

A high temperature of 64 degrees at the National Weather Service office in Seattle broke the previous daily record of 59 set in 1917.

A high temperature of 56 degrees at Seattle-Tacoma airport tied the previous record for the date set in 1980.

A record high temperature of 59 degrees was set at Seattle-Tacoma airport. This broke the previous daily record of 58 degrees in 2020.

A record low temperature of 31 was set at WFO Seattle on October 28th, breaking the old record of 32 set in 1971.

A record high temperature was set at Sea-Tac Airport on October 7th of 79 degrees, breaking the record of 77 degrees in 2022. A record high temperature was set at WFO Seattle on October 7th of 79 degrees, tying the record of 77 also in 2022.

Well above normal temperatures lingered over the Seattle area for several days in mid-May, breaking multiple high temperature records. The Sea-Tac ASOS recorded the following record high temperatures: May 12: Record high set at SEW of 82 degrees, breaking the previous record of 8…

Duwamish river and tidal flooding leading to evacuation of 15-18 homes and damage to several businesses. It was reported that 18 homes did sustain damage.

Significant ice accumulation was reported form multiple sources during the morning hours of Dec 23. SeaTac airport reported around 0.20 inches of freezing rain by 8am on the 23rd. Other reports included: 0.25 inches in Des Moines, 0.13 inches at the NWS Seattle Office, 0.25 inche…

Reports from CoCoRaHS report 2 inches of snow 2.1 miles ESE of Seattle. 0.8 inches was also reported on Mercer Island, with 2.4 inches in Redmond. Going further east, CoCoRaHS in North Bend reported 4 inches of snow and 5.4 miles ESE of North bed, 7 inches was reported.

Twitter reports 3-4 inches of snow in Bothell, 3 inches in Kenmore, 1 inch in Bellevue, 1.5 inches in Wallingford, 1 inch in West Seattle, 1.75 inches in Golden Gardens, 1.5 inches in Woodinville, and 2.25 inches in Bitter Lake.

A period of wintry weather was experienced during the first few days of December. An average of around 1 inch of snow was reported on Dec 1, with less than 1 inch on Dec 2, and an average of 1-2 inches on Dec 3 (several reports of 4-5 inches, particularly from Woodinville to Shor…

An early season winter storm brought heavy snow to portions of the Seattle metro area. Areas nearest to the water were generally too warm for accumulating snow, but there were drastic differences in small distances at higher elevations. Areas across the northern sections of the a…

Fallen tree at Pratt Park in the Central District per photo in social media (Twitter) this aligns with the wind advisory that we had out for the area on Friday night.

Record high temperature set at NWS Seattle of 88 degrees broke the previous record of 73 degrees in 2018. Record high temperature set at Seattle-Tacoma WA Airport of 88 degrees broke the previous record of 72 degrees in 2018.

Record high temperature set at SEATAC of 77 ties the old record set in 1991. Record high temperature of 77 set at NWS Seattle breaks the old record of 75 set in 1929.

Record high temperature tied at SeaTac Airport (75 degrees, 1961) and NWS Seattle (78 degrees, breaking the record of 76 degrees in 1961).

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.

Seattle-Tacoma Airport ASOS recorded a new maximum temperature on September 10th of 92 degrees, this beats the previous record in 2020 of 91 degrees.

A record high temperature of 89 degrees was set at the Seattle WFO, breaking the old record of 86 set in 1987.

A record high temperature of 90 degrees was set at the Sea-Tac airport, breaking the old record of 88 degrees set in 1987.

A record high temperature of 89 degrees was set at the Seattle WFO, tying the old record of 89 set in 1916.

Hot weather continued to affect the Seattle metro area through the end of the month. Another record high temperature of 95 degrees was set at Sea-Tac airport on the afternoon of the 31. This broke the old record of 94 set back in 2015.

An extended period of heat/abnormally warm temperatures affected the Seattle area, with Sea-Tac airport setting a record high temperature of 94 degrees on the afternoon of July 26. This broke the previous record of 92 degrees set in 1971 and 2018. The National Weather Service Off…

A record low was reported at the SeaTac ASOS on the morning of Dec 28th at 17F. This replaces the previous record low temperature of 20F from 1968.

A record low was reported at the SeaTac ASOS on the morning of Dec 27th at 20F. This replaces the previous record low temperature of 22 from 1948.

A Winter Storm brought heavy snow to the Seattle area during the last week of December as a modified arctic frontal boundary pushed across the area. The Seattle metro area received an average of 4 to 6 inches of snowfall.

A report on social media around 1500L on 10/24 stated a Tree was downed on admiral hill, acting like a two way stop for cars sharing one lane to pass through. In addition around 1500L on 10/24, over 4,000 customers just in West Seattle were reported to be out of power. Most of We…

A period of much above normal temperatures affected the Seattle area around mid-August. High temperatures ranged from the mid 80s to low 90s during this period, with the temperature peaking August 12-August 13 at 93 degrees, both of which were record high temperatures. Low temper…

A section of pavement came loose/buckled on NB I-405 and I-5 in Tukwila, causing road and highway closures for several hours during the evening commute.