is it just me or is Summer 2014 the hottest summer we've had in years in the Pacific Northwest? (Seattle: houses, tornadoes)

[PS90]

Originally Posted by observer

Lol! I just got back from Seattle this past week to FL, and you are right, the heat in the PCNW is nothing compared to the south. This weekend the highs where I live in Miami was 96 and 94. This is without the heat index. At one point the heat index when I checked was 107. Granted, it is not that hot every day, but temps around 90 with heat index about 100 is commom this time of year.

Some people that I know in Seattle were complaining about how uncomfortable it was on the days when it was in the mid 80s. Mid 80s is higher than normal in Seattle, but not that bad. It felt like a typical spring day in Miami in mid April.

You can't judge the heat or cold tolerance of people in the Pacific Northwest by judging people from Seattle. The Western sides of Washington and Oregon are geographically only a very small part of the PNW, which generally covers all of WA, OR, ID and sometimes western MT. And once you leave Western WA and OR - the temperature extremes, and people's abilities to handle temperature extremes, are MUCH greater.

[observer]

Originally Posted by PS90

You can't judge the heat or cold tolerance of people in the Pacific Northwest by judging people from Seattle. The Western sides of Washington and Oregon are geographically only a very small part of the PNW, which generally covers all of WA, OR, ID and sometimes western MT. And once you leave Western WA and OR - the temperature extremes, and people's abilities to handle temperature extremes, are MUCH greater.

You are right. I've been to Spokane where it does get considerably warmer than Seattle in the summer. I know it gets much colder there in the winter compared to Seattle also.

[PS90]

Originally Posted by observer

You are right. I've been to Spokane where it does get considerably warmer than Seattle in the summer. I know it gets much colder there in the winter compared to Seattle also.

We still got nothin' like Florida heat, though.

[NWarty]

Yep and having lived in Coral Springs, FL too, it's friggin' swampy hot. Blech...

[Wilson502]

Today broke the record high for August on the east side with a 99 in Redmond & Kirkland

[NoNansea]

Originally Posted by PS90

Well, you are in quite the minority compared to most people and compared to the meteorological data.

Spokane, for example, averages 19 days above 90 degrees F per summer. This year, we have had 23 days already with at least 2 or 3 more forecasted in the next week.

Probably not going to be one of the hottest summers ever, but certainly quite a bit above average.

Well, I certainly have had to change my mind after today! Now I'm thinking this is the most sporadic weather I've witnessed since moving here in 2012. Besides being too hot even for me, there was no breeze almost all day. Hard to know what to expect next.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by bad apples

Nah global warming isn't real.

Meanwhile, Pittsburgh hasn't had a 90° day yet this year.

[Hemlock140]

I have to admit that I don't remember it ever being 72 at 4:30am before here, which it is at the moment. Normally we cool off well at night even when it's been in the 90s. I guess the clouds have kept the heat in overnight.

[cdelena]

We moved here from Texas to get out of the heat and this year has been as hot as I remember in the eight years we have been here. Not a scientific measurement but we have used AC at night more time this year than in the past.

[MarciaMarshaMarcia]

This is the muggiest of of the four Augusts that I have been here but I still really love the weather... no complaints. Plus, fall is around the corner.