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Related: About this forumBrrr! Seattle shivers through coldest start to July in 15 years
Grab the blankets and sweatshirts, Seattle, its
July?
Really?
Although the calendar indicates were well into the seventh month of the year, Mother Nature appears bent on making us feel otherwise, as weather more befitting of spring or fallheck, even winter at timescontinues to rule the roost.
Cloudy, damp weather has more or less been the norm in the region since mid-May, although it hasnt always been coolup until now, that is. Ever since June wrapped up on a slightly warmer-than-normal note (thanks to a stretch in the 80s right after the solstice), summerlike temperatures have been nowhere to be found in Seattle. Case-in-point: July is off to its coldest start in Seattle in 15 years.
The citys average temperature (high temperature plus low temperature, divided by two) through the first eight days of the month stands at a chilly 62.5 degreesroughly 2 degrees below normal for early July. Although that may not seem like that dramatic of a difference, most of our recent summers have ranged from fairly warm to downright blazing hot (Im looking at you, 2013, 2014, 2015
2017
and 2018), making the cooldown feel more much noticeable than it otherwise would.
http://www.seattleweatherblog.com/cold-weather/brrr-seattle-shivers-through-coldest-start-to-july-in-15-years/
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)came from El Paso so went from hot in June to lows in the high 30s and low 40s out in the woods with no sleeping bag.
Talk about miserable!
Aristus
(66,487 posts)had anything to do with it...
Salviati
(6,009 posts)Not that I'm complaining too much. I'd rather have this than 90+ temps for sure.
Sanity Claws
(21,862 posts)we used to say that summer started in Seattle on the 5th of July.
We often had cool damp Independence Days.
Fiendish Thingy
(15,690 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)a jacket and actually got a little heated. Last night I had windows open and used my lap blanket, lol.
Wawannabe
(5,686 posts)Ugh! So chill! but yesterday finally turned warm. Lots if peeps out and on the lakes too