With three days hitting over 100 degrees in the Seattle area, Jake DeFlitch with the National Weather Service admits âItâs nothing like weâve ever seen.
In fact, the region hasn t felt this intensity of heat in over 100 years, since records were taken at the Seattle Federal Office Building. DeFlitch says that the northwest is likely to experience a warmer-than-average summer. But, he notes that the current extreme event will likely be an anomaly.
âLooking at the long-term forecast, we will continue to see above-normal conditions throughout the summer, he said. Will it will be this hot? Probably not. This is really such an unusual, unique, unprecedented event. We will likely not see something like this again. But it looks like through the summer, we will stay above average when it comes to our temperatures over the next three months.â