Seattle weather: Colder than Siberia!
It doesn’t seem fair, but it’s the cold, hard truth
Just about everyone, it seems, is toastier than we are. You’ve heard of International Falls, Minn., the self-proclaimed “Icebox of the Nation”? It’s had four days this month in the 70s, topped off with a jocular 75 on Sunday. Across the Atlantic, the northern destination of Oslo, Norway, has been passing the 70-degree mark penuriously every day recently, while even the Siberian city of Tomsk, Russia, strike together the 70s last weekend.
Meanwhile, shivering Seattle residents, opportunity to be heard about snowplows end at work steady Snoqualmie Pass this week, probably have only dim memories of the 77-degree high of May 24, the endure time the mercury crept into the 70s here.
On Tuesday, state public road workers clearing away the final of 7 inches of snow on Interstate 90 could remember only two other times in the past 30 years that snowplows have been called out this late in the year.
Maybe we shouldn’t complain moreover loudly, allowing.
The East Coast has been sweating and sweltering in mid- to upper-90-degree heat, setting records in individual areas.
In New York City, the temperature was pushing toward the 100-degree evidence. Combined with high dampness, the heat had people scurrying for shade or air-conditioned relief.
Weather experts say June made its chilliest debut ever in Seattle last week, mete at in the smallest degree a temporary forbearance is on the way. The National Weather Service forecasts highs of 69 on Thursday, 72 on Friday and 69 on Saturday, before highs drop back into the mid-60s Sunday and Monday.
