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Summer Digs in Its Heels; Upper 80s by Wednesday

The kids may be back in school and the nights may be getting longer, but technically, there are still two weeks left of summer. And Mother Nature is intent on making that all the more...

Seattle Obliterates Daily Rainfall Record

Now that was a gullywasher. Strong thunderstorms plowed through the metro area overnight, unleashing nearly an inch and a half of rain in the six hours between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. With additional storms...

Heavy Rain, Thunderstorms to Batter Seattle

Another Thursday, another deluge. And this one has the potential to be much worse than last week’s. A potent area of low pressure will blast through the region on a southwest-to-northeast track tomorrow, triggering strong thunderstorms...

Hot at Night?

If you had trouble sleeping last month, no wonder. At 59.9 degrees, the average low temperature in August was the highest of any month in Seattle since record-keeping began back in 1891—smack-dab in the middle...

Wet Your Appetite: Rainy Thursday Looms

The first batch of rain rolled through before breakfast this morning—too early for most folks. The next round, however, is scheduled to show up by the lunch hour tomorrow—possibly sticking around for dinner. Hungry for a...

Cloudy Times Ahead

A dash of rain. A tinge of sun. And one giant heaping of clouds. That sums up our weather for the next several days as a series of fizzling fronts, guided by low pressure off the...

Is the Hottest Weather of the Year Behind Us?

For the past three years, we’ve notched our hottest temperature of the year in August. But this time around, barring an unlikely late-summer scorcher, it's June that will wind up home to the year’s warmest...