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Surging to 70, Then Slumping to Soggy

60 degrees may be the late-April norm around here, but this week, we’re pulling 70s out of our hat like there’s no tomorrow. Until Saturday, that is. After reaching 70 degrees yesterday for the first time...

Warming Up and Drying Out

We’re overdue, and then some. Seattle hasn’t reached into the 60s since April 3, instead spending most of the month shivering under overcast skies and unrelenting rain. Fortunately, a change for the better is in...

April Becomes Seattle’s 2nd-Wettest; Much Nicer Weather on the Way

Up the charts we go. It’s now the second-wettest April on record in Seattle, thanks to a stubborn storm system that has dropped nearly an inch of rain on the city since yesterday afternoon. As...

One Last Wallop

Good news: The target sign is coming down soon. Bad news: The rain will zero in on us again before it’s removed. Another juicy system is set to roll through Western Washington tomorrow and Friday—the latest...

Seattle Notches 3rd-Wettest April on Record

We’ve already earned a share of the bronze, and by Friday, we could be gunning for silver. In the wake of a spectacular hailstorm that blasted through Seattle yesterday afternoon, overnight rains pushed this month’s...

April Rain Tally Climbs Higher

Were this February, today would have tied for the wettest day of the month. Alas, it’s April, and a much higher standard for sogginess has been set. While it was intense at times, the 0.37 inches...

One of April’s Wettest Days

Only three days in April have ever been wetter. 1.54 inches of rain battered Seattle today, making it the fourth-wettest April day on record since measurements were first taken at Sea-Tac Airport. The daylong downpour...