Pacific NW Summer 2010

There’s no way around it: this was a temperate summer. No 100’s at all, no 90’s until after July 4th, a record-breaking amount of rain in May and June. I don’t recall a better year in the 2000’s. There were only two official heat waves: the first, a 3-day affair in the first week of July, and the last, a punishing 5-day event in mid-August. We can thank La Nina for this fairly fluky summer.

Portland 2010:

Days in 80's: (May: 0, June: 4, July: 12, August: 5, Sept/Oct: 5)

Days in 90's: (May: 0, June: 0, July: 4, August: 7, Sept: 2)

Highest temp the whole season (Aug 14): 98

Precip (inches): (May: 4.75, June: 4.28; July: 0.59; August: 0.09; Sept: 3.36)

Seattle 2010:

Days in 80's: (May: 0, June: 0, July: 7, August: 6, Sep: 1)

Days in 90's: (May: 0, June: 0, July: 3, August: 3, Sept: 0)

Highest temp the whole season (Aug 15): 96

Precip (inches): (May: 2.83, June: 2.49; July: 0.31; August: 0.64; Sept: 4.80)