SEATTLE, WA — From feet of snow in mid-February to raging wildfires in mid-March, the last few months in weather have been pretty wild.
Beginning on Monday, Puget Sound started seeing temperature records fall, and highs reached the 80s in some spots on Tuesday and Wednesday. The National Weather Service has been keeping track of all the records we've broken so far, and each day seemed to bring a new one.
On Monday, March 18: A high of 74 degrees in Seattle was the warmest winter day on record, and the earliest day in the year to hit such a high temperature. It was also the third-warmest March day on record.
On Tuesday, March 19: An all-time high record for the day at Sea-Tac when the temperature reached 79 degrees, beating the March, 29, 2004, record of 78 degrees. Seattle hit 77, beating (handily) the old records of 65 set in 1988 and 1998. And in Quillayute out on the Olympic Peninsula, the temperature hit 81, breaking the all-time high record of 74 degrees set ... on Monday.
On Wednesday, March 20: A record high at Sea-Tac of 79 degrees, breaking the old record of 69 set in 1986. In Seattle, a record high of 78 broke the old record of 68 set in 2010.
Temperatures were higher in some areas, including Everett and Kent, which reached 80 degrees. Here are the highs in some areas on Wednesday:
Hope you enjoyed the heat. Thursday will be sunny with temperatures in the 60s, but the rain is set to return on Friday.
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