As I mentioned here Tuesday, our summer weather gets off to an up-and-down start with cooler weather and a risk of showers today, then rapid clearing Friday and hot weather over the weekend before yet another cooler period arrives.
We could see highs well into the 90s, setting records in some places. Considering our normal high is 71 degrees that is most impressive and comes in the shadow of recent record heat waves in April and May. I’m talking summer weather because as you know, June 1 is the beginning of the meteorological summer and runs through the end of August.
Speaking of May, we ended up with 1.63 inches of rain, .84 of an inch below average. Those warm high temperatures added to the above-average mean temperature of 62.7 degrees, 2.6 degrees above normal. Our warmest day was May 31 with 87 degrees. The coolest was a chilly 41 May 10.
I do think that many Northwest cities will surpass their record high temperatures for June on Saturday and Sunday. Locally, Vancouver’s record high for June 4 is 90 degrees back in 2003. Sunday’s record is 95 degrees, also in 2003.
