‘My oh my what a wonderful day’ as the lyrics go as our spring weather took a giant leap into summer quickly Friday. After our first 80-degree day of the season on Thursday with a high of 83 degrees we were well on our way to the first 90-degree day on Friday. As I wrote this column late Friday afternoon it was already in the upper 80s.
The winds were still out of the north-northwest, but I expected later Friday winds to switch to easterly briefly. That would have been the ignition to reach 90 degrees. It is not uncommon at all to get a bout or two of hot weather in May, but I prefer a more gradual process.
A series of 90-degree high temperatures occurred last year at about this time. After a couple of days in the mid- to upper 70s Vancouver recorded four days straight of 90 degrees or better beginning on May 12. We peaked at 93 degrees. Thank goodness if we did reach 90 on Friday and today that would be only two days as cooler weather is on the way. Today’s forecast was for highs to peak in the upper 80s.
I’m sure we beat or at least broke the record high for Friday in Vancouver, which was 89 degrees in 1941. No record-breaking heat for today.
