Seattle is experiencing a truly remarkable winter heatwave, hitting 79 on Tuesday
A view of Seattle Center and the iconic Space Needle on a sunny day. By Matthew Cappucci March 20 at 4:38 PM Seattle is in the midst of a mind-boggling winter heat wave. The temperatures might not sound impressive: high 70s? Pleasantly warm, not sweltering — but for this Pacific Northwest city, it is unprecedented.
Even overnight temperatures have been extremely warm, according to Burke. “Last night, we didn’t drop below 59. There were a number of places with lows that bottomed out near 60. Typically we would have highs in the mid-50s, with a low in the 40s,” Burke said. Seattle’s high of 79 was “above average,” even based on July standards. The hottest “average” high of the year falls on July 31, peaking at 77.4 degrees. This means Tuesday’s high temperature is toasty no matter how you slice it.
The coastal community of Tofino, on Vancouver Island, about 150 miles northwest of Seattle, registered a preliminary peak temperature of 24.4 degrees Celsius — or 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Current water temperatures there stand around 46 degrees.
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