The summer of 2023 in Western Washington can be summarized as warm and dry, which many would say is nearly ideal.
Following a cool, wet April, the weather turned warm and dry in May, well before the calendar rolled over to summer. From the summer solstice until the final day of summer, Sept. 22, there was plenty of sunshine with warm but not many hot days. The number of 90-degree days in the Puget Sound area was less than a handful.August was the warmest month of the summer, with temperatures at SeaTac Airport averaging 2.5 degrees above normal. June, July, and September were also warmer than average.
It was another dry summer as well. Many Western Washington locations were between 2 to 4 inches of rain below average, less than 50% of normal. Parts of Whatcom County had wells run dry, and the Drought Monitor listed parts of western Washington in severe or extreme drought.
The dry weather led to a number of roadside fires around the region. Wildfires elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia had smoke that found its way into western Washington during a weekend in mid-August, making it six out of the last seven summers with wildfire smoke and poor air quality. On one day, Seattle had theRight on cue when the calendar rolled over the fall, the warm, dry weather pattern dramatically changed with much cooler temperatures and rain over the weekend.
Yet the latest seasonal weather outlook shows much of this fall and winter has good odds for warmer and drier than average conditions. That does not mean there will not be colder and wetter periods, yet the overall averages are anticipated to be warmer and drier through March of next year.and now is the time to prepare for whatever nasty fall and winter weather arrives in western Washington.
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