Driest May / June on record

in the Seattle area less than 1" of rain during those 2 months. may/ june is usually rainy here and the local joke is summer starts July 5th

Seattle has been in the upper 80's low 90's most of june now. Its 89 according to my acu-rite in my back yard at 6:30PM. Calling for 97 this weekend in Seattle Keep in mind the majority of the PNW houses do not have a/c in them, makes sleeping very difficult.

The state is very dry, eastern Wa is on fire, Western wa is dry as well, the other day there were a couple idiots driving up I5 and pulling over and starting grass fires with road flares, cops still have not found them http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150701/NEWS01/150709887


Think the local fire depts are going to have their hands full this 4th of July weekend. looks like already starting
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2015/07/02/seattle-queen-anne-apartment-fire/29649919/

 

And here in Central Pa. our June rainfall was in the top 5 wettest on record.

 

I think we got all your rain!

 

Yep, very dry and very hot here in Spokane County. The forecast doesn't show any highs less than 90 in the next 10 days, and the 4th is supposed to over 100 again.

No aircon here. Feels like Congo again.

Greg

 

Driest May and June here as well. BC has used most of its fire fighting budget already and summer is now here. Incredible!

 

I dont think I need to worry all that much myself as i live in the city about 6 blocks from a fire station, its the people in rural areas that I worry about, especially eastern Wa folks

 

I was in Spokane last weekend for a family reunion it was well over 100. funny thing is it did not bother me that much with that dry heat, but when we got back to western wa where it was in the high 80's with humidity it was very bothersome

 

On the bright side, my firewood is drying remarkably fast! I'm going to have some great wood this winter, here's hoping for a COLD winter!

Greg

 

the weather experts are already saying we are expecting about the same weather as we had last year, wet and warm

 

That is true. I used to say that the dry heat thing was baloney, but I have lived in hot humid and hot dry, I'll take the dry for comfort. Though I like the green beauty of hot humid.

Greg

 

Central Pa
Altoona had 20 days with rain out of 30 in June
Our average is 3.5"
This june we got 8"

 

Had a USFS Forester in the shop today, asked him what the fire forecast was. "Non-existent" was his reply. We are green all over the place, except for the standing dead beetle-kill lodge pole. That stuff is at 14% MC, tested.
Had 7 days in May it didn't rain, 3rd wettest on record. Getting drier now, having to water the lawn and trees.

 

Try window airconditioning units. It is what most people here use. They work rather well.

Move East to Ohio/PA. Yesterday was the first dry day in at least two weeks. The forecasters are calling for more rain today and tomorrow.

Odd facts: In a normal year, Pittsburgh ties Portland with the most overcast skies. Elkins, WV has been named the most overcast place in the US.

 

yeah we had over 8 inches of rain in June some record waiting now for first non rain day in a while. only seen 80 a couple times last nite got down to 45 had to shut window.

 

Third wettest June on record for my area. Rivers are swollen and lawns are green.

 

Here it is July. Haven't run the air condition in the house or in the car. Was tempted to run the heat a few times, but the stove is in the garage during the make over going on here.