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Seattle: Home of the 78-minute summer

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The mission: Find out how many minutes it's been at 80 degrees or warmer this year-- what I would call a true warm summer day in Seattle.

The answer: 78 minutes.

Or, breaking it down: 12 minutes on July 2, and 66 minutes on July 6.

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It turns out, we've had a whopping 18 hours and 48 minutes of temperatures above 75 this summer -- hey, it's more than 2/3rd of a day! Never mind that some cities like Dallas haven't been below 75, day or night, since June 23rd.

(On the other hand, Paine Field in Everett has yet to reach 75 this year. Their highest temperature has been 74.)

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It not the (lack of) heat, it's the (excessive) humidity!

looking at the oven like temps in the midwest, I'm not complaining too much.

I'm not complaining either (spring is my favored season, BTW) -- just noting that how different (lucky?) we are. Of course with Aug/Sep still ahead, we can still have 100+ temps.
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Bachmann 2012!

Memories need some refreshing!!
»Re: Are you all ready for the heatwave?
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just to show how lucky we are so far this year
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Bachmann 2012!

Lucky and enjoying every moment of this summer!

reply to aurgathor
I'll take 64 (current temp) over 80 plus any day.

+1 !!!

See, that's how the bad stuff starts
we're at a comfortable 68ºf, and the somebody says " +1º" and then somebody else chimes in with another, and before you know it we're in the triple digits, feelin' like slugs on a bar-b-que with a salt crust.
Therefore I propose, that during the season others call summer, the correct term of appreciation be -1º and during the rest of the year we revert to +1º.

How'bout +(-1º) to keep the positive spirit?
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Bachmann 2012!

reply to tshirt
LOL!

reply to aurgathor
BTW, before everyone get carried away, here's an article from Seattle Times: »seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/l···08m.html
"Our new 'normal' weather: wetter and warmer"

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Consider this: For years, the "normal" annual rainfall at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been listed as 37.07. Come Aug. 1, that will rise nearly a half-inch, to 37.49 inches.

At the same time, Seattle's year-round "normal" high temperature jumps half a degree, from 59.8 degrees to 60.3. The normal low temperature also rises, 44.8 to 45.

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