more hot and sunny than normal?

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by pikabike

Hot, even by summer norms. Someone told me it was 82 in Seattle on Wednesday. I know from driving past the electronic signboard that Chimicum was 82 also.

It was 89 on Monday and the were 4 consecutive days over 80 and 6 over 70. 2 weeks ago, there was another heat wave with temperatures in high 70s.

[SorryForLaughing]

I was in Palm Springs last month and it was 90 degrees down there. When it was 89 degrees in Seattle this past Monday, I felt like I was back in Palm Springs. It was weird but I was enjoying it. I took a nice ferry ride to Bainbridge Island to enjoy the very rare 89 degree April weather.

[pikabike]

To me, 90 degrees in western WA is not like 90 degrees in the desert. It feels humid, even though it is dry *for this region.*

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by pikabike

even though it is dry *for this region.*

Not for this region, but for most of the US. On the east coast, it's much more humid than here. Just the desert is less humid.

[danielsard]

I live in Miami (wanting to move to the nw) and the humidity is as destructive to your body as the heat

I'm surprised seattle is having this heat now o.o

[GraceKrispy]

Count me in the group of fans of cloudy/rainy weather. Today was a great day and what spring should be like. Cool and a little windy and cloudy. If I wanted sunny days in the 80s in April, I'd move back to Hawai'i I don't even want sunny days in the 80s and up in the summer.

[Hemlock140]

Originally Posted by GraceKrispy

Count me in the group of fans of cloudy/rainy weather. Today was a great day and what spring should be like. Cool and a little windy and cloudy. If I wanted sunny days in the 80s in April, I'd move back to Hawai'i I don't even want sunny days in the 80s and up in the summer.

I agree. The mid-high 60s, some rain, some clouds and an occasional peek of the sun is perfect spring weather for me.

[pikabike]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

Not for this region, but for most of the US. On the east coast, it's much more humid than here. Just the desert is less humid.

I grew up and lived a long time in the east, and western WA's sunny days do feel drier than their summer days but still humid to me. A huge part of the west is not desert but is drier than western WA; it is not just the desert that feels drier. Even in the dry areas, there are different degrees of dryness. You know the relative humidity is less than 10% when it practically hurts to breathe. I could also feel it in my skin.