Tri-City Weather 2020 (Pasco: station, metro, cities)

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

Nice thunderstorm over the Tri this evening. Plenty of lightning, some pockets of rain and a 25 degree drop in temp from triple digits. Looks like another triple tomorrow and August is shaping up as above normal.

Looking at the "Outside Temp" display in my old Cougar, heading home around 5 yesterday, while highs were predicted at 97, I saw 100F all the way through West Richland. It cooled down some as I headed out of town. That may just be due to the asphalt absorbing solar heat, maybe off the road it was below 100.



While August has been hot, it has not had many 105+ days, a few years back, we had a miserably hot August where it did not cool off much at night, I recall lows in the mid-80s.

[pnwguy2]

And August 2020 had a few 100+ days as well. 103, 105, 104 on 8/16, 8/17, 8/18.

Which is perhaps why August average high temps ended up at 92.1, almost three degrees above normal.

So the summer months of 2020 end like this:

June: 83 (+1 above normal)
July: 93 (+2 above normal)
August: 93 (+3 above normal)

What is really interesting is the first week of September is forecasting more triple digits, somewhat unusual in this month.

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

And August 2020 had a few 100+ days as well. 103, 105, 104 on 8/16, 8/17, 8/18.

Which is perhaps why August average high temps ended up at 92.1, almost three degrees above normal.

So the summer months of 2020 end like this:

June: 83 (+1 above normal)
July: 93 (+2 above normal)
August: 93 (+3 above normal)

What is really interesting is the first week of September is forecasting more triple digits, somewhat unusual in this month.

Why do you only care about the high temperatures?

[pnwguy2]

I don’t only care about high temps but then again this is not a meteorology website. Just trying to keep it simple and the high temp is a popular standard. I hope that answers your question.

[Mopac1980]

Originally Posted by pnwguy2

And August 2020 had a few 100+ days as well. 103, 105, 104 on 8/16, 8/17, 8/18.

Which is perhaps why August average high temps ended up at 92.1, almost three degrees above normal.

So the summer months of 2020 end like this:

June: 83 (+1 above normal)
July: 93 (+2 above normal)
August: 93 (+3 above normal)

What is really interesting is the first week of September is forecasting more triple digits, somewhat unusual in this month.

Looks like summer is gonna last longer into the year this year, I just hope we'll have a nice, long fall this year, overall I enjoyed this year's summer weather despite some stretches of hot weather, I'm just glad we had very little fire/smoke activity again this summer.

[pnwguy2]

I lived in Tri-Cities from 1990-1996, moved back in early 2015, and I have never seen this amount of smoke for this long, ever. The forecast is for this to last another five days. I believe something has changed here. While there is debate whether it is climate change, or lack of forest maintenance, (or more likely a combination of the two), there is no doubt this is very abnormal. Of course, we are not alone. The entire region all the way out to Portland, Seattle, and Spokane have not seen this much lingering smoke in recent history. Not much we can do about it and there is nowhere to run to get out of it. I guess just a reminder that no region is really without natural disasters. Hang in there Tri-Cities, it will pass.

[M3 Mitch]

Yeah, I have been here since 1991, and while smoky days have been a feature of most late summer and fall days, the current mess is unprecedented in my experience. At least it is not hot or cold, i can just shut the doors and windows and the house stays at a decent temperature, and the smoke stays outside, mostly.

[pnwguy2]

Yes, without the extreme smoke we would be in the upper 80’s under current conditions. I have turned off my AC for several days so I guess one bright spot is we are saving on AC here with these modified cooler temps!

[Deserterer]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

Why do you only care about the high temperatures?

I'm interested in low temp stats. Why don't you post those?

[pnwguy2]

September 2020 high temps come in at 83.1, about 3 degrees above normal. This number would have even been higher without the extreme smoke from 9/7 to 9/18. October is predicted to continue to be above normal.

"I'm interested in low temp stats. Why don't you post those?"

Again, I do not record low stats because, 1. This is not a weather site, 2. I don't have the time to be more detailed, 3. Don't most people care more about daytime temps, than nightime? I would certainly encourage anyone to post them if they wish. But I will warn you there is indeed a certain amount of work involved in tracking them.