After Short Heat Wave Average Temperatures Expected To Return

It hasn’t been a cool summer, but with daytime highs very close if not right not average, it feels cool to many across the Northwest.  Marilyn Lohmann, meteorologist with the National Weather Service says for this time of year, the region should see highs in the upper 80’s with a few low 90's.  And the overnight lows have bottomed out in the mid-50’s; which is where the Northwest should be for this time of year.

And because of that area soil temperatures have held steady.  And soil moisture levels have been hanging in there.

“There was a hug uptick in needing to use more water last week with these warmer temperatures.  And we’ll kind of see that this week, then we’ll go back to more seasonal water needs throughout the next week weeks or so.”

Lohman said  since this summer has been hovering around the statistical middle, it could be one for the record books.

“Looks like this year might be the year that a number of location don’t even hit 100 degrees in July, but we do have August to go, so we could reach some warmer temperatures there, but kind of unusual to not have some 100 degree readings for a lot of those locations in July.”

Lohman noted the closest “record” we’ve seen this summer occurred in the Walla Walla, Blue Mountains area, where extremely cool overnight lows were recorded last week.

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