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Biggest February snowstorm in decades blankets Seattle

The snow may have been delayed, but wow, did Mother Nature come through on the delivery. A widespread 4 to 8 inches of snow blanketed the Seattle metro Friday night into early Saturday morning, with...

Friday night frights: Snow, howling winds threaten Seattle again

***FRIDAY AM UPDATE: We've increased our snow forecast from 3-5 inches to 4-8 inches. Highest amounts are likely to be in the immediate Seattle metro area, where up to 8 inches could fall. The...

Super Bowl Snowday? Weekend weather likely to turn wintry

Sunday is arguably the marquee sporting event of the year. Could Sunday night be Seattle’s weather equivalent of the big game? The coldest air of the season is projected to lurch toward the U.S.-Canada border over...

The day the winds roared

As President-elect Bill Clinton prepared to take the oath of office 26 years ago, brilliant blue sunshine sparkled from the skies over the nation’s capital. While a swelling crowd of roughly half a million...

Is Seattle’s official weather station reporting inaccurate temperatures?

The Sea-Tac temperature saga continues. Under a broad ridge of high pressure, temperatures climbed into the mid-80s yesterday across central Puget Sound, with Boeing Field in south Seattle clocking in at 85 degrees, while the...

Will July 2018 be Seattle’s warmest month ever? And is an asterisk needed?

If this July ends up as the warmest month on record in Seattle, does it deserve an asterisk? Luckily, it looks like we’ll be able to dodge this thorny issue—just barely. Serious questions have been raised...
Rainy skies over Pike Place Market

Heavy rain propels Seattle to 4th-wettest April day on record

If you thought it rained cats and dogs Saturday, you were on to something. It was the wettest April day in a generation. A whopping 1.70 inches of rain pelted Seattle from dawn to dusk, making...