Climate Events

Articles and press releases we write about various Washington climate events and information, will be posted and archived on this page.

See also: The Storm King
Some Historical Weather Events in the Pacific Northwest

2021

• A Review of Winter 2020-21

2020

• A Review of Winter 2019-2020
• Sheltering in Place – Does it Impact Air Quality?
• Cooler Temperatures from the Smoke of September

2019

• Top 10 Weather and Climate Events of 2019
• A Review of Winter 2018-2019
• Low Streamflows on the Skagit River in Early Summer
• Kona Storms and Winter Weather in WA State
• Melting of the Cascade Snowpack in Spring
• Warm Night of Summer 2019

2018

• A Review of Winter 2017-2018
• What Climate Change Means for our Crucial Snowpack
• Late Cold during Winters in Washington State
• The Return of Warm Water to NE Pacific
• Steep Decline in Streamflows in WA State

2017

• A Review of Winter 2016-2017
• On the “Great American Solar Eclipse”

2016

• A Review of Winter 2015-2016
• Winter Air Pollution in Washington State

2015

• A Review of Winter 2014-2015
• Review of Summer 2015: Increased Number of Hot Days 
• WA State Drought
• Heavy Rain on January 4-5
• High Mortality of Cassin’s Auklets in the Pacific NW During the Winter of 2014-15

2014

• Climatic Averages and the Top Weather and Climate Events of 2014
• 21 August Thunderstorms in Okanogan County
• A Review of Winter 2013-2014
• Recent Precipitation near the Oso Landslide

2013

• A Review of Winter 2012-2013
• Review of 2013: Climatic Averages and the Top 6 Weather and Climate Events

2012

• A Review of Winter 2011-2012
• January Snow

2011

• A Wet Spring
• A Review of Winter 2010-2011
• Mid-Winter La Niña Update

2010

• Lowland Snow and ENSO Relationship
• Monitoring Precipitation near the Howard Hanson Dam
• A Review of Winter 2009-2010
• Warm January Temperatures

2009

• Monitoring Precipitation near the Howard Hanson Dam
• Dry Conditions in North Central WA
• July 2009 Heat Wave
• Drought-like Conditions in Western WA
• January Flooding

2008

• December Cold and Snow
• Why has the weather been so cool?
• 2007-’08 Historical Winter Snow in the Cascades and Eastern Washington

2007

• December 1-3, 2007 intense rainfall leads to record flooding around western Washington.
• The Great Coastal Gale of December 1-3, 2007
• Early Autumn Bluster: October 18, 2007
• Information regarding the recent discussions on Pacific Northwest snowpack trends

2006

• Washington 2006 Top 10 Weather & Climate Events
• The Major Windstorm of December 14-15, 2006
• 2006 Record November Rainfall
• Washington state parched by one of driest summers ever
• The February 4, 2006 Windstorm
• The New Year’s Windstorm of 2006

1989

• What a Blast: The Arctic-Air Outbreak of February 1989

1985

• July 1985: Warmest Month on Record for WA State

1960

• July 1960 – Washington State’s Driest Month

1956

• 1954 – The Year Without a Summer

1953

• January 1953: Largest Positive Monthly Temperature Anomaly in WA State History 

1933

• Wettest Month in State History – December 1933

1902

• The Yacolt Burn of 1902