296 days — and counting — since we’ve hit 80 degrees

By Scott Sistek, KOMO News

As I was going to open this story with “Does it seem like it’s been a long time since it hit 80 degrees?” but judging by the number of frowns this spring and early summer, I don’t have to ask the question.

But in case you were wondering just how long it’s been, National Weather Service to the rescue.

Lead forecaster and climate guru Dana Felton has discovered that it has been 296 days since the last time Seattle hit 80 degrees — that would be Sept. 3, 2010 for those too chilly to do the math — when we hit 84.

The 296-day streak is the fifth-longest in Seattle and we’re about to climb into fourth. The record longest is 319 days from Aug. 8, 1959 through June 22, 1960.

Here are the Top 5:

1) 319 days (Aug. 8, 1959 - June 22, 1960)
2) 310 days (Sept. 14, 1979 - July 20, 1980)
2) 310 days (Aug. 1, 1954 - June 7, 1955)
4) 297 days (Sept. 11, 1953 - July 5, 1954)
5) 296 days (Sept. 3, 2010 - present)

More details:
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/124607974.html