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It will be a stretch but Seattle could see its highest recorded temperature since the city’s hottest day ever in 2021.
CHS showed you what Capitol Hill looked like in June 2021 as temperatures soared past 107 F in the city. Tuesday’s forecast is calling for a Seattle high of only 97 F but if it gets there, the thermometer will be marking the highest temperatures we have seen in Seattle since.
In addition to the fun times of staying cool in the city, the heat brings serious challenges for those living unsheltered and for workers. In 2021, many businesses on Capitol Hill had to shut down due to unsafe conditions in kitchens as temperatures rocketed above 100 degrees.
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for the region through Wednesday evening as high temperatures bring “a moderate to major risk of heat-related illness” to vulnerable people in the area.
The sun-baked July in Seattle follows a June that recorded some of the coolest temperatures in over a decade in what forecasters have predicted should be a relatively moderate summer for the Pacific Northwest.
The predictions calls for Seattle temperatures to drop back into sunshiny 80s this week and into next. Producers of next week’s 2024 Capitol Hill Block Party can relax — this year’s festival should again have beautiful weather. This Thursday, meanwhile, brings the start of the annual free concert series at Volunteer Park’s amphitheater.
Meanwhile, all this sun and heat is a good reminder of what else could be coming this summer to the skies above Seattle. It’s always a good time to prepare for Seattle’s smoke season.
The city has also posted a roster of resources and tips for staying safe during extreme heat.
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Seattle building code needs to start requiring some form of AC. Way too many apt blocks with windows ajar and ac hoses sticking out.
With no AC and no cross ventilation turning this building into a slow cooker, the maintenance crew of my section 8 housing chose today to turn off the building’s water for an extended repair session so I’m thinking, with the lack of concern in this life threatening situation, probably not.
Wow that seems like very poor planning unless an emergency. Are you OK? Did they give bottled water?
I really think this is going to take more organized and community involved solutions like social housing developers. There are plenty of passive ways to make buildings cooler, yet many new buildings have large western facing windows that can bake apartments even in the middle of winter. We cannot AC out way out of this problem, as that will only exacerbate it (for example, Puget Sound Energy is already asking people to limit their electricity usage to avoid overloading the grid). Buildings developed by the people that live in them and others like them will inherently reflect the needs of the community/building. I think we can balance views and building R-value, while also potentially adding features like splash pads and communal areas that are well cooled for all in the building to use in these rare days of intense heat.
I ask my landlord if I buy a ceiling fan, can the maintenance people install it for me and they said no, I even offered that when I leave I’ll leave the fan again I got a no. My blinds are cheap and they constantly are bending and breaking maybe installing blackout curtains would help but the builder here did the bare minimum. My rent is low so I just deal with it but why not make your residents more comfortable so we stay longer?