Global warming causes 3rd coldest February in Seattle’s history. Global warming will do that, don’t ‘cha know.
The average temperature this month at Sea-Tac I calculated was 36.46 F.
The coldest Februaries at Sea Tac were 35.64F in 1956 and 35.88F in 1989.
2019 is next in line, followed by 37.3F in 1949.
This February is particularly cold considering all the construction (and thus warming) in the area around Sea-Tac Airport since 1989. So meteorologically we really we in a league with the top two.
Third Coldest February In Seattle History (And Snow Showers Later Today!)
Knowing the highs and lows for the first 26 days of February, and with reliable forecasts for the next two, it is now evident how February temperatures will rank at Sea-Tac Airport on an historical basis: It will be the third coldest February in a record going back to the late 1940s.