Sunday’s high was a record-breaker

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Sunday’s high was a record-breaker

Monday, April 23, 2012

WENATCHEE — There was good reason to think summer had come early this past weekend. Sunday’s high temperature of 82 degrees shattered the previous record of 77 set April 22, 1977.

Highs today are forecast to again reach into the low or mid 80s, but not as likely to better the Wenatchee record of 87 degrees, also set in 1977, according to the National Weather Service.

The unseasonably high temperatures — average for today is 64 — could also bring a thunderstorm or two. Temperatures will gradually cool into the 70s Tuesday and Wednesday, and then to the 60s by Thursday with an increasing chance of rain each day. Lows will stay well above the freezing level, in the 50s through Thursday, dropping to the mid 40s by next weekend.

The Weather Service posted a hydrological outlook for the week, with a warning that warm weather and rain will cause all rivers east of the Cascades to rise quickly. Only the Stehekin River, however, was expected to fill its banks and cause minor flooding. Small streams draining high elevation snowfields could also overflow their banks.

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cbuick 1 year, 1 month ago

Global Warming !?! -- I threw this out just to get the conversation going....

Tim 1 year, 1 month ago

We have global cooling starting tomorrow!

It's not whether the earth is warming slightly or cooling. It's whether it's man caused that sparks controversy. Temps rise and fall all the time. Whether I have to give up fossil fuels to correct it is the issue.

Chuck 1 year, 1 month ago

Welfare checks for polar bears! LOL

Tim 1 year, 1 month ago

Oh my GOSH Chuck, don't give the government any ideas. We'll be paying to have iced shipped to Alaska next. Government Subsidized Igloos...oh boy!

Chuck 1 year, 1 month ago

Wonder how much one of those igloos would cost us once all the paperwork was done? LOL

Here's an interesting link on a proposed satellite to catch carbon spewing no goodniks:

http://musicians4freedom.com/2012/04/23/new-big-brother-satellite-to-hunt-down-carbon-criminals/

Annsboy 1 year, 1 month ago

I love the heat but going from the 60's to 87 was a killer yesterday, 77 today will be much nicer.

Peggy 1 year, 1 month ago

We had temps in the 90's in our orchard in Rock Island yesterday. In the sun it was over 100. Pretty extreme for April. Looking forward to more normal temperatures.

Meowzzz 1 year, 1 month ago

My car thermometer was reading 87 on Sunday, and 93 yesterday. I know they are not always accurate, but it felt warmer on both days, then what was reported. I wonder where the thermometer is located that they get their information from. Is it here in town, or is it up at Pangborn, because there is a difference in temp's between both places.