UW Emergency Management

December 11, 2019

Describe Seattle’s 2019 Weather in 2 words? NOT NORMAL

people crossing a city street in the rain with umbrellasIf you were a newcomer to Seattle in 2019 and wondering if the past year was typical for Seattle… the answer would be NO.  In fact, according to experts from the National Weather Service, very little of what we experienced this past year was what some “old-timers” would recognize as normal.  Click HERE to see how our weather over the past 12 months varied significantly from long-time historical averages.  Is this a temporary “blip”… is it a harbinger of things to come???