Fall is in the air in the Emerald City. Looking back at the last 3 months, using the National Weather Service records, the warmest day in Seattle was August 19th, when the temperature topped out at 95F (35C). The second warmest day was way back on June 5th, 93F (33.9C). July did not break into the 90s, but we got close on July 29th with 89F (31.6C). Mean temperatures were near perfect (in our humble opinion): 63.5 (17.5C) June, 66.8 (19.3C) July, and 68.7 (20.3C) August. Days with greater than 0.01 inches of rain: June 10, July 6, and August 3, which means, for the 92 day period, 73 (about 80%) of the days were dry! Does that sound like your idea of Seattle? :-) Overall, it was a much more comfortable summer than 2015 which was blistering!
We took a little
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| Early morning looking across Puget Sound. Only a tiny amount of snow remains on the Olympic mountains. Fog was drifting through the valleys. September 4th 6:59 AM |
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| After sunset, the waxing moon was pretty! September 4th 8:17 PM (Waxing crescent moon about 15% illuminated.) |
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| The sliver of moon was bright enough to cast a nice moonlight on the Sound. September 4th 8:52 PM |
aw...nice shots.
ReplyDeleteA happy Labrador to you too.
Beautiful shots, Tom.
ReplyDeleteoh, my goodness...that blue scene...
ReplyDeleteA Beautiful view
ReplyDeleteLovely shots!!
ReplyDeleteAll three pictures are outstanding, but I especially love the crescent moon. Happy Labor Day to you and yours, John! :-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome sky photos. It's snowed in the mountains here, in fact it snowed right in Banff
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, John. The first one is my favorite. Lovely shades of blue!
ReplyDeleteYour pictures show such beauty.The temperatures sound wonderful out your way.We have had a lot of heat and more than our normal amount of rain.
ReplyDeleteThank you John! What a nice photos of your water-trip. Love also the blue in it!
ReplyDeleteStunning images!
ReplyDeleteHappy September John.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and a happy day to you.
ReplyDeleteGosh, is it fall already?! Where did summer go?
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to see the skies this season in your coming posts.
That moon is unbelievable! And the red sky... Amazing. Our world is so beautiful...stunning, really.
ReplyDeleteHello Johns, lovely views of the sky and mountains. The moon capture is awesome. I hope you Labor Day weekend was great. The trip to Alaska, sounds wonderful too. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous twilight captures. Thanks John...:)
ReplyDeleteLove the photo of Puget Sound in the fog, and your shot of the moon sliver is neat too--particularly with the cloud, and the rest of the moon visible, though not illuminated! Will be looking forward to the photos from your trip! Seeing the glaciers sounds like a neat experience.
ReplyDeleteOooh I love that top photo John. Very beautiful. I haven't done the research but I think Seattle was much drier than Vancouver this summer. We had record rainfall over July and August. Nonetheless I did appreciate the cooler temperatures with a mix of warmer days. It was easier to handle than last summer's heat wave. I look forward to seeing your "northern" photos. I'm thinking perhaps you were on a cruise to Alaska.
ReplyDeleteLovely crescent! Somehow The moon looks so much bigger when out in the sea!👍
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