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At 82 degrees Seattle ties high temp record for April 26

Apr 26, 2018, 9:13 AM | Updated: 5:53 pm

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Golden Gardens in north Seattle. (Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio)

(Matt Pitman/KIRO Radio)

Seattle tied its record high temperature of 82 degrees for April 26 Thursday and Bellingham hit a new record.

RELATED: A recap of the first few months of weather

Bellingham reached 75 degrees at at 4:16 p.m. The previous record high for Bellingham — 74 degrees — was set in 1987.

In the past 73 years at Sea-Tac, there have been only 17 days in the month of April where temperatures have reached 80 degrees or higher (including Thursday), according to the National Weather Service. The record high for April 26 in Seattle is 82 degrees, initially set back in 1947.

At 1:30 p.m., it was 76 in Everett and 79 in Tacoma. Olympia reached 80 degrees.

But brace yourself. A dramatic drop in temperature is expected Friday as winds shift and come in off the ocean.

“That’s going to end up dropping temperatures in Seattle almost 15 degrees cooler than what we’re expecting for [Thursday],” Reedy said.

Showers return Friday evening and stick around off and on throughout the weekend.

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