Heat records broken Sunday in Puget Sound
Jun 5, 2016, 6:37 PM | Updated: 9:13 pm
A view of Mount Rainier. ( KIRO 7, via Sergey Akimov
It was record-breakingly hot in parts of Washington Sunday, with temperatures reaching more than 90 degrees in some areas.
According to the National Weather Service, temperature records were broken in Olympia (94 degrees), Bellingham (85 degrees) and Seatac (93 degrees).
A heat advisory was in effect through 9 p.m. Sunday in Seattle.
FLASH! #SeaTacAP broke record high today at 542PM, reaching 93°! Old record was 92° in 1978! #wawx #summer
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) June 6, 2016
Hot with record tying/breaking highs Interior, not as hot #Coast. Be safe #outdoors and on the #water! #wawx#summerpic.twitter.com/puMT6OJIG5
— NWS Seattle (@NWSSeattle) June 5, 2016
Some, including Terry Hollimon, from the Barbershop on KIRO Radio, took interesting approaches to staying cool.
It’s so hot in Seattle today that for the last hour I’ve been legit laying down… In my car…… https://t.co/slWKxmt2EH
— Terry (T-Holla) (@terryhollimon) June 6, 2016
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