Needless to say, the plethora of snow that buried the area on the 18th remained on the ground for more than a week-cementing the December 1990 Convergence Zone’s place in Seattle lore.Īnd making it the gold standard by which all future epic snowfalls are judged-the mother of all Puget Sound Convergence Zones.Įditor’s note: This post was originally published on Dec. The biting cold would go on to grip the region for days, with Sea-Tac staying below freezing until Christmas Day, when the temperature mercifully rose to 36 degrees-only to drop back into the 20s once more near the end of the month. I need some crazy ride from the 80s to complete the experience. Fm84 and The Midnight create moving, rocking, electro, synth tracks that are memorable and way too much fun I own two fun cars from the 90s, and love their music when I go for drives. In Bellingham, it was even worse, with a 16-degree temperature and winds blasting above 60 mph. The Midnight are part of an incredible movement of modern 80s inspired music. By 11 p.m., the temperature at Sea-Tac stood at 21 degrees, with bitter north winds gusting to 43 mph. In the wake of the blizzard, however, the mercury plummeted as cold Canadian air settled in. The heavy snow caught the entire region off guard-so much so that over a thousand children in the area, trapped at school when the storm hit, were forced to spend the night in their classrooms.Įventually, the Zone began fizzling as it meandered south of Renton, bringing only 2.5 inches of snow to Sea-Tac Airport. The Zone also spread its wrath to the other side of Lake Washington, dropping up to 14 inches of snow in places like Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond as the afternoon wore on. 18, 2008, courtesy of the Convergence Zone.) ( Thundersnow-thunder, lightning and snow, all rolled into one-also hit the region on Mar. As if that weren’t enough, lightning flashed overhead as peals of thunder boomed from the sky-treating stunned Seattleites to a spectacular display of thundersnow. Accompanied by howling northerly winds, the Zone peaked in intensity right over downtown-dumping a foot of snow in the heart of the city. Heavy, wet snow fell in droves as the Convergence Zone roared south into Seattle in the early afternoon, blanketing freeways and blinding motorists. Then, right around lunchtime, a powerful-and unpredicted-Puget Sound Convergence Zone formed near Lynnwood, and all hell broke loose. To the north, however, there was trouble brewing-with arctic air from Canada slowly sinking toward the Washington border.Īs night turned to morning, the cold air began spilling into the state, dropping the temperature around Puget Sound into the upper 30s. 18, 1990, began on a relatively calm note in Seattle, with temperatures at the stroke of midnight resting in the low- to mid-40s under overcast skies.
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Sure, it’s been wet, and yes, it’s been windy at times-but overall, this December has largely been devoid of truly impactful weather.ģ0 years ago today, it was a much different story. By the end of the day, Seattle was buried in 12 inches of snow. 18, 1990, as a strong Puget Sound Convergence Zone developed. Since Austin will not record a first freeze until 2022, this winter will bring one of the latest first freezes ever recorded.Heavy snow began falling in the Seattle area around noon on Dec. With unusually warm weather expected to continue in week two of our forecast, we still do not have a first freeze in Camp Mabry’s forecast for the foreseeable future.
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John Nielsen-Gammon, State Climatologist. Digital download of the full album will be sent to you in your order confirmation email. This December will also likely go down as the state of Texas’ warmest December on record, according to Bob Rose/LCRA and Dr. Austin’s day/night temperatures are running a 9° fever - a wide margin in the world of weather. Temperatures overall this month are averaging out to the warmest December in Austin history, with records dating back to 1897. A high of 83° would be Austin’s second-warmest Christmas on record. With more sunshine and an even warmer westerly wind direction blowing in behind a dryline on Christmas Day, temperatures spike into the lower-80s in Austin and near 90° in the western Hill Country.
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Forecast high temperatures Christmas Eve day Expect even warmer 80s in much of the Hill Country.
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Temperatures on Friday are forecast to climb to 78° in Austin - the 6th-warmest Christmas Eve day on record, out of 124 years of data. AUSTIN (KXAN) - Afternoon high temperatures Thursday in Austin were capped at 71° since morning clouds were slow to burn off, but earlier sun each day and warmer winds should cause temperatures to soar much higher on Christmas Eve and Day.