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Pacific Northwest, Rain, Severe, Spring, Thunderstorm, Tri-Cities, Washington

GALLERY: Awesome pictures of Tuesday’s storm in Benton City

29 May 2019 No Comments

Tuesday brought scattered thunderstorms to the area. Most of these storms were concentrated around the mountains, but around 7:45 pm a storm formed that brought heavy rain, hail, and frequent lightning to Benton City. This storm produced quarter-size hail, which was the only severe weather report yesterday in the entire country west of Interstate 25. […]

Climate, Dry, Heat, Pacific Northwest, Tri-Cities, Washington

Let’s talk about dust devils

3 May 2019 No Comments

Earlier this week, I was hiking up Candy Mountain with my wife. As we were headed up the slope, I noticed a lot of dust being lifted off a construction site on Kennedy Road. There had been occasional gusts, so at first I thought this was just a strong one, but a within a few […]

Climate, Heat, Pacific Northwest, Research, Snow, Summer, Tri-Cities, Washington, Winter

Does a snowy winter lead to an unusually hot summer?

25 April 2019 No Comments

For my statistics class at WSU Tri-Cities, I had to do a research project on a set of data. Having heard repeated statements and questions along the lines of “since it was so snowy this winter, that means it will be unusually hot this summer, right?” When I learned I had to do this project, […]

Climate, Cold, History, Pacific Northwest, Record, Snow, Tri-Cities, Washington, Winter

Here’s a list of all the records we broke since February 1

11 March 2019 No Comments

This post has been updated with data through March 15. With snow still on the ground following our exceptional last month and a half, I thought it would be fun to list the records we broke or got close to breaking. These records are for the Tri-Cities and are considered unofficial. I’ve listed the old […]