SEATTLE — The temperature dropped to 18 degrees before dawn today at Sea-Tac Airport, setting a new record low for the date.
Meteorologist Chris Burke at the National Weather Service office in Seattle said the previous record low for the date was 21, set in 1972.
Burke said Olympia also set a record low of 7, breaking the 1972 record of 10. And the 18 degrees at Quillayute broke the 1972 record of 20.
At the National Weather Service office in Spokane, meteorologist Matt Fugazzi said most of the record lows, set in 1972 and 1919, are well below zero for Eastern Washington. The record in Spokane is minus-8, and it only got down to 7 this morning.
Other lows: Pullman 5, Moses Lake 2, Vancouver 12, Bremerton 10, Bellingham 21.
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