David Parada, 7, left, and Abel Parada, 8, run through a heavy spray of water creating a rainbow Saturday at Walter E. Hall Parkin Everett. The Everett Fire Department set up a fire hose sprinkler station to help people cool down and escape the heat. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
EVERETT — Abnormal heat continued to wilt Snohomish County and the entire Northwest on Sunday, sending people flocking to air-conditioned buildings and bodies of water.
The forecast high for Everett on Monday is 99, but farther east in Snohomish County the temperature could reach 110 degrees.
Over the weekend, temperatures reached the upper-90s in Everett and other areas near the water, but inland highs soared past 100 degrees in places such as Marysville, Lynnwood, Monroe, Snohomish and Lake Stevens. Darrington reached 107.
To the south, even locations near Puget Sound reported triple digits. The temperature at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport reached 104 Sunday, breaking the record for that location. It was the second straight day of triple digits there, a first since record-keeping began.
Portland had it worse. Temperatures there exceeded 110 degrees in some places. And east of the Cascades, in the Tri-Cities of Pasco, Kennewick and Richland, 115 degrees was reported late Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday will likely bring temperatures in the upper 90s in many locations, the weather service said.
Some relief is coming later this week, with highs in the low 90s and 80s.
Officials continued to warn that the hot weather is more than just uncomfortable as many libraries and senior centers opened to provide relief to those most vulnerable.
“Heat stroke is an emergency!” the weather service said in the posted excessive heat warning. “Call 911.”
David Parada, 7, left, and Abel Parada, 8, run through a heavy spray of water creating a rainbow Saturday at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. The Everett Fire Department set up a fire hose sprinkler station to help people cool down and escape the heat. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Malakai Iankov, 10, does a front flip off of a dock Saturday into Silver Lake at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A plastic skeleton sits in a camping chair with its own plastic pool Saturday in the driveway of a home in Everett. During the heat wave temperatures reached 95 degrees on Saturday with a forecasted high of 103 degrees Monday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Ariana Blibd, 10, sits in a donut inner tube Saturday on Silver Lake at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Derek Bock and his daughter Olivia, 3, left, play in a small puddle Saturday at the Everett Fire Department’s fire hose sprinkler station at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A boy slides into a large puddle Saturday at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Brian McClenon, 14, left, and Nora Rates, 15, right, jump into Silver Lake at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Everett on Saturday. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
People swim and sit along Silver Lake’s beach Saturday at Thornton A. Sullivan Parkin Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Derick Bradford pushes his son Warren, 5, into the water on his inflatable dragon Saturday at Thornton A. Sullivan Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Mariam Helali, 9, runs through the fire hose sprinkler station Saturday at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
A child kicks up water in a large puddle Saturday at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
People stand in the spray from the Everett Fire Department’s fire hose sprinkler station Saturday at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
People enjoy the fire hose sprinkler station set up Saturday by the Everett Fire Department at Walter E. Hall Park in Everett. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
From steak bites to sauteed shrimp, the crew at Station One know their way around the kitchen: “We like good food.”
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