Are you interested in how 2014’s summer stacks up against the historic record? Many locations in the inland Pacific Northwest experienced July-August high temperatures 3-5 F above average. For a breakdown of temperature records by the numbers and a discussion of what the hot summer has meant for crop yeilds and wildfire in the region, read John Abatzoglou’s full blog post here:
http://climateinw.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/the-us-northwest-feels-the-heat/