Not All Temperature Records Are Equal, Especially if Reported by the Seattle Times
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Guest Contributor
May 14, 2026
Guest Essay by Cliff Mass From the Cliff Mass Weather Blog
Some records are more significant than others.
And some records are being used to hype normal temperature variability in unfortunate ways.
Consider yesterday (Sunday). SeaTac Airport beat its daily record (77F0 for that specific date, reaching 81°F.
The Seattle Times puts the 81°F day on the FRONT PAGE! Must be a slow news day.
https://climaterealism.com/2026/05/not-all-temperature-records-are-equal-especially-if-reported-by-the-seattle-times/
