Seattle climate: A touch of rain after a dry July

The primary week of August comes with a sprinkling of rain and cooler temperatures on the heels of a sizzling, dry July.

Temperatures will keep beneath common for this time of 12 months by the workweek, Nationwide Climate Service meteorologist Jeff Michalski mentioned. 

Possibilities of rain will arrive Tuesday evening and final into Thursday morning, although rainfall quantities will possible be 1 / 4 of an inch or much less within the Seattle metro space, Michalski mentioned.

“It’s good to see some rain,” however that won’t make up for the dry circumstances of late, Michalski mentioned Monday morning. 

The Seattle area is 6.5 inches beneath its regular quantity of rainfall since Jan. 1 and 9 inches beneath common for the water 12 months, which began Oct. 1, he mentioned.

July 25, with 0.01 inches of precipitation, marked the one day of rainfall the complete month.

And statewide, June was the third-driest up to now 130 years, the Washington Division of Ecology mentioned in a written assertion.

Hotter- and drier-than-normal circumstances will possible persist by August, the division famous.

“Over at NOAA, the Local weather Prediction Middle’s one-month outlook for August 2025 signifies elevated possibilities of above-normal temperatures and below-normal precipitation,” the division mentioned. “There’s a 60-70% probability of above-normal temperatures throughout Jap Washington.”

Seattle noticed lower than a half-inch of precipitation in June whereas drought circumstances lined greater than half the state. Summers are beginning sooner and ending later, with much less rainfall and better temperatures. 

Hotter climate will return subsequent weekend, Michalski mentioned. Temperatures will climb again into the 80s Saturday by Monday.