After 11 consecutive August days that failed to touch 90, Washington's high temperature (as of 5 p.m.) climbed above the hallmark of summertime heat.
The first 90 degree-day of the month in Washington arrived on Saturday. Perhaps it was bound to happen. And indeed it could have been a good deal hotter.
Our average high temperature will drop again, and soon. On Aug. 21, it falls from 88 to 87, perhaps an even surer sign of the direction of events. In fact Saturday was not only hotter but also more humid than the day before. By those criteria alone, Saturday might have told us that summer was still well entrenched and even showing a second wind.But for all its 91-degree heat, and its 94-degree heat index, or “feels like” temperature, at many afternoon hours Saturday seemed tolerable enough for August, and perhaps even pleasant in a mid-August way.
At moments on Saturday the mid-August sunshine also seemed a weather ingredient to be wary of. But at many hours a breeze blew, enough to create gratitude and evaporation, letting us imagine the moving air whisking the perspiration from our backs.
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