Monday’s current warm, dry weather brings us back to what happened on the Seattle waterfront on June 6, 1889. There were no precise weather records back then, but that spring was a warm and dry one.
Tuesday, June 6 marks the anniversary of the tragic 1889 Great Seattle Fire that burned 25 blocks of downtown waterfront Seattle, but could it happen again?
The warm, dry weather has continued into June with no significant rainfall in sight. Temperatures will climb back into the 80s for a few days in the middle of this week. Those unseasonably warm temperatures will be combined with blustery winds and a very dry air mass, leading to a rising wildfire threat.
On the day of the Great Seattle Fire, an inadvertently spilled glue pot in a carpentry shop started the historic Seattle fire. Stiff winds coming off Elliott Bay that warm afternoon helped fan the flames and spread the fire from one building to the next with ease. You can visit what’s left through the Seattle Underground Tour.
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