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February 17, 2012
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Temperatures Shatter Records Across Western Washington
by Keith Seinfeld, KPLU Science and Health Reporter (2009-07-29)
A thermometer outside a Kent, WA, office registered the day's big news: record-setting heat. Photo by Gerry Jay.
SEATTLE, WA (KPLU) - Around 2:30 pm on Wednesday, July 29th, temperatures climbed to 102 degrees at SeaTac Airport - breaking the record for Seattle's highest temperature ever recorded.

The record used to be 100 degrees -- set in 1941 in downtown Seattle, and tied in 1994 at SeaTac Airport. Record-keeping began in Seattle in 1891.

To hear the full story from KPLU science and health reporter Keith Seinfeld, click "play" above.

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