I appreciate the feedback. That accounts for the west coast. But North America is pretty big and a heatwave in one region hardly verifies Glowbull Warming of the planet.
Rainfall and temperature in Seattle are usually the mirror opposite of the Mid-West, and, to a lesser extent, the Northeast.
However, when our heat wave started, both the Mid-West and the Northeast were having record temps, too, which kind of freaked everyone out and made us wonder, “Is this the new normal for summer in Seattle?”