Has Seattle Had More Below Zero Weather Temperature Days or 100 Degree Days?

Do you know if the city of Seattle, Washington has had more below zero weather temperature days or 100 degree temperature days? This is a fascinating weather trivia question that many people living in the Seattle area will love.

For those of you living in the Seattle area, do you know the answer? Official weather temperatures have been collected in Seattle since 1894 so the answers below are from 1894 to the present day.

Keep in mind that Seattle is the northernmost city in the United States among cities with at least 500,000 in population. Not only is Seattle the largest northern city in the United States it's also father north than the Canadian cities of Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. 

Has Seattle Had More Below Zero Weather Temperature Days or 100 Degree Days?

Number of 100 Degree Temperature Days in Seattle

• 3

Since 1894, Seattle has only had three days when the weather temperature reached 100 degrees or hotter. The record hottest temperature in Seattle history is 103 degrees which the city reached on July 29, 2009.

It was also 100 degrees exactly on both July 20, 1994 and July 16, 1941. Those are the only three times Seattle has reached 100 degrees. Due to its northern location and its proximity to the Puget Sound, Lake Washington and the Pacific Ocean, the city of Seattle rarely gets any notable heat waves.

Number of Below Zero Weather Temperature Days in Seattle

• 0

The city of Seattle, Washington, despite its northern location, has never had a below zero weather temperature reading. The record coldest temperature ever recorded in Seattle is exactly zero degrees which occurred on January 31, 1950. The second coldest temperature in Seattle's history is 1 degree which occurred on February 1, 1950, one day after the record of 0 was set.

Even though Seattle is located north of Toronto (record low of -27 degrees), Montreal (record low of -36 degrees) and Ottawa (record low of -38 degrees), the city has never had a below zero weather temperature day. The reason again, just like why Seattle has had so few 100 degree days, is because of its location near the moderating influences of the Puget Sound, Lake Washington and the Pacific Ocean.

So the answer to the weather trivia question has Seattle had more below zero weather temperature days or 100 degree temperature days?, is that Seattle has had more 100 degree days by a factor of three. Who would have guessed that?

For more see:

All-Time Record Hottest and Coldest Weather Temperature Days in Seattle, Washington

Ten Coldest Weather Temperature Days Ever Recorded in Seattle, Washington

20 Northern USA Cities That Have Shockingly Had 70 Degree Weather Temperature Days in January

USA Cities With 90 Degree Weather Temperature Days in Every Month of the Year

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