If you didn’t know the weather was warm Tuesday, a glance at John H. Miller could have clued you in.
Miller, director of Clallam County’s Department of Community Development, showed up for work wearing shorts, sandals and a surfer shirt.
It was just as well he did, for the cooling system went on the fritz in the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles.
There, an e-mail greeted employees with the warning that they might become uncomfortable inside the building.
“That means we’ll have to go right over to Safeway for ice cream!” said one employee upon reading the news.
High temperatures reached 93 degrees in Forks, 89 in Sequim, 91 in Port Angeles and 79 in Port Townsend.
Conditions were balmy even at Hurricane Ridge, where the 2 p.m. temperature hit 76.
That was 10 degrees higher than midday Monday.
The mercury had climbed to nearly 92 degrees at Lake Quinault by 3 p.m. Tuesday, up 14 degrees from the same time the previous day.
At Lake Crescent was recorded 84 degrees at 5 p.m., about 8 degrees higher than Monday.
A record high temperature of 93 for July 10 was logged at Quillayute Airport, shattering the 2002 record of 78 degrees.
And an all-time record high of 99 was recorded at Hoquiam Airport – one degree more than the highs of Aug. 9, 1981, and July 11, 1961, according to the National Weather Service.
