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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Today’s record temperature for June likely will fall tomorrow

Thirteen-year-old Riley Hall of Spokane uses her water bottle to battle the heat during Hoopfest on Saturday, June 27, 2015. (Kathy Plonka)
Today’s official high temperature in Spokane – 102 degrees – is the hottest ever recorded in June. But that record likely will only last one day. The official high temperature for Spokane, which is recorded by the National Weather Service at the Spokane International Airport, was 102 degrees this afternoon. It was much hotter than that in downtown Spokane with heat radiating off concrete and asphalt, said National Weather Service meteorologist Ellie Kelch. Temperatures are expected to hit at least 105 degrees on Sunday, then briefly cool to the lower 90s by Tuesday. On Wednesday temperatures will start rising and could reach above 100 again by next weekend if the extended forecast holds. “The trend is definitely going to be well above normal,” Kelch said. “We are not going to get a big system in to blow out this hot air.” There’s a chance of scattered thunderstorms in the mountains and the northern counties through Monday, but Kelch said in most areas any rain would likely evaporate before it hits the ground. Today’s temperature beat the old record in Spokane for June 27, which was 98 degrees in 1925. It’s unusual for June to be so hot. Triple-digit heat has only been recorded three other times in Spokane during June: 101 degrees on June 23, 1992 and 100 degrees on June 22, 1973 and June 26, 1925. Weather records for Spokane go back to 1881. “This 102 is officially the warmest we have been in June ever,” Kelch said. Todal also was the hottest day in Spokane during any month since Aug. 17, 2008, when the high was 103 degrees. Other cities in the region also set new high temperatures. It was 107 degrees in Lewiston, passing the old record of 103 degrees set 1925. Wenatchee was 105 degrees on Saturday, surpassing the previous high of 101 degrees set in 2006. “Right now records are falling all over the place,” Kelch said.