Seattle hits record cold for February 23

Seattle hit a record cold temperature Thursday, Feb. 23 with a high of 35 degrees.

"We only had a high of 35 in Seattle yesterday. That was the coldest February 23 on record. We've only had three colder days in the last week of February in 78 years," National Weather Service meteorologist Dana Felton told KUOW.

That beats the previous record of 36 degrees set in 2022.

Felton said Seattle also broke the record-low temperature for Friday, Feb. 24, before sunrise.

Sea-Tac Airport also hit a record. The airport was at 22 degrees early Friday morning, which breaks the record-low temperature for Feb. 24. It was previously 24 degrees, set in 2011.

The cold weather isn't going anywhere. There's another chance for lowland snow Saturday night into Sunday.

"We're going to stay in this cold pattern," Felton said. "Both Sunday and Monday, the highs will get up into the lower to mid 40s."

So any snow that does fall over the weekend and into Monday will likely melt.