“Out of the refrigerator, into the frying pan” – weather year 2019 marked by extremes

Shortly after the big snows happened in February, residents of the Puget Sound region were already hearing how the winter storms would be an event to remember and tell their grandchildren about. As we wrap up 2019, KNKX weather expert Cliff Mass says that event still stands out as the biggest one of the year — despite a lot of other features that add up to a year of extremes. “It was the coldest, snowiest February that we’ve ever had in western Washington,” says Mass, a professor of atmospheric