Forecasters warn several days between today and next week will have high temperatures in the 80s.
The current Ferndale high temperature daily forecast through the weekend
76° today (Tuesday)
79° Wednesday
88° Thursday
85° Friday
85° Saturday
82° Sunday
76° Monday
While visitors from warmer climates may chuckle at concern over these temperatures, Ferndale typically enjoys milder summer temperatures given its proximity to the Puget Sound and its offshore weather influences. As such, most residences and businesses in the area lack air-conditioning and need to resort to other methods to keep cool (see below).
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Click for more informationThe elderly and those with existing health concerns are advised to stay hydrated and seek out cool places during the heat of the day.
Monitor the up-to-date Ferndale weather forecast, including warnings, at the Discover Ferndale weather page.
The following is repeated from earlier postings on Discover Ferndale:
Here are some tips gleaned from the internet for cooling down your home in the likely event you are not equipped with an air-conditioning system.
- When the air outside is cooler than the air inside, instead of having a noisy fan in your bedroom, try this trick. In another room place a high-velocity fan so it is level with and blowing out toward an open window. Then open the window(s) in your bedroom. Now turn the fan on high. It will pull the air from the outside through the bedroom window(s) and while being noisy away from you. If you can position your bed so it’s in the air flow it can feel like you have a fan blowing on you but without all the noise. Run this setup for 15 to 30 minutes before bedtime to have a cooler bedroom by the time you go to bed.
- Shut all the doors and windows in the morning before the air gets hotter outside than it is inside. Closing drapes and blinds is also a good idea. This locks in the cool air and minimizes letting in outside heat from sunlight and hot air. Don’t open again until the temperature outside is lower than the temperature inside. At that time, feel free to throw them all open.
- Running fans to keep the inside air moving will make it much more comfortable than stagnate air.
- Don’t have all your fans pointing inward or outward through windows. Be sure to have an equal number (or size) blowing in as are blowing out. Otherwise you are simply stirring up the air and not bringing in the cool air or exhausting warm inside air. It is desirable to have all fans blowing out on one side of your home or apartment and the rest blowing in on the other side. Or, if you only have a few fans, put all on one side blowing out and none on the other side (like in example #1 above).
Be sure your windows are equipped with adequate screens. Windows with weak, ripped or missing screens are easy points of entry for insects, small animals and criminals.