28 days without rain; will we set the springtime record?

After two days of record-breaking high temperatures earlier this month, Seattle is now approaching a record-number of consecutive rainless spring days.

Today is Day 28 without rain, just 24 hours behind the record for this time of year, set in 1982.

But we may fall short of a record-breaking stretch; the National Weather Service predicts a chance of showers tonight and Wednesday.

The weather pattern that gave us 89-degree days in early June also pushed rainstorms around Western Washington and into normally hot, dry Eastern Washington.

The dry heat may be good news for sunbathers, but weather experts say the region is at increased risk of wildfires.

"We've seen three good-sized wildfires here already," said Jim Prange, fire weather program leader for the National Weather Service. "It's a little early in the year for that."

The overall record for consecutive dry days recorded Sea-Tac Airport is 51, set in July and August of 1951.

On June 3 and 4, the temperature reached 89 degrees, breaking the high-temperature records for both days.

Lindsay Toler: 206-464-2463 or ltoler@seattletimes.com