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Depends on how you define great weather. It doesn't rain nearly as much as people assume (lived there 6 years), but most days have some light drizzle. For a ten

by nbclark 10y ago

Depends on how you define great weather. It doesn't rain nearly as much as people assume (lived there 6 years), but most days have some light drizzle. For a tennis player, that is emotionally taxing (is it going to rain? should we make plans).

djsumdog 10y ago
I moved to Seattle and it's not the rain that bothers me (it's really not as bad as people say, even during the winter months), it's the cold. .. or rather lack of hot. It never gets above 26C here. There are plenty of other cities like this (London just had a record heatwave .. of 29C; seriously that's too hot for them. People were passing out in the toobs. Wellington, another coastal city, has people bitching when it gets up to 27C as too hot), but the difference is they do get warm .. for an extended period of time. From May through August (opposite in Wellington cause hemispheres), you know you can put your jacket away. You don't need it. At worst it's gonna be a little refrigerator like if you stay out too late. In Seattle, it could be mid-June and you might need that jacket...at noon, and then the next day you'll be burning up. I miss seasons.
- mrep 10y ago
  While I miss the seasons a little bit (mainly thunderstorms and snow for a little bit), Seattle is WAY better than the midwest. I'll gladly take mild weather over hot humid summers and winters so cold all you see during the winter outside are bundles of clothing walking around.
- Symbiote 10y ago
  29°C is not a record heatwave for London, that's only 5°C higher than the average high for July. "On average London will see 31 days above 25 °C each year, and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C every year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Climate
williamstein 10y ago
"How many days of rain does Seattle get in a year? About 150." http://seattle.about.com/od/familylifestyles/tp/Rain-In-Seattle.htm http://seattle.about.com/od/familylifestyles/tp/Rain-In-Seat... (I've lived in Seattle over 10 years.)

by nbclark 10y ago

djsumdog 10y ago

I moved to Seattle and it's not the rain that bothers me (it's really not as bad as people say, even during the winter months), it's the cold. .. or rather lack of hot. It never gets above 26C here. There are plenty of other cities like this (London just had a record heatwave .. of 29C; seriously that's too hot for them. People were passing out in the toobs. Wellington, another coastal city, has people bitching when it gets up to 27C as too hot), but the difference is they do get warm .. for an extended period of time. From May through August (opposite in Wellington cause hemispheres), you know you can put your jacket away. You don't need it. At worst it's gonna be a little refrigerator like if you stay out too late. In Seattle, it could be mid-June and you might need that jacket...at noon, and then the next day you'll be burning up. I miss seasons.

mrep 10y ago
While I miss the seasons a little bit (mainly thunderstorms and snow for a little bit), Seattle is WAY better than the midwest. I'll gladly take mild weather over hot humid summers and winters so cold all you see during the winter outside are bundles of clothing walking around.
Symbiote 10y ago
29°C is not a record heatwave for London, that's only 5°C higher than the average high for July. "On average London will see 31 days above 25 °C each year, and 4.2 days above 30.0 °C every year." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Climate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London#Climate

williamstein 10y ago

"How many days of rain does Seattle get in a year? About 150." http://seattle.about.com/od/familylifestyles/tp/Rain-In-Seattle.htm http://seattle.about.com/od/familylifestyles/tp/Rain-In-Seat... (I've lived in Seattle over 10 years.)