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If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.

by yelnatz 12y ago

coherentpony 12y ago
It's similar to the UK; very temperate.
enraged_camel 12y ago
It's funny you bring up Seattle. Temperature is only one factor. Another big one is humidity. Seattle is the 7th most humid city in the US, which can make 45 degrees feel like 30 and 80 degrees feel like 95. This is why Seattle weather is miserable year around except for a fe weeks in late spring and early summer. Not to mention the constant rain, of course. Drizzle, they call it.
- jsolson 12y ago
  It actually is a constant drizzle, though only in the winter. Rarely do we get proper rain. It's one of the few things I miss from Atlanta's weather. Frankly, Seattle's climate really is very nice compared to much of the United States (say, the entire East Coast and the Midwest). It is not as nice as chunks of the California coast, but I'll take my lower cost of living over the Bay and my 15 minute commute over the terrifying sprawl that is LA. I can't really make an argument against San Diego, though. Every time I've been there it's been beautiful.
  - cesarbs 12y ago
    I've been living in Seattle for 1.5 years and I have a hard time with this "we rarely get proper rain" everyone says. I've seen proper rain countless times. Sometimes it really pours. I thought I'd be able to walk around in the drizzle and not get very wet, but my experience is that it's not really drizzle and I get soaked after a number of minutes outside.
    - jsolson 12y ago
      In Atlanta many afternoons in the summer include a 3pm thunderstorm. Downed trees, washed out roads (I'm looking at you, Ponce de Leon where you branch off to Decatur), and plenty of thunder and lightning. You'll be positively drenched if you're outside in it at all. Seattle rarely if ever sees rain like that. A drizzle does mean there is actively water coming out of the sky. You will get wet, but a single layer rain jacket with a hood is sufficient to mitigate that. I suppose YMMV.
- libria 12y ago
  This is highly subjective. Looking at the list[1] you really need feet on the ground to evaluate it correctly. Seattle/SF might be technically more humid than other cities, but they get coastal breeze and constant air movement. Anything with dense treelines (SE US) or in a valley might have lower humidity but stagnant air means sweat never evaporates and even businessmen run around w/ pit stains. It's prob just lack of residential AC that makes it seem hot at times, but it's definitely got nothing on a VA/GA/MD summer. The drizzle combined w/ high latitude create very dark winters though. [1] http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/most-humid-cities.php http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/most-humid...
  - libria 12y ago
    (hm can't edit) Anyway, I thought about it more and realized the rain (100% humidity I suppose) probably skews that figure. When it's sunny, it's actually quite dry here as evidenced by my hair staying put, where on the east coast, I'd normally look like a chia pet.
    - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
      That is because Seattle's humidity quickly turns into dew: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html
- seanmcdirmid 12y ago
  Wow, so uninformed... Having lived in Mississippi and Seattle for 4+ years each (Seattle it was more like 8), windchill is much worse in Mississippi than it is in Seattle. In Seattle, you can pretty much leave your window open year round and have a nice sleep. 70 is considered hot in the summer; 40 is considered cold in the winter. Now Mississippi: hot humid summers, cold humid winters. Life pretty much sucks outside of Fall/Spring. Edit: in the interest of keeping people away from Seattle, I take everything back and agree with parent.
  - enraged_camel 12y ago
    >>Wow, so uninformed... I lived in Seattle for six years. So I'm not quite "uninformed" as you seem to believe. >>Now Mississippi: hot humid summers, cold humid winters. Life pretty much sucks outside of Fall/Spring. At least you have Fall/Spring in Mississippi. In Seattle, it's overcast nine months of the year, so you don't really have seasons.
    - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
      I'm really not sure if you trying to scare people off or are really serious. Po's law is confusing me now. Spring and fall are really nice in Seattle, Summer is to. It is just the start of November until around March where the rain rolls in...why don't you just look at the statistics, the numbers don't lie: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USWA0395 http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/U... and more about humidity: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html Anyways, the more people who don't want to live in Seattle, the better, so I'd rather not convince anyone.
      - enraged_camel 12y ago
        Of course I'm serious. The weather in Seattle is so bad that Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD) is a very common phenomenon. That's right: people get depressed because of the dark, wet and dreary weather there. I think that fact alone speaks for itself. As icing on the cake, your "the more people who don't want to live in Seattle, the better" attitude is yet another reason not to live there. Basically a form of "just leave me alone!" syndrome. They call it Seattle Freeze. You can look it up if you haven't heard of it before (although that's unlikely).
cperciva 12y ago
Vancouver is about 2C cooler than Seattle, and gets about 10% less sunlight and 15% more rain. But yes, they're certainly quite similar.
- ulfw 12y ago
  I didn't think this was possible. Interesting.

If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.

by yelnatz 12y ago

If you can imagine Seattle's weather, that's basically Vancouver.

coherentpony 12y ago

It's similar to the UK; very temperate.

enraged_camel 12y ago

It's funny you bring up Seattle. Temperature is only one factor. Another big one is humidity. Seattle is the 7th most humid city in the US, which can make 45 degrees feel like 30 and 80 degrees feel like 95. This is why Seattle weather is miserable year around except for a fe weeks in late spring and early summer. Not to mention the constant rain, of course. Drizzle, they call it.

jsolson 12y ago
It actually is a constant drizzle, though only in the winter. Rarely do we get proper rain. It's one of the few things I miss from Atlanta's weather. Frankly, Seattle's climate really is very nice compared to much of the United States (say, the entire East Coast and the Midwest). It is not as nice as chunks of the California coast, but I'll take my lower cost of living over the Bay and my 15 minute commute over the terrifying sprawl that is LA. I can't really make an argument against San Diego, though. Every time I've been there it's been beautiful.
- cesarbs 12y ago
  I've been living in Seattle for 1.5 years and I have a hard time with this "we rarely get proper rain" everyone says. I've seen proper rain countless times. Sometimes it really pours. I thought I'd be able to walk around in the drizzle and not get very wet, but my experience is that it's not really drizzle and I get soaked after a number of minutes outside.
  - jsolson 12y ago
    In Atlanta many afternoons in the summer include a 3pm thunderstorm. Downed trees, washed out roads (I'm looking at you, Ponce de Leon where you branch off to Decatur), and plenty of thunder and lightning. You'll be positively drenched if you're outside in it at all. Seattle rarely if ever sees rain like that. A drizzle does mean there is actively water coming out of the sky. You will get wet, but a single layer rain jacket with a hood is sufficient to mitigate that. I suppose YMMV.
libria 12y ago
This is highly subjective. Looking at the list[1] you really need feet on the ground to evaluate it correctly. Seattle/SF might be technically more humid than other cities, but they get coastal breeze and constant air movement. Anything with dense treelines (SE US) or in a valley might have lower humidity but stagnant air means sweat never evaporates and even businessmen run around w/ pit stains. It's prob just lack of residential AC that makes it seem hot at times, but it's definitely got nothing on a VA/GA/MD summer. The drizzle combined w/ high latitude create very dark winters though. [1] http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/most-humid-cities.php http://www.currentresults.com/Weather-Extremes/US/most-humid...
- libria 12y ago
  (hm can't edit) Anyway, I thought about it more and realized the rain (100% humidity I suppose) probably skews that figure. When it's sunny, it's actually quite dry here as evidenced by my hair staying put, where on the east coast, I'd normally look like a chia pet.
  - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
    That is because Seattle's humidity quickly turns into dew: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html
seanmcdirmid 12y ago
Wow, so uninformed... Having lived in Mississippi and Seattle for 4+ years each (Seattle it was more like 8), windchill is much worse in Mississippi than it is in Seattle. In Seattle, you can pretty much leave your window open year round and have a nice sleep. 70 is considered hot in the summer; 40 is considered cold in the winter. Now Mississippi: hot humid summers, cold humid winters. Life pretty much sucks outside of Fall/Spring. Edit: in the interest of keeping people away from Seattle, I take everything back and agree with parent.
- enraged_camel 12y ago
  >>Wow, so uninformed... I lived in Seattle for six years. So I'm not quite "uninformed" as you seem to believe. >>Now Mississippi: hot humid summers, cold humid winters. Life pretty much sucks outside of Fall/Spring. At least you have Fall/Spring in Mississippi. In Seattle, it's overcast nine months of the year, so you don't really have seasons.
  - seanmcdirmid 12y ago
    I'm really not sure if you trying to scare people off or are really serious. Po's law is confusing me now. Spring and fall are really nice in Seattle, Summer is to. It is just the start of November until around March where the rain rolls in...why don't you just look at the statistics, the numbers don't lie: http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USWA0395 http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/U... and more about humidity: http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html http://www.komonews.com/weather/faq/4308492.html Anyways, the more people who don't want to live in Seattle, the better, so I'd rather not convince anyone.
    - enraged_camel 12y ago
      Of course I'm serious. The weather in Seattle is so bad that Seasonal Affected Disorder (SAD) is a very common phenomenon. That's right: people get depressed because of the dark, wet and dreary weather there. I think that fact alone speaks for itself. As icing on the cake, your "the more people who don't want to live in Seattle, the better" attitude is yet another reason not to live there. Basically a form of "just leave me alone!" syndrome. They call it Seattle Freeze. You can look it up if you haven't heard of it before (although that's unlikely).

cperciva 12y ago

Vancouver is about 2C cooler than Seattle, and gets about 10% less sunlight and 15% more rain. But yes, they're certainly quite similar.

ulfw 12y ago
I didn't think this was possible. Interesting.