Ecological diversity. Seattle has access to mountains, ocean, a rainforest, desert, city, farmland, islands, and even a volcano. It’s well worth driving a few hours outside the city to explore the wilderness. What do people love about Seattle? The city caters to a wide range of tastes, from those in […]
For years, two villages have claimed the title as the wettest place on earth. Mawsynram and Cherrapunji are just 10 miles apart, but Mawsynram beats its competitor by a mere 4 inches of rainfall. Although it doesn’t rain all day in Meghalaya, it does rain every day, Chapple told weather.com. […]
Chicago, Illinois gets 38.2 inches of rain, on average, per year. Seattle, Washington gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38.1 inches of rain per year. Chicago averages 35.1 inches of snow per year. Is Chicago sunnier than Seattle? – Chicago has 24.3% more […]
Portland, Oregon, is one of the few cities that sees more days with measurable rainfall, about 155 days, but it actually receives slightly less rain than Seattle: 36.20 inches. The Olympic Rain Shadow is one of the reasons for the lack of hefty rainfall totals in the Seattle area. Is […]
Seattle has a temperate climate without harsh cold winters, and without extreme heat in the summers. Expect temperatures between 30 F and 90 F throughout the year with few exceptions. What is the weather usually like in Seattle? In Seattle, the summers are short, warm, dry, and partly cloudy and […]
July. A lot of rain (rainy season) falls in the months: January, March, November and December. On average, November is the wettest month with 6.4 inch (162 mm) of precipitation. On average, July is the driest month with 0.6 inch (16 mm) of precipitation. What month has the least rain […]
Seattle, Washington gets 38 inches of rain, on average, per year. Miami, Florida gets 59.3 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38.1 inches of rain per year. Seattle averages 4.6 inches of snow per year. Does it rain more in Seattle or Miami? (MAPS: Precipitation) […]
You may not believe this. But the driest air in the U.S. Monday was in Seattle! Is Seattle air dry or humid? To my surprise, though, I found out that Seattle is actually one of the most humid cities in the US. In fact, according to one online publication, Seattle […]
Mawsynram. These are the places with the highest number of annual rain days in the world. In Mawsynram, India, no one leaves the house without an umbrella. The city is known as the wettest place in the world, with an average of 467 inches of rain a year. That’s almost […]
For condos, only luxury condos and new developments have central AC. Most condos do not allow window AC for aesthetic and structural reasons. Do I need an AC in Vancouver? “Residents have no real need of air conditioning. In winter they’ll need heat though. In the hottest month the daily […]
On June 28, 2021, the third day of a withering heat wave in the Pacific Northwest, the temperature in Seattle soars to 108 degrees, an all-time record. When was the heat wave in Seattle? In June, the Pacific Northwest was ravaged by a heat wave that killed nearly 100 people. […]
Even as we prisoners suffer from heat exhaustion, the Department of Corrections (DOC) has managed to equip all of the administrative offices with air conditioning, allowing prison officials to sit and work in luxury. What temperature are prisoners kept at? What are the temperature thresholds for heat risk subjects? In […]
Coming off of the record-setting summer of 2021, many are wondering if western Washington can expect another summer of above-average temperatures or a repeat of the high heat extremes. Washington State Climatologist Dr. Nick Bond says that’s unlikely. Will Seattle have a hot summer 2022? AccuWeather’s 2022 Summer Forecast Sees […]
Ideally, a properly operating air conditioner should cycle for roughly 15 to 20 minutes, two to three times per hour. If the temperature inside your home is very high, is much higher than the temperature that your thermostat is set at, or the outside temperature is very high, the run […]
The heat has resulted from a wide and deep mass of high-pressure air that, because of a wavy jet stream, parked itself over much of the region. Also known as a heat dome, such an enormous high-pressure zone acts like a lid on a pot, trapping heat so that it […]