Sunless in Seattle
May 23rd, 2007 by Rich JacobsonA friend of mine was recently visiting from out of state. He complimented me on my nice tan. I told him, “That’s not a tan, that’s ‘rust!’
The jokes about rainfall here in the Pacific Northwest are endless.
“What do you call two straight days of rain in Seattle? A weekend!”
“It only rains twice a year in Seattle. August through April and May through July.”
However, I recently read some rather encouraging news. It seems as though the bad rap we get here in Washington State for inclement weather isn’t all that accurate.
According to a recent study conducted by the San Francisco CA based WeatherBill, Inc., where they ranked the Top Wettest US Cities, the State of Washington didn’t show up until the 24th position with our capitol city, Olympia.
Who was the wettest city, you ask?
Mobile, Alabama, with a whopping 5 feet of annual rainfall!
Pensacola, Florida, comes in 2nd, followed by several other cities mostly in Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. To read the entire article, click here.
Well, maybe we don’t get the MOST rainfall per year, but surely we have to be in first place for the number of rainy overcast days overall?
So maybe our kids do have webbed feet afterall. Or perhaps daylight savings simply means another hour of rainfall.
At least we don’t have to worry about water rationing!
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Rain ? You call that Rain? It is more like a Driven Mist than rain.
Sparky – I read that today and thought the same thing as you. I think they get harder rains when it is raining, however Seattle area is more of a constant drizzle.