So...it's not really Rainy here. (Seattle, Kirkland: camp, relocation, yard)

[AADAD]

We moved in April and so far we have not had but a sprinkle or two. Is this due to the global warming or is it traditionally not to wet in the summer months?

[sayulita]

I'm down the road a bit in Portland, but the weather is about the same. This is all very normal. Summers are generally lovely and dry. Come late September/October you'll start to see rain and that will continue off and on until next summer. Personally I love the rain and am really missing it right now. I just know that it will come back in the next few months.

[Hemlock140]

I would attribute it you having beginner's luck. I have been here 23 years, and most years there will be rain from late September through June, then none at all from July 5 until September. This spring was unusually dry, whether from global warming or some other reason I don't know. We did have record rain in late winter/early spring, so this dry weather can be appreciated without worry.

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[Seacove]

It's going to start raining in October. In November it will hit it's stride with occasional winds. By December, the lawns are green, the skies are low, the days are short and the mist is constant. In January, the holidays are over so the rain is no long a mood enhancer. Newcomers are usually complaining while others don't even notice. Flights are filling up for Hawaii. By February, some are saying "Seattle isn't worth this!" Long time Seattle residents are sympathetic while secretly waving "Bye!". Springs are hit and miss and summers are gorgeous and even, periodically, too warm.

[fnh]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Exactly!

Kids and I are spending a "year abroad" in Seattle this year. I am so over the summer sunshine and heat and was complaining to the hubby day before yesterday. He reminded me how depressed I will be come spring, when I will be so over the winter/spring cold, dark rain...

[Kayela]

It's going to start raining in October. In November it will hit it's stride with occasional winds. By December, the lawns are green, the skies are low, the days are short and the mist is constant. In January, the holidays are over so the rain is no long a mood enhancer. Newcomers are usually complaining while others don't even notice. Flights are filling up for Hawaii. By February, some are saying "Seattle isn't worth this!" Long time Seattle residents are sympathetic while secretly waving "Bye!". Springs are hit and miss and summers are gorgeous and even, periodically, too warm.

This sums it up pretty well. It took us ~15 years, but now we find we need a little sun break right around Christmas. That's when we go to CO, visit family, wave at the sun, and enjoy the gorgeous CO powder snow (which is unlike that compacted WA cement snowpack).

Right now though I'm eagerly looking at all my boots and sweaters and whispering "soon...." I'm anticipating cool, misty days, drizzle, restful low light, and the joy of puddles.

[homesinseattle]

AADAD, I moved here 28 years ago and over time I have definitely noticed a trend toward less rain, less snow and warmer temps. The rain will come though, don't worry .

[bloom]

I thought research was done prior to relocation.
So-called rainy season generally from October to April.

[Blondebaerde]

...And the weather sticky grows by eight replies. Correction, nine:

Seattle is one of the drier major US metros in July and August, historically. This has been a weird dry spell, my yard does not approve and everything is turning an unpleasant shade of green-brown. During the heat and smoke-out the other week, woke up one Saturday to temps creeping up on 80 by 9am and a haze and said: damn, I'm in West Hollywood! Had that slightly dirty air taste and Sunset Blvd. sheen to it in Kirkland. So, I pretended that California had come to me for that one day.

Rain will be back, radio said last winter was one of the wettest. Can't quote a source other than that. Sooner the better.

Due to climate change? Ask other threads, also with 5K replies, that rage on that subject's absolute *cause* more than anything else.

I flee here typically Dec-Feb for at least one, if not several, trips to the desert to recharge my Vitamin D and refresh attitude. Like, every year. Few if any exceptions. Three days of the Mojave, for example, really solves it w/hot days in January and just above freezing at night c. Feb 1. LA doesn't hurt, either: Four Seasons BH is a *great* winter camp spot.

[Canamlian]

Originally Posted by Hemlock140

I This spring was unusually dry, whether from global warming or some other reason I don't know.

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April had much more rain than average. May was slightly more than average. June was right around average despite it not raining after June 17.