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Spain doesn't count as Western Europe?
The Funny thing is that Spain and Portugal are more western than anywhere but Ireland and Iceland in Europe.
But it's not included in this poll
Edit: Cabo de Gata has a precipitation of 156mm/6.1 inch for 1961-1990.
Edit2: This Thread should probably mean Northwest Europe vs Pacific Northwest.
And i guess, that's what most people voted for anyway.
In that case i agree, that inland BC and Washington have better climates.
These are the charts from 2000 to 2015 (0.04" and 0.10"). The average number of precipitation days over 1 mm are 2 in July and 4 in August. Precipitation days over 25 mm are 1 and 2 respectively. The average amount of rain is 12.95 mm (0.51") in July and 28.96 mm (1.14") in August. Summers definitely feel extremely dry.
Interesting, your days above 1mm are much lower than here (13 vs 20). but rain days above 2.5mm look to be much the same -does that mean Seattle doesn't really get any convective sprinkles at all?, -only frontal rain?
Does it feel extremely dry, or just dry> I talk to some from Portland every summer (they come her for work), and they say that here feels as dry as Portland in summer. I would describe here as feeling dry, rather than extremely dry.
Interesting, your days above 1mm are much lower than here (13 vs 20). but rain days above 2.5mm look to be much the same -does that mean Seattle doesn't really get any convective sprinkles at all?, -only frontal rain?
Don't live there, but I wouldn't expect Seattle to get much of any convective sprinkles. I don't think it's correct to call non-convective rain frontal.
I'm guessing Botev calls it "extremely dry" because he's comparing relative to the rest of the year.
In what month were you here? Late summer is more prone to thunderstorms and warmer rain than early summer. But the last few years have been very different. These is my experience and I could be wrong since I haven't looked at data for each day.
In July and August. It was 2011, few hot days that year so all the rain was "cool drizzle" events.
Don't live there, but I wouldn't expect Seattle to get much of any convective sprinkles. I don't think it's correct to call non-convective rain frontal.
I'm guessing Botev calls it "extremely dry" because he's comparing relative to the rest of the year.
Spain doesn't count as Western Europe?
The Funny thing is that Spain and Portugal are more western than anywhere but Ireland and Iceland in Europe.
But it's not included in this poll
Edit: Cabo de Gata has a precipitation of 156mm/6.1 inch for 1961-1990.
Edit2: This Thread should probably mean Northwest Europe vs Pacific Northwest.
And i guess, that's what most people voted for anyway.
In that case i agree, that inland BC and Washington have better climates.
No Spain is southern Europe and more similar to California so not a fair comparison since I didn't include California in my original definition for PNW.
I can't figure this marine layer business out. I think it must just be something climates on continents get.
Marine layer is more of a west coast continent thing, coastal spots near continents in general. Think it's created when the ocean is much cooler than inland.
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