What place is cloudier, the Pacific Northwest or Great Britain?

[Weidehond]

Originally Posted by nei

The subtopical is rather excessive; surely people can follow the Cfa definition rather than get fixated on the name "subtropical". By warm season (growing season) all the Cfa places do have a lot in common, though I agree that the definition is too broad. [In the summer, I'd say Philadelphia has more in common with Charleston than say Montreal].

As for the UK, it does seem to get far more attention than it deserves. And most of it is rather benign, but it's not a climate I'd be that enthusiastic about. One thing that does stand out is extreme gloominess (much of it is under 1600 sunshine hours, parts worse). It's rather hard to overlook something cloudy, and B87's responses seem to ignore that. The other reason is it's not that great for those that want "interesting" weather, though some of those types are rather extreme, IMO.

One thing that speaks for the UK climate: a sunshine hour is a real sunshine hour, not a hazy one like in many parts of the world.
Unfortunately, this is not relevant in this topic (PNW has clean air just like the UK)

[unobtainium]

Originally Posted by jm31828

It is right on the shores of the Puget Sound- an arm of the Pacific Ocean! Our weather/climate is the same as those out directly on the open ocean

The weather in Seattle is very different from the weather directly on the Pacific coast. It's much warmer in the summer, a bit colder in the winter, and sunnier in every season, except maybe winter. It also gets less than half the rain of coastal locations. This is all because of the orographic effect of the mountains, by the way.

In either case, Seattle does not have a continental climate.