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Not bad at all BUT sunshine levels are MISSING. This is crucial for me to rate the climate.
I heard Seattle get around 1900hrs of sunshine (european measurement system)..
I rated it a B based on that.
Something that I just noticed is that the wiki page now shows sunshine data, don't know when it was added, but it used to not be there, also not sure how accurate they are?
City___ | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual Tacoma | 64 | 113 | 186 | 210 | 248 | 270 | 310 | 279 | 210 | 155 | 60 | 62 | 2,167 SeaTac_ | 70 | 109 | 178 | 207 | 254 | 268 | 312 | 281 | 222 | 143 | 73 | 53 | 2,170
looks like Tacoma is sunnier in winter and spring but darker in the summer and fall than SeaTac.
E+ (since no F option in this poll). Lived nearby.... too gloomy and wet. E+ because there're worse E- climates right nearby.
Winter is warm-ish but humidity makes it feel worse. Summer is OK but gloomy season makes it not matter.
Seems to be a slightly warmer version of Seattle. A bit rainy but otherwise looks sublime to me, A.
I give it a C and probably a C-. Too much rain and clouds and doesn't get warm enough in the summer to go swimming outside without freezing after getting out of the water. Temps are moderate year round which is why I didn't rate it lower. I do like Tacoma as a city though as it's cheaper and not as frenetic as Seattle.
C-. There's nothing good about this climate, it's too gloomy, summers are too mild. I'd actually give it an F minus. The only reason why I give it a C minus is because it has no hurricanes, no tornadoes, no massive hail, no blizzards, no ice storms, no floods, no fires, and no air pollution, so basically no harm to property or life.
But yeah, Tacoma can't hold a candle to the A plus climate that is Orlando.
I was stationed in Florida for a year. I'll gladly take Tacoma over anywhere in Florida any day. That heat/humidity/sun is absolutely brutal there.
That's your opinion, and it's valid, but it's a minority opinion.
If Tacoma had better weather than Florida in the majority's eyes, then why are snowbirds from New York and the Great Lakes usually moving to Florida and not Washington state? Washington State has lower property taxes and also no capital gains taxes.
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