Does New York feel wetter than Seattle?

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

I don't think the grass in NYC looks like that in summer.

Different grass. If NYC had the same grass, it would look similar

Originally Posted by nei

The summer didn't feel like standard garden variety dry to me, someone from the same region as NYC. It would be memorably dry for NYC. I would still call the climate wetter than NYC for the whole year.

What I mean, is just that it's dry, not extremely dry. Any place with five days a month of rain during summer, will feel dry.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

especially the last 3 summers have had one July, one August and one September with practically no rain at all (July 2013 and August 2012 had trace and September 2012 had 0.03"). June 2015 had 0.23" which was received mostly on the first day of June (0.18"). The other 29 days got a total of 0.05".

If my area gets 4 inches of rain or no rain during a summer month, it looks much the same and feels much the same..

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by Joe90

What I mean, is just that it's dry, not extremely dry. Any place with five days a month of rain during summer, will feel dry.

July 2000 - 0.23" (5.8 mm)
August 2002 - 0.04" (1 mm)
July 2003 - 0.03" (0.8 mm)
July 2004 - 0.16" (4 mm)
August 2005 - 0.29" (7.4 mm)
July 2006 - 0.06" (1.5 mm)
August 2006 - 0.02" (0.5 mm)
June 2009 - 0.18" (4.6 mm)
July 2009 - 0.06" (1.5 mm)
July 2010 - 0.31" (7.9 mm)
August 2011 - 0.13" (3.3 mm)
August 2012 - trace (less than 0.01" (0.25 mm))
September 2012 - 0.03" (0.76 mm)
July 2013 - trace
June 2015 - 0.23" (5.8 mm)

Almost every year has had extremely dry summer months (even the crappy summer of 2011). This is mediterranean weather in most summers.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

July 2000 - 0.23" (5.8 mm)
August 2002 - 0.04" (1 mm)
July 2003 - 0.03" (0.8 mm)
July 2004 - 0.16" (4 mm)
August 2005 - 0.29" (7.4 mm)
July 2006 - 0.06" (1.5 mm)
August 2006 - 0.02" (0.5 mm)
June 2009 - 0.18" (4.6 mm)
July 2009 - 0.06" (1.5 mm)
July 2010 - 0.31" (7.9 mm)
August 2011 - 0.13" (3.3 mm)
August 2012 - trace (less than 0.01" (0.25 mm))
September 2012 - 0.03" (0.76 mm)
July 2013 - trace
June 2015 - 0.23" (5.8 mm)

Almost every year has had extremely dry summer months (even the crappy summer of 2011). This is mediterranean weather in most summers.

No argument from me. Seattle is a Mediterranean climate, but I still regard it as feeling wetter than NYC over the course of the year, for the simple reason that it has more wet days over the year.

[B87]

New York City has fewer rain hours, something like 600 vs 822 for Seattle.

That picture of the grass just looks like normal summer grass in all oceanic climates. It's certainly like that here every summer.

[ashpelham]

I'd make the argument that Birmingham can rival both cities at any time.

We have as many gray wet days, and far more total precip than those two places. What we don't get is a miserable, snowy winter. Thank the Lord for that. Driving is hard enough without needing chains on the tires!