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Yeah it's foggy today even. Wish there was sunshine data for Olympia. I'd be interested in seeing how it compares to Seattle, Bellingham, and Forks(the only places in the westside of the state we have data for). Seems crazy there isn't given it's the capital of the state.
No fog, pretty nice morning in Seattle. And it's been nice lately after all the rain we got.
Meanwhile Spokane, WA off to a fairly snowy winter with nearly 40 inches. Spokane on track to 100 inches this season if current conditions continue. Totally opposite of Seattle.
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Meanwhile Spokane, WA off to a fairly snowy winter with nearly 40 inches. Spokane on track to 100 inches this season if current conditions continue. Totally opposite of Seattle.
Spokane is a lot colder and snowier in the winter, so nothing surprising there.
Based on the averages and my opinion...the Pacific NW is worse. 30s and 40s with near constant gloom and rain/drizzle is depressing. The winter in the PNW is a lot like late autumn and early spring in the Upper Midwest. It's the 2nd most miserable weather after heat and humidity.
Also, based on latitude the days for the PNW, specifically when comparing the major metro areas of each region, are shorter than the days in the Northeast which adds to the depressing quality of PNW winter. To be fair, the PNW does have better summers than the Northeast.
To be fair, the PNW does have better summers than the Northeast.
I'm somewhat conflicted about this as someone that's lived in both regions. In terms of temperature and humidity the PNW wins easily. The one thing I wish we got more of here in summer is rain and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are so rare here and I bet people who have never lived here or aren't knowledgeable about weather/climate don't realize that since in movies it almost always portrays it raining and thundering/lightning here.
I lived in Vancouver and i much prefer winter in NYC.
I've also lived in NYC and yeah the winters there are not bad at all. Now upstate NY is a whole other story however. Upstate definitely has the worst winters in the northeast region. The only other places in the northeast that can compete with upstate NY are the extreme ends of upper New England like Caribou, Maine for instance but these places are very uninhabited with not many people living there.
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I'm somewhat conflicted about this as someone that's lived in both regions. In terms of temperature and humidity the PNW wins easily. The one thing I wish we got more of here in summer is rain and thunderstorms. Thunderstorms are so rare here and I bet people who have never lived here or aren't knowledgeable about weather/climate don't realize that since in movies it almost always portrays it raining and thundering/lightning here.
Besides the cloudiness, the bolded is yet another reason why I could never live in the Pacific NW, or on the West Coast in general.
Thunderstorms are my favorite weather phenomenon (the stronger, the better). IMO, nothing beats the atmosphere minutes/hours before a thunderstorm occur.
Besides the cloudiness, the bolded is yet another reason why I could never live in the Pacific NW, or on the West Coast in general.
Thunderstorms are my favorite weather phenomenon (the stronger, the better). IMO, nothing beats the atmosphere minutes/hours before a thunderstorm occur.
Shows there's no perfect place for everyone. Having grown up in Southern OK/North Texas, I found the wild thunderstorms there always a little scary, especially when caught outside with no shelter.
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