Is Seattle weather similar to New England? Moving from Vegas! (landscaping, moving to)

[menumber1]

Coming from someone who moved from Providence to Seattle I can say without a doubt that if you are sick of the sun, well sweetheart, you are moving to the right place! LMAO!!

[sweetpennyp]

Originally Posted by Deep_Vee

The Seattle weather is one of the more divisive issues on this forum, but as a life long resident, the one thing you can count on is that you will have far more Grey/Cloudy days than Sunny Days…and every time you get a sunny day, you’ll almost forget how depressing the clouds can be and remember why you live here.

Amen to THAT! You hit the nail square on the head.

[swsha4]

Originally Posted by skorpio1177

I grew up in Rhode Island, 25 years there, before moving to Las Vegas 5 years ago.

Ok, so all that ranting aside lol, is the weather like it is in New England? Cuz if so Im there....

I have spent a lot of time in New England and also Seattle and there is a big difference. Seattle is no wetter than New England, which gets a lot of rain, but Seattle is a much milder climate. Basically, you will find that Seattle is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Almost no snow at all here and when it does snow, it's gone in a day or two because even in winter daytime temperature are usually above freezing.

There are no "Noreasters" here. I have hummingbirds at the feeder all winter and the crocus start up mid February. Today they are blooming. And this was a hard winter her by normal standards!

So there is really no comparison between New England and here. Our winters are closer to Washington DC and our summers are closer to the Maine coast. (My opinion only of course!)

[Ira500]

Seattle leads the US in per capita sales of sunglasses...Why? I can't tell you but it's true. My guess is that people are so used to gray skies that when the sun comes out again it's blinding, and they lost the last pair they bought the last time it got sunny.
Kidding aside, because it doesn't get nearly as cold as New England, things bloom much earlier, in fact I've seen roses bloom in January. But because it doesn't get as sunny and hot in the summer ( sunny yes, but not for as long a period) tomatoes sometimes never get a chance to turn red, so you have to plant earlier maturing varieties.

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by swsha4

I have spent a lot of time in New England and also Seattle and there is a big difference. Seattle is no wetter than New England, which gets a lot of rain, but Seattle is a much milder climate. Basically, you will find that Seattle is cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Almost no snow at all here and when it does snow, it's gone in a day or two because even in winter daytime temperature are usually above freezing.

There are no "Noreasters" here. I have hummingbirds at the feeder all winter and the crocus start up mid February. Today they are blooming. And this was a hard winter her by normal standards!

Yes indeed. I live near the airport and my crocus are nearly done for the year and yesterday my first two daff's opened up.

Ken

PS - and indeed this winter was a bit harder than normal. While we nad NO snow at my house this year at all, and no real cold blasts like we normally get (a couple of times during the winter it will often get down into the low 20's at my house during the night) it was however, consistantly 3-5 degrees below normal here this year. As I said, not REAL cold by any means, but consistantly just a little colder than normal and consequently spring-like events are about a week to 10 days later than normal this year.

Still, even this year winter is effectively over come mid-February (at least close in to the city or near the Sound - where the overnight lows are quite a bit warmer than in the outlying areas or nearer the foothills).

[LordBalfor]

Originally Posted by Ira500

Seattle leads the US in per capita sales of sunglasses...Why? I can't tell you but it's true. My guess is that people are so used to gray skies that when the sun comes out again it's blinding, and they lost the last pair they bought the last time it got sunny.

Yeah, I can testify to the "sunglasses" statistic. I own probably 8 pairs of sunglasses. The reason why is that I used them so infrequently, I tend to loose them between uses and thus end up buying new a new pair on those occasions when I actually need them.

Originally Posted by Ira500

Kidding aside, because it doesn't get nearly as cold as New England, things bloom much earlier, in fact I've seen roses bloom in January. But because it doesn't get as sunny and hot in the summer ( sunny yes, but not for as long a period) tomatoes sometimes never get a chance to turn red, so you have to plant earlier maturing varieties.

All that is very, very true. Here in Seattle my snapdragons (tender bi-annuals, treated as annuals in much of the country) survived just fine through the winter (some winters my snaps have even bloomed - though enemically - throughout the winter) and are already developing blooms. Those blooms aren't open yet, but they are already swelling in size and will likely be blooming by the end of the month.

Ken

[JDTD]

Originally Posted by Tony from Europe

I don't like Seattle weather because 260 days per yer are full of clouds
pooh

THat's all? 260? It feels like about 320.

[Botev1912]

it's not even close. The cloudy days are 201, partly cloudy 93, clear days 71, rainy days 150, days with fog 26, days with thunderstorms 1

[swsha4]

Originally Posted by Botev1912

it's not even close. The cloudy days are 201, partly cloudy 93, clear days 71, rainy days 150, days with fog 26, days with thunderstorms 1

Holy cow! We have 542 days every year! Wonderful!

[Botev1912]

Originally Posted by swsha4

Holy cow! We have 542 days every year! Wonderful!

are you stupid? The rainy days are part of the cloudy days, days with fog and thunderstorms can be part of any day. 201+93+71=365