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How much rain has Seattle had this June?
What is your average maximum temperature?
How many days have exceeded 75F so far?
This is one of the coolest and wettest June, so it's not very accurate. Usually we hit 80F in May and 75 in April. Last year we hit 90 in June, and in 2008 in May.
I think what we should also consider is that the last few years in Seattle have been horrendous for weather and I don't think this is a fluke, this is in responce to climate change. London on the other hand has seen an improvemnt in weather. I think we can expect to see these trends continue in the years to come. Furthermore if you are stuck in a rainy or cloudy day in London almost every museum is free and there is a plethora of indoor activities that far outnumber those available in Seattle. Not to mention Paris is a 2 hour train ride away. In Seattle you need to take a 2.5 hr flight to San Francisco for any sort of relief and in London if you wanna do a 2.5 hr flight you have all of southern Europe at your disposal and Spain and Italy are WAY better in the weather Dept than SF. For me, these are things that should be considered in the equation of weather in these cities.
Seattle and indeed most of the Pacific Northwest has a superior climate to London's.
At least sunshine is guarenteed in summer, not so London - how often do you see Wimbledon or a cricket match rained out, with cool weather to boot?
London is cold and overcast for the majority of the year.
Interesting comment above, re: indoor activities - I am not sure I would want to live somewhere on the amount of indoor activities available - it just means they are more prepared for the climate they live in.
I knew a few people who did study abroad in London during college. All grew-up, like me, in northeastern Pennsylvania (Scranton/Wilkes-Barre). I asked them how could they deal with the dreary weather there? Their answer --- It's the same as Scranton! The 2,200 hours of sunshine there is a crock. Try 1,900.
I think what we should also consider is that the last few years in Seattle have been horrendous for weather and I don't think this is a fluke, this is in responce to climate change. London on the other hand has seen an improvemnt in weather. I think we can expect to see these trends continue in the years to come. Furthermore if you are stuck in a rainy or cloudy day in London almost every museum is free and there is a plethora of indoor activities that far outnumber those available in Seattle. Not to mention Paris is a 2 hour train ride away. In Seattle you need to take a 2.5 hr flight to San Francisco for any sort of relief and in London if you wanna do a 2.5 hr flight you have all of southern Europe at your disposal and Spain and Italy are WAY better in the weather Dept than SF. For me, these are things that should be considered in the equation of weather in these cities.
To be honest, that seems to be the biggest advantage to London over Seattle…London is closer to the better climates; A 2.5 hr flight can get you to the hot/dry Mediterranean like Italy, Spain, the French Riviera…etc. A 2.5 hour flight from Seattle/PNW gets you at best to San Francisco, which while an improvement over Seattle, is not often associated with warm/sunny weather. Although Hawaii is out in the Pacific 2100 miles away…London is just as close (maybe closer) to the eastern Caribbean islands and Bermuda.
I would take London any day. Maybe it’s just because the Spice Girls come from London (lol).
London has been having better weather than Seattle the past few months and the past year and a half. But this is because London has been having better than average sunshine and Seattle way below its average sunshine.
I would think London was much colder, but this is just a prejudice that imagines London cold and raining all the time. And is not that bad, apparently.
I would think London was much colder, but this is just a prejudice that imagines London cold and raining all the time. And is not that bad, apparently.
I can't speak for Seattle as I've never been there but coming from further north I don't think London has a particularly bad climate. One thing people still assume about here is that we have fog all the time in winter, which is no longer true (a lot of that is because we don't have industrial pollution like before, but even rural areas see less fog than decades ago). I've heard that the Chinese version of the book 'Oliver Twist' is called 'Foggy City Orphan', so presumably in Chinese London is known as the Foggy City, which would be ironic considering our fog levels with those in some of their cities these days.
I can't speak for Seattle as I've never been there but coming from further north I don't think London has a particularly bad climate. One thing people still assume about here is that we have fog all the time in winter, which is no longer true (a lot of that is because we don't have industrial pollution like before, but even rural areas see less fog than decades ago). I've heard that the Chinese version of the book 'Oliver Twist' is called 'Foggy City Orphan', so presumably in Chinese London is known as the Foggy City, which would be ironic considering our fog levels with those in some of their cities these days.
LOL at that chinese version of Dickens classic!
I dont know how foggy London really is, but it sure has a name for being foggy, like, a lot of argentinians say "London is beautiful, but cold, rainy and foggy all the time" I bet it has the same fog as Buenos Aires (that is, indeed, a foggy city) or less! And it actually rains more in BA than in London! (is also much more sunnier, but who would say that it rains so much more in BA than in London?).
Maybe London is just a very cloudy city. And a little coldish, too.
But not that bad, i ve seen the lows and they arent that terrible.
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And it actually rains more in BA than in London! (is also much more sunnier, but who would say that it rains so much more in BA than in London?).
