Battle of the climates: London vs. Seattle

[Isleofpalms85]

Seattle for being considerably wetter.

[B87]

Originally Posted by Adaminaby Angler

I've elected London not only for the superior snowfall, but also the greater thunderstorm activity and squallier winds annually. "Mountains an hour east" is simply not good enough, as I love seeing snowfall on my own property and paddocks

Seattle records about 3x as much snow as London, so you should pick Seattle if you want snow in winter. Seattle is also windier than London.

[Joe90]

With rain days dropping from 18.5 in the wettest winter month, to 4.5 in the driest summer, Seattle fits the Mediterranean mould well.

If that rain day ratio, and Seattle's 7:1rainfall ratio happened in an Oceanic climate, there would need to be a classification to explain why that happens.

[nei]

Originally Posted by fluffydelusions

Does UK have the humid uncomfortable type heat like the east coast US in summer or is it dry like the west coast?

it's in between; the UK isn't really capable of getting the steambath heat waves of the Northeast US, but it's not assured dryness. Like in the Pacific Northwest, heat = low relative humidity because dewpoint doesn't rise. England does often get some humidity mixed in; I saw dews in the low 60s with heat in May. Overall, English summer feels a bit more like the Northeast in summer by weather patterns; relative humidity doesn't have a big drop, warmth has puffy cumulus rather than clear deep skies most of the time. Of course temperatures are much closer to Seattle.