Rate The Climate: Olympia, WA (day, sun, thunderstorm, cloudy)
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Yeah I lived here a bit over a year and heard thunder maybe 3 times very briefly. Nothing like the intensity of east coast thunderstorms though. Once it was thundersnow though which was cool.
Agreed... I think Seattle is between Vancouver and Victoria in terms of sunshine hours using the international system of measurement (not US system) so about 2050 hours.
Out of curiosity does anyone know if there is a way to convert between the 2 different systems used for sun hours? Or is it just a guesstimate sort of thing? Also, why does the US stick with this system as opposed to the one everyone else uses?
There s a way to find out (can't say source here, ask in pm if you need to know) and the answer is less. 136 mostly sunny days for Olympia. Seattle and Bellingham have 15-20 more sunny days. Olymia gets more considerably more rain those those 2 as well.
I always figured Bellingham would be worse in terms of sunshine hours though I know we do get more rain than both places. Weird the capital of the state doesn’t have any sunshine data...on Wikipedia anyway lol.
Can't rate it because there's no sun hours but too hot in summer and probably too dull in winter
Winter here is pretty similar to what it’s like over there in England. Mild temps along with grey and rain most days. You can google the forecast and see for yourself. I wouldn’t say summer is too hot but there is usually like a 2 week period where it can get hot ~90f or so but luckily it’s not humid heat so it’s not terrible and it cools down significantly at night.
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