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I count traces as precip, it does mean something fell from the sky does it not? You’re right that it’s 21 by US standards though. Summers are indeed very dry and sunny there, whether this is a good thing or not is debatable (I wouldn’t like it) but some do.
6/7 days this month have had rain right?
Trace amounts are not even counted by NOAA. What fell from the sky? 2 drops? You cannot be serious.
Miami had 21 days above 0.01" in July and August each (plus 11 days total with trace amount since you care so much about this) and a total of 143 days for the whole year. So that makes it 53 rain days (including trace) out of 62. Pretty "nice" summer weather.
Trace amounts are not even counted by NOAA. What fell from the sky? 2 drops? You cannot be serious.
Miami had 21 days above 0.01" in July and August each (plus 11 days total with trace amount since you care so much about this) and a total of 143 days for the whole year. So that makes it 53 rain days including trace or 42 excluding it out of 62.
Yes Miami is very wet during the summer. It’s also very sunny, which seattle isn’t during the winter. Summer here is known as the wet season for a reason. We had 17” of rain last May! Anyway, Miami being a very wet city during the summer doesn’t change the fact that seattle is also very wet (but during the winter) also your rain is always boring cold stratus based rain while most of ours comes during fabulous thunderstorms with strong winds and tons of loghtning.
I count traces as precip, it does mean something fell from the sky does it not? You’re right that it’s 21 by US standards though. Summers are indeed very dry and sunny there, whether this is a good thing or not is debatable (I wouldn’t like it) but some do.
6/7 days this month have had rain right?
4/7 days have had rain. 3/7 by European standards, one of them was 0.03”. We’re wet and cloudy, but not THAT wet and cloudy. Forecast has only 3 rainy days out of 9.
4/7 days have had rain. 3/7 by European standards, one of them was 0.03”. We’re wet and cloudy, but not THAT wet and cloudy. Forecast has only 3 rainy days out of 9.
Speaking for Portland.
I don't think Portland and Vancouver have the same rainy reputation? Same for here - 3 rainy days out of the next 9, but long range forecasts are... BS.
Speaking of wet climates, Cambium posted some really shocking numbers in another thread - a lot of places in the Northeast saw between 60" and 70" of rain and it wasn't just in the summer, but in fall and winter too.
Speaking of wet climates, Cambium posted some really shocking numbers in another thread - a lot of places in the Northeast saw between 60" and 70" of rain and it wasn't just in the summer, but in fall and winter too.
Portland and Seattle are actually surprisingly dry in terms of annual precip. It only feels like it rains more because we get 125 rain days a year with over 1mm. 5mm per hour is considered heavy rain here.
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