Seattle: 75 days of sun, followed by 75 days of rain
There are some amazing coincidences in life -- like the time the person in front of you ordered the exact same seven-adjective latte at the coffee house.
Mother Nature just whipped up a shocker for Seattle -- perfectly balancing our summer dry streak with an autumn rain streak.
And I mean perfect.
Going over the past 75 days counting back from Dec. 26 to Oct. 12, Seattle has had at least some sort of rainfall on 68 of those days, including the past 18 days, which is good for a tie for 9th longest streak in Seattle (Sea-Tac) history. (Had it rained on Dec. 8, we would have a 29-day wet streak which would be second-longest behind 1953's 33-day streak).
But then if you go back the next 75 days to July 30, it has been totally dry on -- you guessed it -- 68 of those days. That included a 48-day dry streak which was good for second-place all time. (So the only way this could have been even better was a smidge of rain on the 8th for dual 2nd place rain/dry streaks in the same year).
Sure, there's the law of averages and all that, but I can't think of any other time Seattle has gone straight from one extreme to the other for such an extended period and to balance it out so perfectly.
And I'm not sure what to expect the next 75 days, but lo and behold just as that 75 day wet period ends Wednesday the pattern is drying out for a while.
Just remember folks, water is life and we are in a great location as the climate warms and other places face droughts and extreme heat.
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 @GMes206 Go then
 @GMes206 I feel your pain.
I'm ready for sun. If we have  to deal with more precipitation, I would prefer snow, if I have to be cold and wet I at least want something pretty to look at.
Lived in NCW since 78 and I don't believe I've ever seen a stretch during winter with so many cloudy days and nights. It would be nice to see it clear up, even if it means - 0 temps.
Can we have another 75 days of sun now? Pleeeeeze?
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Next time a person prays for rain, they should be more specific as to WHEN they want it! Â :-D
Manic depression capital of the world. No wonder.
 @DaveP Also the Multiple Sclerosis capital of the world, think the lack of sunshine contributes to that?
I have been all over this country and in all sorts of weather and wouldn't trade living in the Puget Sound area for any place else. The winters are typically mild, and the summers are typically mild as well. When we do get severe weather it comes and goes quickly and then it's back to the usual. Yea sure we have a few volcanoes, a rare earthquake, and some wind here and there, but it's nothing like the constant extremes other parts of the country experience.
 @ErichBritton Here here, I couldn't agree more.. Rain does get old at times but hot and muggy coupled with biting insects by the zillions like so many places have is so much worse. Not to mention this area is such a playground all four seasons.. people just have to put forth some effort, turn off the TV and get out of the city to enjoy it all.
Woot! We beat Noah!
 @responsible adult? The only reason we didn't get the "great flood" is that the sewers didn't plug up.
I don't mind at all! :)
There is a reason there is more suicide, alcoholism and drug abuse the further you go north in this country.
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 @sunnysandiego Much rather live here with those types than the nut jobs in So Cal whose brains are all baked from the sun.  And for your info...San Diego is the 10th drunkest city in the country and Seattle rates #30.  Sounds like a bunch of drunken nut jobs down where you call home.
 @sunnysandiego waa waa waa... Debbie Downer...
 @IronWafflez not DD just stating a fact.
 @sunnysandiego  @IronWafflez Sounds like a theory. The rain rewards us with all the greenery here, and we always have access to delicious warm drinks, great outdoor clothing and umbrellas.
 @sunnysandiego  @TruthinAdverts  @IronWafflez Ah, I see.. Been to San Diego many times and I like the city... though for better and for worse, it is not Seattle.
 @TruthinAdverts  @IronWafflez Currently SD.  Visiting here for a while
 @sunnysandiego  @IronWafflez sunny do you live up here or in San Diego?
 @sunnysandiego While you're right on those statistics. The idea that it rains here more than any place in the country is a myth. We are near the top in the number of cloudy days. But don't even rank in the number of rainy days or total amount of rainfall per year.
@Steve Giovanis @sunnysandiego The statistics are a myth too. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/state-ranking And while alcohol and drug use is high in Wa, Ore, and Montana, there is no correlation to "northern" states have higher abuse and "southern" states have less.
 @Steve Giovanis Amount of rainfall, you're right, but Seattle does rank near the top in number of rainy days at 151. Only towns right around the eastern Great Lakes rank slightly higher (like Buffalo, Binghamton, Youngstown, Rochester and Erie) and then there are other Northwest towns like Forks, Astoria and Olympia that are higher :)
Note to self: Never debate weather facts with Scott Sistek.
 @Steve Giovanis  @sunnysandiego you are absolutely correct.  but it remains like it is now gray and gloomy.Â
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