But one of them is quite different from the other two — Seattle has a maritime climate, while Fargo and Boston have continental climates. Now, consider Fargo. And Fargo can get much colder than that. The pattern is reversed in the summer. Imagine that you are in Chicago in May, and you head to one of the beaches along Lake Michigan.
It is the first truly hot day of the year, with plenty of sunshine. You take off your shoes and start walking across the sand. You go sprinting across the sand, wade into the water, and get quite a shock.
Now, imagine that you return to the beach a few months later. You stroll across the sand, and wade into the water. What your two trips to the beach have taught you is that the sand tends to heat up very quickly in the spring, and cool down very quickly in the fall. The lake tends to heat up very slowly in the spring, and cool down very slowly in the fall.
On a global scale, continents behave like the sand on the beach, and oceans behave like the water in the lake. Both Seattle and Fargo are located in the westerlies, so most of the air in these cities arrive from the west. That means that the air in Seattle arrives directly off the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific heats up very slowly in the spring and summer, keeping temperatures in Seattle relatively cool. Then, in the fall and winter, the Pacific loses its heat very slowly, keeping temperatures in Seattle relatively warm.
Spring and autumn temperatures tend to fall in the to degree range. Seattle does see the occasional heat wave, and summer temperatures do sometimes rise to the 80s or 90s. Rain is a fact of life in Seattle. According to the city of Seattle's website, it rains 50 percent of the time in the city.
On average, Seattle gets around 37 inches of precipitation each year, with the wettest times falling between October and January. The summer months are the driest; according to the Weather Channel, an average of.
Snow falls occasionally but is not a constant. Only a handful of days each winter are white when the city experiences infrequent snowstorms.
When the skies are clear, the weather in Seattle is generally quite pleasant. Though the air might feel a bit sticky right after a storm, in general, the air tends to be dry rather than humid. Fog is not uncommon, particularly in the mornings near the water, and it can be dense.
As Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say: "I thought I was gonna die". Well, the grass is always greener or browner? Hell on earth in summer! Cliff, how far south do you have to go to escape the tendency to June Gloom? At what point does June get sunnier, as well as warmer than May for the same location?
Having grown up in Camas, I know well of the differences. I much prefer the cooler Seattle area weather. I also remember the "Silver Thaw" well.
Cliff, Always happy when you get into a bit of Oregon and Portland talk. Not a criticism, to be clear, but appreciation when you turn your focus this way : That said I think your post here should have a little bit of a caveat about the 'cooling' impact--not just talking about daytime highs. Diurnally Portland seems nearly identical to Seattle when you look at the lows.
We get the marine push aplenty each evening in the summer, giving us pleasantly cool nights. Thus it isn't entirely 'hotter' down here, just during the day. How about Vancouver, BC Please make sure your comments are civil.
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