Seattle Weather

Seattle may have the reputation for being a rain-soaked city, but, according to the University of Washington, its actual average amount of precipitation is less than that of most Midwest and East Coast cities like New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago. Still, the city experiences many cloudy days (201 each year, compared to 71 clear days and 93 partly cloudy days) and averages about 38 inches of rain each year. While its winters are relatively mild, it sometimes receives snowfall (usually it’s very infrequent as the Puget Sound moderates the city’s temperature and the Olympic Mountains prevent many storms from heading inland). For instance, the average temperature in the winter months hovers close to 42 degrees, while its summer months are around 65 degrees.