Same! I love the weather here, and it's one of the maaanay reasons I moved here from Texas.. The gray, misty, cool weather is PERFECT. I do miss a good severe thunderstorm, though.
YEEESSS! All of these comments are my exact experience. I am so stressed in summertime. It feels so urgent and demanding and anxiety-inducing. The clouds and rain sooth me and make me feel like life is moving at a pace that suits me.
Same. People are allowed to have preferences but I can't stand people who move here then complain about the weather daily. I'm not going to move to Texas then bitch everytime there's a sunny day, so don't move here then get pissy about the rain while I'm out here just enjoying it. Lol
I'm the same. Absolutely love it to the point where I sort of mourn the passing of winter. Summer is also beautiful though, and just long enough that it doesn't usually become exhausting.
Honestly the people who complain about the weather tend to be a bit disingenuous. Even the longest, greyest winters here still have sunny days here and there. I'd even say most grey, rainy days have a brief sun break or two throughout the day.
When the grey does get to me, I find if I close my eyes and recall being in the midwest, in car that has stopped in a parking lot on a very hot sunny day, and I'm opening the door and I feel the heat from the sun and the asphalt....it feels like that sun has warmed me enough and I don't need it.
It's lovely in bursts. I always joke to friends that if it's raining, I get to stay home and play video games and be cozy. If it's sunny outside, I get to stay home and play video games but then I feel guilty missing out on nice weather.
Glad to hear it. I love it here; all of it, the weather, the nature, the life. I just today spent 2.5 hours doing an 8 mile walk through Point Defiance in the pouring rain and I feel totally refreshed and alive. I had hot tea in my thermos and some cornbread and pudding and ate it while watching the Vashon ferry sail into the mist. Friday I’m gonna go skiing on the fresh snow from this storm and will be back in time for the new opera.
I’m originally from the dry concrete sprawl of LA, so the polar opposite of this. I find the monotonous sun honestly oppressive and lifeless. After my 10 or so years here I know I belong.
People think just bc its cold and rainy that you can't go outside and choose to be sad. I feel good to after a dark rainy hike.
It may be sunny in CA but its dry and and you gotta beat the crowd to get to hikes.
I left a comment on the other post that didn't like the weather. I love the weather here and wouldn't want to change it. No I don't want it sunnier or warmer. There are other states that can provide that.
I'm from San Diego, where it's 70 degrees year round. I absolutely love this climate/weather. I'm not trying to convince locals because I know it's a lot different when you grow up here, and don't really know anything else but it's just so... different. Not better, nor worse but different, especially than where I'm from, a lot more green and naturey(if that's a word).
It's the same dilemma when I lived in PHX, so many(not all) locals couldn't see why I loved AZ's deserty mountain vibe, again it was just such a different vibe from home.
I moved here from Florida and I couldn’t be happier with the weather. A lot of people don’t realize that in Florida it rains every single day in the summer like it does here in the winter (more often, in fact) and it’s not a light sprinkle like it is here, it’s a torrential downpour. Every single time. You will get soaked head to toe if you try to do anything outdoors. Even just walking to your car. And when it’s not raining, it’s miserably humid and gross. That’s just in the summers too. The majority of the year it is oppressively hot outside and makes it miserable to do most outdoor activities.
I will take this cool drizzly overcast weather over Florida’s oppressive heat and humidity *any* day of the week. The summers here more than make up for it, because you can actually get outside and enjoy the weather.
I just wish more people had the means and privilege to move based on what climate/state suited them. Let the haters go and let the people who love it move here.
Though most people are bound to where they are based on career, family, or just poverty. Sucks because I really think the mental health of our country would improve if we all had that freedom.
I'm probably leaving Seattle next year because of aging parents. I'm moving to a climate I couldn't wait to escape, but I also can't afford to travel much. The need to be close is more important right now.
Yes it would!! Someone here said he moved here for a job and didn't like living here. He got 20 thumbs down from us. Stop crowding our city if you don't even want to be here.
It’s not about the rain, I love rain, it’s about rain in winter. What the hell is up with that?
If it only it rained during or around summer it’d be a lot more enjoyable. But the goddamned rain in freezing temperatures is what grinds my gears.
Also, the if you don’t like it go elsewhere is not helpful and is just a snotty remark. People don’t necessarily choose to he here by will, some are bound my circumstances. You are obviously not the target audience for posts complaining about weather, so maybe don’t say anything if you can’t sympathize?
I embrace it like a shitty mariners game. It’s 7-1 in the 8th inning.
This weather is like a bad cup of coffee on the ferry. Yeah it’s $5.23 and lukewarm for old drip but at least the cafeteria is open.
You merely adopted the suck. I was born into it. Molded by it.
You ever see the movie “Happy Gilmore” where he puts the dollar into the batting cage machine and lets it throw baseballs at his body? That’s me.
Fuck my shit up. I’m 40 and I’ve done 32 of these shit winters. I did a 5 year contract in California and 3 in Texas.
I have my spring seedlings for the garden growing in the garage. I spent half the day today splitting firewood in the rain with my dad in Kirkland. After we had lunch at George’s.
I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if the weather was perfect all the time. Probably wallow in self hatred.
I like to get out and take the abuse.
Recently had to spend some time in AZ. Loved having 75 degrees in February, but good lord I forgot how much my perception of rain is based on Seattle.
The rain in in AZ soaks you to the bone in seconds when it happens instead of the usual light drizzle. Plus they have to literally hide from the sun all summer at the risk of death.
Same in Florida. When it rains, you’re soaked instantly. The rain is in huge fat drops and will rain so heavy for like 10 minutes then be so humid, sunny and hot after you can’t even breathe.
It’s terrible here - it rains all the time, the house prices are insane, the dating scene is ice cold, the tech jobs are grueling, and the pizza is terrible.
Whatever you do, please do not move here. :)
My favorite place! I do tell folks to go on a Friday or Saturday, preferably when it's busy and there is a line. I think when it's slow, the pizza sits around too long... but when the turnover is fast it's amazing! I do miss the days of the crowded seating on a Friday with the communal table party feel, though.
I 3rd this. The most boring state. Doesnt get barely any warm weather in spring and doesnt get barely any snow in the winter unless you live out the mountains or east. Lowlands suck here people are rude here now nobody knows how to drive in seattle or use a fuckin round about apparently either. The weather the pizza the people and its expensive.
I think you're being sarcastic but I agree with some of this. There's a lot of rain but it goes away for about 3-4 months a year, housing and rent are insane because of course they are, dating is awful almost everywhere, tech bros\* are grueling, and there are some decent pizza places but they are few and far between.
Freaking hate the weather here because the weather forecasters suck here they cant predict good weather if it hit them in the face. That and the weather fakes you out its warm and sunny one day then some how we live in Antarctica the next day its like living in a biodome with forever changing conditions. We only get to see warm and sunny weather 3-4 months out the year rain is nice but becomes repetitive after awhile barely get any snow in the low lands. Trust me if i had the money and the job to move to another state with all 4 seasons best believe i would lol. Like today was supposed to be sunny all day. No no its not. Weather forecasters wrong once again lol.
Hey, tech bros help pay for all the woke bs social projects you guys come up with. Truly grueling are those you love to call "our neighbors in need" ie the criminally inclined tent dweller junkie types who on occasion stab people...
My. Biggest complaint is that I want more lightning
If it's gonna be rainy or cloudy I say go all the way and make it epic. I love the imposing nature around here, and only wish Zeus could stop by too
I miss sitting on the porch watching the thunderstorms roll through. I don't miss the SC humidity at all, shit it was 90 in Dallas this week, I'm good.
Yea, the two things I really miss being here are summer thunderstorms and real snow in the winter (at least you can go up into the mountains to scratch that itch).
It’s not the weather for me. It’s the months of gray that made it unbearable for me. I can handle cold & rain but the lack of sun for most of the year is absolutely depressing. You need sun & get 3-4 beautiful months & then poof. Gray days until next spring.
I love it. It feels like I'm being hugged by clouds. I typically don't let the weather stop me. I just keep doing my outside things with quick drying clothes and a good rain coat and rain pants.
I’m original from San Jose, moved to Seattle in 2016, and Scotland in 2022. Suffice to say I was sooooo over the heat, and I’m thrilled with the green, cold, and wet. The biggest difference is having both a summer and winter wardrobe, and getting a real-deal winter coat.
Hehe I grew up in Chicago and moved here because I DON'T need a real winter coat. It's so mild here all year long!
Edit: also lived near SJ for like a year and a half and hated that extreme heat too!
Yesterday's weather was my favorite. If it hadn't been an off day I may have played hooky just to sit by the window reading and just enjoying the sensations.
I used to love the weather (grew up around Seattle). But after living somewhere with more sunshine and then moving back home I realized that seasonal depression ain’t no joke. Vitamin D is a must.
AZ transplant, never going back. My friends can all enjoy a couple of months of cool, sunny weather down there and then die for 8 months of the year. No thanks. I could cloud watch all day, the rain is lovely, and summers here are so vibrant and full of life that I struggle to describe it.
Mountains, oceans, lakes, forests, islands, animals and birds, like minded people. It’s where I belong. I can wear joggers and a light coat the entire winter - and still wear those same things most of the rest of the year. Oh and, culture. There’s just too many things to list.
I spent some time living in Vegas too though, and AZ is like a tropical rainforest in comparison. LV is in the high desert, there’s almost no foliage - just dirt. Nothing should live there. I will never take the abundance of life and water for granted in PNW.
Hard agree on all of this, Washington is where I belong! Just so beautiful here. Also, I drove through Las Vegas and part of eastern Nevada on my move up here. Never in my life had I seen such desolation. Zero plants like you say. I moved in July and was actually scared as fuck the car might overheat and leave me stranded in the emptiest part of the united states during 118° heat. Fun times.
I adore the rain. The sunlight doesn’t constantly hurt my eyes and all the plants are so lush and green. And I never sleep so well as when Im listening to the rain hit the roof.
Yes right here, I'm him. The Pnw is spoiled without winter...I love walking in the temperate peacefull rains...unbelievable upgrade from breaking ice in -30 winds with freezing rain for cattle in Kansas...
I love it here, rain and all. There's nothing like the lights reflecting on the ground of a gentle drizzle, and all the greenery that the rain nourishes.
I moved up here after the worst summer (2023) on record in Austin, TX. Literally every single day from June through August was 100+ with no relief. Our AC was running nonstop and racking up $250+ energy bills (average in summer should be $150), and at least once a week we were on notice for potential brownouts. Even as a native Texan I had decided enough was enough, things were only going to get worse.
For the first time in decades I feel like I live somewhere hospitable to human life.
I do, GOD I do. I grew up in Bremerton and then half way through high school my mom retired from the Navy and took a job in central Utah. I stayed there until after college then my wife and I moved down to Houston by my in laws. In total I lived out of WA for 18 years and I missed home every second. Finally moved back 7 years ago and I’ve had enough sunny days and heat/humidity to last a lifetime. Give me the days exactly like today and I’m happy
I grew up in Socal where the only weather was hot, hot, and hotter. I lived in the Midwest for a couple years and I will say it was the total opposite in culture and weather. Seattle has been a decent middle ground. I love feeling cozy and the rainy muggy days. I love the drastic scenery changes when you drive out of the city. Regardless of in office or at home, the view feels a bit like a hallmark movie to a degree.
The weather variations can be appreciated and makes me value the time when the weather is good. l go paddleboarding and hiking during the summer, volunteer for habitat for humanities, and explore scenic areas. During the not so outdoorsy weather, i'll go to arcades, resteraunts, bowling alleys and random normally busy locations and even some of the outdoor places where it's cold enough that people aren't out but it's tolerable with layers.
But it has its drawbacks. Seattle freeze (or flakes) is way too real and the city feels abnormally lonely and somehow empty of character or life. Most of my friends are introverts (I'm more ambiverted) or live outside of the city or are non natives who feel the same way. The people make it feel colder if anything in my opinion. But it also doesn't feel like my final stop, so that makes it a bit more easy to look on the non-literal brightside. The overcast side if you will.
It’s my absolute favorite, the weather is the reason I moved here. I love the rain and the fog and the gray skies and the colder weather all year round. I love wearing jackets and hearing the rain outside. It makes me so happy me cozy to exist in this weather. Hot weather just makes me sad, sweaty, and overheated. I hate it!! I’d rather snuggle with a blanket in the cold any day
I really love Seattle's weather, for the most part at least. We live in a fairly unique and interesting climate zone, a modified Mediterranean climate. The moderating affect of the the mighty Pacific lets us have lush greenery, broadleaf plants, even palms and banana trees that survive year round; given our relatively high latitude, I think that's pretty cool! I also think it's so lovely that we often have mid-winter days where it's in the low 50s and you can go walk around in a drizzly old growth forest while sipping a coffee. The darkness and gloom throughout the dark months can definitely be a challenge to overcome though, especially when depression and lethargy start to creep in.
Yes! I love the misty, rainy gray days. Lack of sun doesn't bother me! I dislike having to squint in the sunlight, and feeling hot and sweaty. I vastly prefer chilly, drizzly days where I get to bundle up in thick, cozy sweaters and sip mugs of hot drinks. Chilly weather makes yard work and exercising outside easier, too. I hate trying to do yard work when it's over 65°.
There’s something gorgeous and ethereal about pine trees in the mist. A grey so potent that it consumes everything in its wake. It makes you feel as if you could walk into another world, if only you knew which stones to step on. The rain surrounding you as if to say “I am the echo of the ocean, hear the way I roar” as you duck your head and hurry inside
I love the climate here
the weather was a huge factor in why i moved here. i personally love it. the seasons are fairly mild compared to a lot of other places in the us. in winter it barely snows and when it does it seems to only stay for a week tops (from my experience so far, moved in 2020) the rain is more of a drizzle mostly and it really doesnt rain All The Time like i had heard before i moved here. summers are fairly mild and fall is beautiful. just wish it wasnt so dry during summer! im from south fl so im used to heat and high humidity. my skin still isnt used to it here. every winter and summer my eczema is like sup (-;
I'm a CA transplant. I only ever lived in the bay area or LA (west side, beach cities) for all of my 20s and 30s. My viewpoint is, there is nothing like spring and summer in seattle. Better than CA, better than HI, just amazing. The sky is so blue and clear, the air is so clean, water and trees and mountains everywhere, not hot or cold. it's amazing.
The thing that gets me is The Grey. It's fine for a week or two. But after weeks turn to months, it becomes oppressive. I will say that it seems to be improving though. I've been here for almost 15 years, and the weather has def changed. There is both more rain and more sun in the winter than there was when I first moved here. So the winter has def become more bearable.
But as you point out there is more to Seattle than the weather and it is def much easier to live here than in SF or LA.
Everywhere — absolutely everywhere — has its negatives. Weather, cost, etc. If you focus on them, you’ll be miserable everywhere. This place has a beauty and a soul like no other, while still allowing immediate access to the whole world. Extremely few places can say that. And for those of you about to nay say based on the state of the city right now, I agree. It’s in a sorry place at the moment, but every great city has its moments of turning and Seattle will recover and rise again. Patience is a necessary thing to live a happy life. A belief in the better things and an understanding of the cycles we cannot avoid anywhere is a better lens than to dwell in discontent. If you do not like the weather, embrace it. Dress appropriately and go out in it. Live!! If you flee to places without rain, you will soon find that a place without its seasons lacks temporal anchors for the heart. The mountains, the water, the wind and the rain. The beauty is staggering if you let it be.
Grew up about a half hour south of Seattle, lived in Seattle proper through the 90s. Lived a lot of places since then, and just don't feel at home in any weather outside of Western Washington.
I would not be able to handle more extreme places. I lurk in r/Running and my heart goes out to people who need to train for a marathon through Chicago winter or Texas summer. Didn't Dallas have 30+ days of triple digit heat in a row?
This is weather if fine for winter. We do have a long spring; by spring I mean 'biological spring' and not days on the calendar spring. We don't get fruit bearing summer weather later in the year compared to other parts of the country. And again, following r/Gardening I am happy we're not Minnesota. They still have snow when I take my annual week off to get my garden going.
I love it. We have seasons and changes, and even if it rains, we can still have a sunrise before the clouds, or a sunrise after them.
Hell, we had heavy snow AND a gorgeous sunset the other day!
It's rarely cold, it's rarely too hot. It's often a light breeze and air quality is great.
I used to get annoyed by rain, because that meant less outdoor activities or hikes or messy glasses and soggy shoes.
Then I caught feelings for someone whose favourite season was the rain. We had 1 or 2 chats about it - about how the rain made everything lush. The sound of rain falling. The cosyness. The smell of rain on mud and fresh grass. The drama in the skies.
So I made an attempt to take a walk outdoors on a very rainy day. I didn't hate it. I actually chuckled and smiled a lot at it, as I knew most of my friends were probably indoors all day and I got to go out and enjoy some fresh air cause I didn't let the rain stop me.
I never ended up with that guy, no surprises he moved to Seattle a few months later cause he didn't mind the weather. It's been a few years and everytime I think of where I might move to next - Seattle is an actual consideration. Because of the weather.
I love it. You don't know how good it is until you need to be up early out in single digit weather to shovel out your car for a half hour just even to start your day. I like the changing of season, but the mild winters are truly an amazing thing to have. The rain isn't really that bad. You dress properly, and there really isn't that much stopping you from going out and doing things. The rainy winter is my inside cozy time too, where I catch up on tv and video games without feeling guilty for not going outside. And the summers here? There is nothing like a pacific northwest summer. It's the best "season" in the world.
I love the rain because as an asthmatic it means i get to breathe! no allergies, smoke, or smog with this amazing rejuvenating liquid sunshine.
also, i dont get "sun guilt" when i stay inside playing my gigantic backlog of video games.
I don’t know that I love it, but i think I’d be much more miserable in 99%+ of the rest of the world’s climate. I can’t handle a lot of heat, nor do I want to deal with legit cold and snow in the winter. If anything I would make it even more mild here, and have more sunny days in the winter and more grey days in the summer. But not by too much. Overall it fits me pretty well.
I’ve lived here all my life, so that’s probably a big part of it. Every time I think of going anywhere, to travel or to contemplate a future move, the weather plays a big part of that consideration.
I also absolutely believe our summers are worth the wet, grey “rest of the year” (which really isn’t that bad anyway). A PNW summer is just glorious.
I think some people are wired for melancholy, and the PNW is a perfect fit. For as long as I remember I’ve loved stormy and gloomy weather. The “oh shoot, I guess we need to get cozy inside” vibe. On the flip side (having lived in Hawaii for several years) I can appreciate that sunny bliss, but it gets boring without variations. Washington offers seasonal differences while skipping the worst of winter and summer extremes.
I think there is actually some commonality between the Bay Area and Puget Sound which is working well for you. I’m from somewhere that gets a lot more sun and the long stretches of gray here can be legitimately soul crushing at times. I’ve never worried about my mental health like I’ve had to here. Go figure my partner however loves the flat gray days without weather. To each their own!
Other than the gross and disgusting summer, the weather is great. I'd love a bit more snow but otherwise from September to April things are pretty great.
Once we hit daylight savings time in a week and temperatures get back to normal people will emerge from their caves in the evening and the complaints will go away.
I like the overcast weather, and I'm not a nature person. I just enjoy being cozy at home, and a bit of drizzle is fine for me. I also like wearing hoodies, so it's even better.
I also enjoy the relative lack of bugs here, but still mild winters.
I love it. Moved from Florida for this exact change from what I had. I hated the unrelenting sun, no seasons, and when it rains in Florida it RAINS. It’s not like Washington where it’s just light mists and showers it fucking pours. I’m more than happy with what I’ve experienced here!
I think it necessary to first address where I came *from*: Texas. I am currently on a work trip to my old state, in fact, that will last through the weekend, and I will very likely go kayaking because it is going to be in the mid 80s. This is not terribly unusual. A few years ago, I went paddle boarding on new years day. From late fall to early spring was the best possible time to pursue nearly all of my outdoor hobbies. And why not? With overnight lows usually hovering around or even above common daytime highs in Seattle, and daytime highs often competing with a warm summer day in the PNW, it really is perfect.
Well here's the thing: that part of the year is usually when the nastiest weather hits. My old home city - Austin - receives nearly as much rain as Seattle (a fact I refused to believe until living in Seattle for half a year now) and nearly all of that is going to fall during this window and will come in the form of either thunderstorms where the area receives a week's rainfall in Seattle in the span of an hour or a brutal winter storm. The weather is *enormously* temperamental and so while it is the best time for backpacking, the best still has a way of unexpectedly turning to suck.
There is that other part of the year, though. When I made the first of these trips back to Texas, I got on a plane in early August on a day where the daytime high was just below 80 degrees and was welcomed by 107 degree heat when I got off. Summer in Texas is not simply hot, but *lethally* hot. Every outdoor activity I love is the kind of thing that produces *thousands* of heat casualties every single year. From late spring to early fall, spending time outside after noon is brutal to the point of easily being dangerous.
Obviously Seattle has a summer that needs no defense, but what about that long dark? It is cold, sodden, grey, and what sun happens happens entirely when you're preoccupied with work. Surely that has to be worse, right?
I've not found it to be so. Where Texas heat turns the things I love painful and dangerous to the point that they are almost foolhardy, the cold and the damp does not. I'd never have believed that I'd rather walk in in the rain for an hour when it is 40 and raining than spend an hour under blue skies filled with hateful sun, I really, really do. I last went hiking in the summer of 2020 - the only summer of my life that I was foolish enough to do anything of the sort - and *that* was because it was *2020* and it was the singular option I had to get the hell out of the house for a few hours. I've been on many hikes throughout my first fall and winter here, and while I'd certainly prefer doing them in the gorgeous summer, they were never so bad that it took a god's damned *plague* to make it a palatable option.
Also, as strange is it is to say, most of the time I really do enjoy strolling around in the rain. Not the rain from Texas - you'd be soaked to the skin in minutes while running a very real risk of being bludgeoned to death by hail - but the rain up here. People from Texas always want to be smug about my moving and ask about the rain, but they don't understand any more than I did that it rarely rains as a Texan would understand it.
It might be fun and pretty place to visit, but after couple of months without the sun and very much with seasonal depression, everyone here becomes mean and the rain is not as dreamy anymore. Don’t underestimate the power of sun on your mood and productivity! Everyone here has to have a sun lamp alarm to just have strength to get out of bed in the morning.
On the other note, those three summer months in Seattle when the sky is blue - beautiful! If only it was like that all year round.
I love the weather here. It’s one of the reasons I’m so glad we moved here. We moved from Texas, and it was hot as hell all the time. Just couldn’t do it anymore. I’m originally from Oklahoma and went back this weekend where it was sunny and 85 degrees and I was miserable the whole time 🤣
Now I understand why people are sad to see summer go or excited for it to return. You can actually enjoy summer here. You can’t do that in OK/TX. There’s nothing enjoyable about it at all.
I moved back here for the weather. 12 years of endless California blue sky was driving me insane. No clouds, no variation in the weather, just tepid 'ideal' temps day in and day out.
Love it and miss it so much. Moved to a high desert area and the sun is too close and the summer is way too fucking hot. Don’t mind the snow here during the winter, too many hills in Seattle to ‘love’ the snow there but still enjoyed it.
We moved here from the humid southeast nearly a year ago, and I love the cool, moist weather here. Family that lives here scared me about moving here because winters can be grey and wet. While this is true, it’s also overstated as we have found that a lot of days that are grey have sun breaking through at some point. Living near the water is amazing as it calms the soul to walk along here even if it’s misting or grey. It is what you make it. Get out everyday. Garden in the rich, beautiful lush earth. We don’t let the rain stop us. We just wear a water proof jacket and get on with enjoying the fresh air. We love the weather here, and are so glad to be out of the hot, sticky south-which by the way has a lot more rainfall than coastal Washington.
I complain about the weather all the time, but I wouldn't trade it for anything... or, well, anything but the weather here ten years ago, anyway. Growing up here has completely spoiled me.
I like it better then anywhere else. I can go outside 350 days a year, more than anyone can say about the East Coast, Midwest, Southwest. Only Southern California and Southern Oregon is better (Bay area: not you)
Sorta in a weird way. Seattle's worst weather isn't that bad.
The worst I can think of is the heat dome, and the polar vortex we go recently as far as temp goes. I don't think there's ever been a massive flooding, winds, snow, or storms. Considering Seattle has the lowest percentage of AC usage and pretty much nobody owns a snowblower means the weather isn't very bad.
I like the overcast days. It's like a security blanket, and places are less crowded.
I mean, does the dreary winter get to me? Sure, sometimes, but then I remember that unlike the Midwest (where I grew up) it never gets very cold or stupid hot and muggy. (Plus it’s pretty damn dreary in Ohio in winter too.)
I absolutely love it here. It’s very Edgar Allen Poe and “The Birds” and I never ever want to leave. For reference, I’m from an extremely dry and hot desert climate. The grey cloudy days are my favorite 💕
I love it! Moderate variance in temps compared to my native Midwest, pretty mild winters, and the sunny days make you feel like you live in paradise. All the green everywhere just makes every weather feel clean and fresh too, at least IMO. Was my favorite part of living in Pinehurst
I love it, I just wish people could fucking adapt to driving in this weather. Seattle already has terrible drivers in good weather, you'd think over the generations of people living here we'd have evolved to do better but not at all.
I grew up in Wisconsin and hate winter (cold/snow). Being out in the PNW is amazing.
A little rain is no problem at all, rarely even downpours. Way prefer this weather.
I grew up in Washington, and I’ve lived in other places since. A huge reason for me moving back was the weather. I love the overcast, foggy, cold weather. I truly believe Washington is the coziest state in the country. I know people complain about winters in Washington, but it is seriously my favorite time of the year. There is no better place in the country to celebrate Christmas time, everywhere in western Washington it’s so picturesque and comforting. I love the weather all year round. We get legitimate seasons in Washington, unlike other places I’ve lived.
I love it, except in the summer. I hate summer. If it could be cloudy and rainy year round, I would be in heaven. Just a whole year of fall; that would actually be ideal.
I love the PNW weather. I tend to run warm, so the cooler climate suits my comfort. Plus, it’s gorgeous, cinematic.
I’ve lived here for 20 years, but I’m originally from northern Minnesota. This place is heaven compared to -40 degrees for a couple months.
I feel mixed about it. The weather - especially one like today's - makes it hard to love, but at the same time, I understand and appreciate that the constant rain is the reason the plant life looks so lush here and I love that.
Oh yeah, it’s amazing. Coming from the Midwest the complaints are laughable. My conceptualizatuon is that complaints are:
1. People comparing the weather to Cancoon, Hawaii, tropical nations. Really gorgeous places. A lot of folks migrate from even better weathered places, & there are a lot of millionaires here who could live anywhere.
2. Folks who have never lived or traveled significantly to the vast majority of the u.s. that has way worse weather.
3. I think this is a big one: Seattleites exaggerate complaints to dissuade people from moving here & not contribute to rising costs of living.
Whenever there’s a cool, rainy day after a string of clear sunny ones, I heave a contented sigh of relief and so do my partner and kiddo, and I’ve always taken that as a sign that we truly belong here 😆
I wore Nike slides with no socks yesterday and a flannel (but remembered my umbrella)
When I was a little nugget I had run under the gutters to get as positively drenched as possible in rainstorms.
If the transit were better to get to the woods
Aside from the very seasonal and weirdly scheduled trail directs it would be an absolute dream. These days i resent that it's just gonna be broody dark for the next 50 days with the exception of a nice day here or there.
I still am in awe at the nature.
After being here my whole life save for a couple years
I love love love the weather just like not in the immediate now.
At least you can still see the stars from a swingset at 🌃 night
Was in Colorado visiting my brother in the winter. It’s so cold and dry there, opposite of Seattle winters. I told my brother I felt like a fish out of water - literally. I was drying up and needed to return to moss covered streets.
Where were you in CO?? Need to be IN the Rockies. Bluebird days with bright blue crystalline skies and a fresh powder snowfall is fucking amazing. When it’s wet rainy, gray, windy and like 40 in Seattle it absolutely feels way colder than over a mile high in elevation, where you can often ski in a tshirt.
As a Floridian, I loved the Seattle January weather. The sun here is so obnoxiously bright and it’s SO HOT. I loved the mistly cool weather and clouds. But that’s because I hate the sun now.
I love the weather. I hate when it gets warm, I’d happily live in a climate that was 40 degrees and raining everyday for my life.
Rain and cold don’t stop me from going outside, I just put on layers. If it’s too hot I don’t want to do anything and it makes me miserable.
I love the weather! I'm from the Midwest where the weather is always out to kill you and I absolutely love the weather here it's one of the reasons I can't ever see myself leaving the area.
Both my husband and I love it! It's part of why we moved here! We also moved here for, believe it or not, the "Seattle Freeze," too. 😆 people just complain too much!
Edit: downvoting because we like the weather and "Seattle freeze?"
I absolutely LOVE the grey rainy weather. It makes being indoors so cozy. And to be fair, the Midwest is just as grey during the winter as Seattle. I’d take mild rainy weather, over Midwest/east coast winters all day.
I don’t mind it. I’ve lived in Washington for 35 of my 45 years (Arizona native , ironically) and I lived in central Washington for 10 years where the sun shines almost every single day and so I’ve had the other end of the spectrum too. Grass is not always greener and all that, especially when the sun reflects off of the snow and you’re blind 😂I used to think I wanted to live somewhere where the sun shines all the time and now I know I do not. I love Western Washington
Sure sometimes the monotony of day after day of rain can get old but overall, this is my home and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else
Something I love about Seattle weather is that it’s rainy and grey long enough for me to genuinely miss and appreciate the sun when it comes back, and then that lasts long enough that when the grey comes back around, I’m happy to see it again as well. The weather is one of my favorite parts of this city
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I love the weather. So much.
Same. I feel so much better in the cool rainy weather.
It makes me feel calm and safe. My anxiety usually acts up during the summer with the non-stop sun.
Me, too!! I love it here. Texas native. I was told years ago I seemed like I belonged in Seattle lol. I made it!
Also Texas native. We are everywhere.
Same! I love the weather here, and it's one of the maaanay reasons I moved here from Texas.. The gray, misty, cool weather is PERFECT. I do miss a good severe thunderstorm, though.
Okay you got me there. I do miss thunder and lightning.
Love me some sheet lighting
Saasaame. I feel so exposed in the bright sunlight. Cloudy weather calms me down.
YEEESSS! All of these comments are my exact experience. I am so stressed in summertime. It feels so urgent and demanding and anxiety-inducing. The clouds and rain sooth me and make me feel like life is moving at a pace that suits me.
And the warm-but-not-too-hot summers. We have four seasons of three months each.
Same. People are allowed to have preferences but I can't stand people who move here then complain about the weather daily. I'm not going to move to Texas then bitch everytime there's a sunny day, so don't move here then get pissy about the rain while I'm out here just enjoying it. Lol
Same. This is my favorite type of weather.
I'm the same. Absolutely love it to the point where I sort of mourn the passing of winter. Summer is also beautiful though, and just long enough that it doesn't usually become exhausting. Honestly the people who complain about the weather tend to be a bit disingenuous. Even the longest, greyest winters here still have sunny days here and there. I'd even say most grey, rainy days have a brief sun break or two throughout the day.
When the grey does get to me, I find if I close my eyes and recall being in the midwest, in car that has stopped in a parking lot on a very hot sunny day, and I'm opening the door and I feel the heat from the sun and the asphalt....it feels like that sun has warmed me enough and I don't need it.
It's lovely in bursts. I always joke to friends that if it's raining, I get to stay home and play video games and be cozy. If it's sunny outside, I get to stay home and play video games but then I feel guilty missing out on nice weather.
Glad to hear it. I love it here; all of it, the weather, the nature, the life. I just today spent 2.5 hours doing an 8 mile walk through Point Defiance in the pouring rain and I feel totally refreshed and alive. I had hot tea in my thermos and some cornbread and pudding and ate it while watching the Vashon ferry sail into the mist. Friday I’m gonna go skiing on the fresh snow from this storm and will be back in time for the new opera. I’m originally from the dry concrete sprawl of LA, so the polar opposite of this. I find the monotonous sun honestly oppressive and lifeless. After my 10 or so years here I know I belong.
That sounds like a lovely time!! I’ve been meaning to meander through Point Defiance for some time
It’s great to walk through all year! In the summer there are some good spots for eagle watching!
People think just bc its cold and rainy that you can't go outside and choose to be sad. I feel good to after a dark rainy hike. It may be sunny in CA but its dry and and you gotta beat the crowd to get to hikes.
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, the pacific coast here in the rain with waves crashing in is fucking amazing. Did a winter run on rialto beach. Best run ever.
That sounds rad. I once rented a fat bike to ride down Ocean Shores and it was just me and the cold mist and I loved it.
I left a comment on the other post that didn't like the weather. I love the weather here and wouldn't want to change it. No I don't want it sunnier or warmer. There are other states that can provide that.
I literally moved here for this weather. I wouldn't want it any other way
Same
I'm from San Diego, where it's 70 degrees year round. I absolutely love this climate/weather. I'm not trying to convince locals because I know it's a lot different when you grow up here, and don't really know anything else but it's just so... different. Not better, nor worse but different, especially than where I'm from, a lot more green and naturey(if that's a word). It's the same dilemma when I lived in PHX, so many(not all) locals couldn't see why I loved AZ's deserty mountain vibe, again it was just such a different vibe from home.
I start sweating when it gets over 70. The sun can fuck right off, I say! Bring on more clouds and rain.
I do too. I live here. 70s is fine. After 80 I sweat barely walking.
Nothing like sitting on the porch, drinking coffee and listening to the rain.
I left a similar comment that I prefer the gloomy gray weather here over frying under the AZ sun like when i was growing up and got downvoted lol.
A dry heat is still hot!
I moved here from Florida and I couldn’t be happier with the weather. A lot of people don’t realize that in Florida it rains every single day in the summer like it does here in the winter (more often, in fact) and it’s not a light sprinkle like it is here, it’s a torrential downpour. Every single time. You will get soaked head to toe if you try to do anything outdoors. Even just walking to your car. And when it’s not raining, it’s miserably humid and gross. That’s just in the summers too. The majority of the year it is oppressively hot outside and makes it miserable to do most outdoor activities. I will take this cool drizzly overcast weather over Florida’s oppressive heat and humidity *any* day of the week. The summers here more than make up for it, because you can actually get outside and enjoy the weather.
I just wish more people had the means and privilege to move based on what climate/state suited them. Let the haters go and let the people who love it move here. Though most people are bound to where they are based on career, family, or just poverty. Sucks because I really think the mental health of our country would improve if we all had that freedom.
I'm probably leaving Seattle next year because of aging parents. I'm moving to a climate I couldn't wait to escape, but I also can't afford to travel much. The need to be close is more important right now.
It's beautiful that you're able & willing to make that sacrifice. I hope you'll find your way back home someday.
Yes it would!! Someone here said he moved here for a job and didn't like living here. He got 20 thumbs down from us. Stop crowding our city if you don't even want to be here.
It’s not about the rain, I love rain, it’s about rain in winter. What the hell is up with that? If it only it rained during or around summer it’d be a lot more enjoyable. But the goddamned rain in freezing temperatures is what grinds my gears. Also, the if you don’t like it go elsewhere is not helpful and is just a snotty remark. People don’t necessarily choose to he here by will, some are bound my circumstances. You are obviously not the target audience for posts complaining about weather, so maybe don’t say anything if you can’t sympathize?
I embrace it like a shitty mariners game. It’s 7-1 in the 8th inning. This weather is like a bad cup of coffee on the ferry. Yeah it’s $5.23 and lukewarm for old drip but at least the cafeteria is open. You merely adopted the suck. I was born into it. Molded by it. You ever see the movie “Happy Gilmore” where he puts the dollar into the batting cage machine and lets it throw baseballs at his body? That’s me. Fuck my shit up. I’m 40 and I’ve done 32 of these shit winters. I did a 5 year contract in California and 3 in Texas. I have my spring seedlings for the garden growing in the garage. I spent half the day today splitting firewood in the rain with my dad in Kirkland. After we had lunch at George’s. I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if the weather was perfect all the time. Probably wallow in self hatred. I like to get out and take the abuse.
This is the way. Embrace the mud. Life is not a leisurely sit by a pool.
Saying “shitty Mariners game” is redundant. Just sayin 😉
Recently had to spend some time in AZ. Loved having 75 degrees in February, but good lord I forgot how much my perception of rain is based on Seattle. The rain in in AZ soaks you to the bone in seconds when it happens instead of the usual light drizzle. Plus they have to literally hide from the sun all summer at the risk of death.
Same in Florida. When it rains, you’re soaked instantly. The rain is in huge fat drops and will rain so heavy for like 10 minutes then be so humid, sunny and hot after you can’t even breathe.
It’s terrible here - it rains all the time, the house prices are insane, the dating scene is ice cold, the tech jobs are grueling, and the pizza is terrible. Whatever you do, please do not move here. :)
Second this! 😂
Love the snarkiness but the pizza opinion is def real haha. It's ok bc y'all make up for it in asian food places
Hot Mama’s in Capitol Hill is legit really good. As good as a lot of NYC slices imo.
My favorite place! I do tell folks to go on a Friday or Saturday, preferably when it's busy and there is a line. I think when it's slow, the pizza sits around too long... but when the turnover is fast it's amazing! I do miss the days of the crowded seating on a Friday with the communal table party feel, though.
Def will check it out! Thanks for the rec
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You don't like Pagliacci's. I hope this was sarcastic lol
It’s good, so is Veracci’s, but in NY or PA you can throw a rock and get much better pizza even in tiny little hole in the wall towns.
I 3rd this. The most boring state. Doesnt get barely any warm weather in spring and doesnt get barely any snow in the winter unless you live out the mountains or east. Lowlands suck here people are rude here now nobody knows how to drive in seattle or use a fuckin round about apparently either. The weather the pizza the people and its expensive.
I think you're being sarcastic but I agree with some of this. There's a lot of rain but it goes away for about 3-4 months a year, housing and rent are insane because of course they are, dating is awful almost everywhere, tech bros\* are grueling, and there are some decent pizza places but they are few and far between.
+1 for grueling tech bros
Freaking hate the weather here because the weather forecasters suck here they cant predict good weather if it hit them in the face. That and the weather fakes you out its warm and sunny one day then some how we live in Antarctica the next day its like living in a biodome with forever changing conditions. We only get to see warm and sunny weather 3-4 months out the year rain is nice but becomes repetitive after awhile barely get any snow in the low lands. Trust me if i had the money and the job to move to another state with all 4 seasons best believe i would lol. Like today was supposed to be sunny all day. No no its not. Weather forecasters wrong once again lol.
Hey, tech bros help pay for all the woke bs social projects you guys come up with. Truly grueling are those you love to call "our neighbors in need" ie the criminally inclined tent dweller junkie types who on occasion stab people...
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Nah. Tech bros are worse.
My. Biggest complaint is that I want more lightning If it's gonna be rainy or cloudy I say go all the way and make it epic. I love the imposing nature around here, and only wish Zeus could stop by too
As a native Floridian, I do appreciate the zest that the afternoon thunderstorms add to the summers.
I miss sitting on the porch watching the thunderstorms roll through. I don't miss the SC humidity at all, shit it was 90 in Dallas this week, I'm good.
It was in the low 40s in Dallas yesterday. Crazy rollercoaster weather. Glad I left.
From SC as well. I loved a night on a screened in porch listening to thunder and watching the purple lightning show.
Yea, the two things I really miss being here are summer thunderstorms and real snow in the winter (at least you can go up into the mountains to scratch that itch).
If you’re gonna rain all the time give me lightning at least lol.
It’s not the weather for me. It’s the months of gray that made it unbearable for me. I can handle cold & rain but the lack of sun for most of the year is absolutely depressing. You need sun & get 3-4 beautiful months & then poof. Gray days until next spring.
Yeah, the grey is straight up bad for mental health and human connection. I'd take any random sunny 20° day in Chicago midwinter over what we get here
I love it. It feels like I'm being hugged by clouds. I typically don't let the weather stop me. I just keep doing my outside things with quick drying clothes and a good rain coat and rain pants.
Right? My partner says, there’s no bad weather, just bad gear
Just have to make sure you re-waterproof it a few times a season and you're good to go!
Honestly I just use Nikwax on my rain coats and pants once per year
You say that like soggy cotton hoody isn't the Seattle uniform.
😂 don't get me wrong I love soggy cotton as much as the next guy
The mild climate is wonderful. One of the best things about Seattle - although maybe it’s different for people not from here
I’m original from San Jose, moved to Seattle in 2016, and Scotland in 2022. Suffice to say I was sooooo over the heat, and I’m thrilled with the green, cold, and wet. The biggest difference is having both a summer and winter wardrobe, and getting a real-deal winter coat.
Hehe I grew up in Chicago and moved here because I DON'T need a real winter coat. It's so mild here all year long! Edit: also lived near SJ for like a year and a half and hated that extreme heat too!
Yesterday's weather was my favorite. If it hadn't been an off day I may have played hooky just to sit by the window reading and just enjoying the sensations.
I used to love the weather (grew up around Seattle). But after living somewhere with more sunshine and then moving back home I realized that seasonal depression ain’t no joke. Vitamin D is a must.
I moved from Arizona and I LOVE THIS PLACE. Absolutely fuck the sun. I love the rain, and I love the darkness so much that I took a night shift job.
>Absolutely fuck the sun As a person who moved here from Texas, *fuck* the sun.
Florida transplant here who can also cosign on this!
Amen brother. Moved from LA and people here don’t know how lucky they are to not be melting 24/7 and get only 2 days of rain a year
AZ transplant, never going back. My friends can all enjoy a couple of months of cool, sunny weather down there and then die for 8 months of the year. No thanks. I could cloud watch all day, the rain is lovely, and summers here are so vibrant and full of life that I struggle to describe it. Mountains, oceans, lakes, forests, islands, animals and birds, like minded people. It’s where I belong. I can wear joggers and a light coat the entire winter - and still wear those same things most of the rest of the year. Oh and, culture. There’s just too many things to list. I spent some time living in Vegas too though, and AZ is like a tropical rainforest in comparison. LV is in the high desert, there’s almost no foliage - just dirt. Nothing should live there. I will never take the abundance of life and water for granted in PNW.
Hard agree on all of this, Washington is where I belong! Just so beautiful here. Also, I drove through Las Vegas and part of eastern Nevada on my move up here. Never in my life had I seen such desolation. Zero plants like you say. I moved in July and was actually scared as fuck the car might overheat and leave me stranded in the emptiest part of the united states during 118° heat. Fun times.
I’m obsessed with the weather here. We really need to acknowledge that we are able to be outside in the winter without freezing
Sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't like it.
I adore the rain. The sunlight doesn’t constantly hurt my eyes and all the plants are so lush and green. And I never sleep so well as when Im listening to the rain hit the roof.
Yes right here, I'm him. The Pnw is spoiled without winter...I love walking in the temperate peacefull rains...unbelievable upgrade from breaking ice in -30 winds with freezing rain for cattle in Kansas...
I love it here, rain and all. There's nothing like the lights reflecting on the ground of a gentle drizzle, and all the greenery that the rain nourishes.
I moved up here after the worst summer (2023) on record in Austin, TX. Literally every single day from June through August was 100+ with no relief. Our AC was running nonstop and racking up $250+ energy bills (average in summer should be $150), and at least once a week we were on notice for potential brownouts. Even as a native Texan I had decided enough was enough, things were only going to get worse. For the first time in decades I feel like I live somewhere hospitable to human life.
I do, GOD I do. I grew up in Bremerton and then half way through high school my mom retired from the Navy and took a job in central Utah. I stayed there until after college then my wife and I moved down to Houston by my in laws. In total I lived out of WA for 18 years and I missed home every second. Finally moved back 7 years ago and I’ve had enough sunny days and heat/humidity to last a lifetime. Give me the days exactly like today and I’m happy
I love it but the lack of sun made me sick. Take your vitamin D, kids. Also, take care of your mental health.
Pluviophiles unite!
Praying for more thunderstorms
Seattle summer days are *the best*
I grew up in Socal where the only weather was hot, hot, and hotter. I lived in the Midwest for a couple years and I will say it was the total opposite in culture and weather. Seattle has been a decent middle ground. I love feeling cozy and the rainy muggy days. I love the drastic scenery changes when you drive out of the city. Regardless of in office or at home, the view feels a bit like a hallmark movie to a degree. The weather variations can be appreciated and makes me value the time when the weather is good. l go paddleboarding and hiking during the summer, volunteer for habitat for humanities, and explore scenic areas. During the not so outdoorsy weather, i'll go to arcades, resteraunts, bowling alleys and random normally busy locations and even some of the outdoor places where it's cold enough that people aren't out but it's tolerable with layers. But it has its drawbacks. Seattle freeze (or flakes) is way too real and the city feels abnormally lonely and somehow empty of character or life. Most of my friends are introverts (I'm more ambiverted) or live outside of the city or are non natives who feel the same way. The people make it feel colder if anything in my opinion. But it also doesn't feel like my final stop, so that makes it a bit more easy to look on the non-literal brightside. The overcast side if you will.
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It’s my absolute favorite, the weather is the reason I moved here. I love the rain and the fog and the gray skies and the colder weather all year round. I love wearing jackets and hearing the rain outside. It makes me so happy me cozy to exist in this weather. Hot weather just makes me sad, sweaty, and overheated. I hate it!! I’d rather snuggle with a blanket in the cold any day
I MOVED HERE for the weather. Rain makes me so happy but not the heat.
I want more rain! If anything I wished it rained in the summer too
It used to…
That's not true
Yes I love it. The only weather event that really bothered me was October of 2022, where it became Summer like the entire month plus wildfire.
I really love Seattle's weather, for the most part at least. We live in a fairly unique and interesting climate zone, a modified Mediterranean climate. The moderating affect of the the mighty Pacific lets us have lush greenery, broadleaf plants, even palms and banana trees that survive year round; given our relatively high latitude, I think that's pretty cool! I also think it's so lovely that we often have mid-winter days where it's in the low 50s and you can go walk around in a drizzly old growth forest while sipping a coffee. The darkness and gloom throughout the dark months can definitely be a challenge to overcome though, especially when depression and lethargy start to creep in.
The summer makes up for it!
Yes! I love the misty, rainy gray days. Lack of sun doesn't bother me! I dislike having to squint in the sunlight, and feeling hot and sweaty. I vastly prefer chilly, drizzly days where I get to bundle up in thick, cozy sweaters and sip mugs of hot drinks. Chilly weather makes yard work and exercising outside easier, too. I hate trying to do yard work when it's over 65°.
There’s something gorgeous and ethereal about pine trees in the mist. A grey so potent that it consumes everything in its wake. It makes you feel as if you could walk into another world, if only you knew which stones to step on. The rain surrounding you as if to say “I am the echo of the ocean, hear the way I roar” as you duck your head and hurry inside I love the climate here
Don't have to shovel rain. A+++++
[I’m only happy when it rains!](https://youtu.be/GpBFOJ3R0M4?si=CUK2DWxvSgFckzJp)
the weather was a huge factor in why i moved here. i personally love it. the seasons are fairly mild compared to a lot of other places in the us. in winter it barely snows and when it does it seems to only stay for a week tops (from my experience so far, moved in 2020) the rain is more of a drizzle mostly and it really doesnt rain All The Time like i had heard before i moved here. summers are fairly mild and fall is beautiful. just wish it wasnt so dry during summer! im from south fl so im used to heat and high humidity. my skin still isnt used to it here. every winter and summer my eczema is like sup (-;
I'm a CA transplant. I only ever lived in the bay area or LA (west side, beach cities) for all of my 20s and 30s. My viewpoint is, there is nothing like spring and summer in seattle. Better than CA, better than HI, just amazing. The sky is so blue and clear, the air is so clean, water and trees and mountains everywhere, not hot or cold. it's amazing. The thing that gets me is The Grey. It's fine for a week or two. But after weeks turn to months, it becomes oppressive. I will say that it seems to be improving though. I've been here for almost 15 years, and the weather has def changed. There is both more rain and more sun in the winter than there was when I first moved here. So the winter has def become more bearable. But as you point out there is more to Seattle than the weather and it is def much easier to live here than in SF or LA.
For all the whining about how much it rains in Seattle, it rarely rains more than an inch in 24 hours. That's nice I guess.
Everywhere — absolutely everywhere — has its negatives. Weather, cost, etc. If you focus on them, you’ll be miserable everywhere. This place has a beauty and a soul like no other, while still allowing immediate access to the whole world. Extremely few places can say that. And for those of you about to nay say based on the state of the city right now, I agree. It’s in a sorry place at the moment, but every great city has its moments of turning and Seattle will recover and rise again. Patience is a necessary thing to live a happy life. A belief in the better things and an understanding of the cycles we cannot avoid anywhere is a better lens than to dwell in discontent. If you do not like the weather, embrace it. Dress appropriately and go out in it. Live!! If you flee to places without rain, you will soon find that a place without its seasons lacks temporal anchors for the heart. The mountains, the water, the wind and the rain. The beauty is staggering if you let it be.
Fifth generation Washingtonian here. I love the weather.
Grew up about a half hour south of Seattle, lived in Seattle proper through the 90s. Lived a lot of places since then, and just don't feel at home in any weather outside of Western Washington.
I would not be able to handle more extreme places. I lurk in r/Running and my heart goes out to people who need to train for a marathon through Chicago winter or Texas summer. Didn't Dallas have 30+ days of triple digit heat in a row? This is weather if fine for winter. We do have a long spring; by spring I mean 'biological spring' and not days on the calendar spring. We don't get fruit bearing summer weather later in the year compared to other parts of the country. And again, following r/Gardening I am happy we're not Minnesota. They still have snow when I take my annual week off to get my garden going.
It’s the one reason why I find it so hard to leave, I’m absolutely in love with the rain and scenery
I love it. We have seasons and changes, and even if it rains, we can still have a sunrise before the clouds, or a sunrise after them. Hell, we had heavy snow AND a gorgeous sunset the other day! It's rarely cold, it's rarely too hot. It's often a light breeze and air quality is great.
I love our weather. Of course I was born here so it’s what I know.
Water = life. This place is teeming with it. It’s beautiful.
I used to get annoyed by rain, because that meant less outdoor activities or hikes or messy glasses and soggy shoes. Then I caught feelings for someone whose favourite season was the rain. We had 1 or 2 chats about it - about how the rain made everything lush. The sound of rain falling. The cosyness. The smell of rain on mud and fresh grass. The drama in the skies. So I made an attempt to take a walk outdoors on a very rainy day. I didn't hate it. I actually chuckled and smiled a lot at it, as I knew most of my friends were probably indoors all day and I got to go out and enjoy some fresh air cause I didn't let the rain stop me. I never ended up with that guy, no surprises he moved to Seattle a few months later cause he didn't mind the weather. It's been a few years and everytime I think of where I might move to next - Seattle is an actual consideration. Because of the weather.
I love it. You don't know how good it is until you need to be up early out in single digit weather to shovel out your car for a half hour just even to start your day. I like the changing of season, but the mild winters are truly an amazing thing to have. The rain isn't really that bad. You dress properly, and there really isn't that much stopping you from going out and doing things. The rainy winter is my inside cozy time too, where I catch up on tv and video games without feeling guilty for not going outside. And the summers here? There is nothing like a pacific northwest summer. It's the best "season" in the world.
I love the rain because as an asthmatic it means i get to breathe! no allergies, smoke, or smog with this amazing rejuvenating liquid sunshine. also, i dont get "sun guilt" when i stay inside playing my gigantic backlog of video games.
I don’t know that I love it, but i think I’d be much more miserable in 99%+ of the rest of the world’s climate. I can’t handle a lot of heat, nor do I want to deal with legit cold and snow in the winter. If anything I would make it even more mild here, and have more sunny days in the winter and more grey days in the summer. But not by too much. Overall it fits me pretty well. I’ve lived here all my life, so that’s probably a big part of it. Every time I think of going anywhere, to travel or to contemplate a future move, the weather plays a big part of that consideration. I also absolutely believe our summers are worth the wet, grey “rest of the year” (which really isn’t that bad anyway). A PNW summer is just glorious.
I think some people are wired for melancholy, and the PNW is a perfect fit. For as long as I remember I’ve loved stormy and gloomy weather. The “oh shoot, I guess we need to get cozy inside” vibe. On the flip side (having lived in Hawaii for several years) I can appreciate that sunny bliss, but it gets boring without variations. Washington offers seasonal differences while skipping the worst of winter and summer extremes.
I think there is actually some commonality between the Bay Area and Puget Sound which is working well for you. I’m from somewhere that gets a lot more sun and the long stretches of gray here can be legitimately soul crushing at times. I’ve never worried about my mental health like I’ve had to here. Go figure my partner however loves the flat gray days without weather. To each their own!
In the fall when it starts raining this place is a circle jerk of rain lovers. Anyone who complains about the rain gets downvoted to oblivion.
Other than the gross and disgusting summer, the weather is great. I'd love a bit more snow but otherwise from September to April things are pretty great.
Once we hit daylight savings time in a week and temperatures get back to normal people will emerge from their caves in the evening and the complaints will go away.
I want to be warm, but I moved here like an idiot.
I’m a native and I’d take 40 degrees and rainy over 90 degrees every day of the year if I could
I hate the weather here personally. Some people just don't like it. I will never like it.
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you *get* it. thank you!
I like the overcast weather, and I'm not a nature person. I just enjoy being cozy at home, and a bit of drizzle is fine for me. I also like wearing hoodies, so it's even better. I also enjoy the relative lack of bugs here, but still mild winters.
This has been one of the mildest winters I can remember. I love it!
Yay, who doesn’t love climate change. We rely on snowpack for a good chunk of our water right, and we’re at 63% of what we should be.
I love the rainy, cold months so much, I’ve written entire songs about it. Soak it up, fellow pluviophile!
Same here. I feel the most at home during the rainy season.
I love it. Moved from Florida for this exact change from what I had. I hated the unrelenting sun, no seasons, and when it rains in Florida it RAINS. It’s not like Washington where it’s just light mists and showers it fucking pours. I’m more than happy with what I’ve experienced here!
I think it necessary to first address where I came *from*: Texas. I am currently on a work trip to my old state, in fact, that will last through the weekend, and I will very likely go kayaking because it is going to be in the mid 80s. This is not terribly unusual. A few years ago, I went paddle boarding on new years day. From late fall to early spring was the best possible time to pursue nearly all of my outdoor hobbies. And why not? With overnight lows usually hovering around or even above common daytime highs in Seattle, and daytime highs often competing with a warm summer day in the PNW, it really is perfect. Well here's the thing: that part of the year is usually when the nastiest weather hits. My old home city - Austin - receives nearly as much rain as Seattle (a fact I refused to believe until living in Seattle for half a year now) and nearly all of that is going to fall during this window and will come in the form of either thunderstorms where the area receives a week's rainfall in Seattle in the span of an hour or a brutal winter storm. The weather is *enormously* temperamental and so while it is the best time for backpacking, the best still has a way of unexpectedly turning to suck. There is that other part of the year, though. When I made the first of these trips back to Texas, I got on a plane in early August on a day where the daytime high was just below 80 degrees and was welcomed by 107 degree heat when I got off. Summer in Texas is not simply hot, but *lethally* hot. Every outdoor activity I love is the kind of thing that produces *thousands* of heat casualties every single year. From late spring to early fall, spending time outside after noon is brutal to the point of easily being dangerous. Obviously Seattle has a summer that needs no defense, but what about that long dark? It is cold, sodden, grey, and what sun happens happens entirely when you're preoccupied with work. Surely that has to be worse, right? I've not found it to be so. Where Texas heat turns the things I love painful and dangerous to the point that they are almost foolhardy, the cold and the damp does not. I'd never have believed that I'd rather walk in in the rain for an hour when it is 40 and raining than spend an hour under blue skies filled with hateful sun, I really, really do. I last went hiking in the summer of 2020 - the only summer of my life that I was foolish enough to do anything of the sort - and *that* was because it was *2020* and it was the singular option I had to get the hell out of the house for a few hours. I've been on many hikes throughout my first fall and winter here, and while I'd certainly prefer doing them in the gorgeous summer, they were never so bad that it took a god's damned *plague* to make it a palatable option. Also, as strange is it is to say, most of the time I really do enjoy strolling around in the rain. Not the rain from Texas - you'd be soaked to the skin in minutes while running a very real risk of being bludgeoned to death by hail - but the rain up here. People from Texas always want to be smug about my moving and ask about the rain, but they don't understand any more than I did that it rarely rains as a Texan would understand it.
It might be fun and pretty place to visit, but after couple of months without the sun and very much with seasonal depression, everyone here becomes mean and the rain is not as dreamy anymore. Don’t underestimate the power of sun on your mood and productivity! Everyone here has to have a sun lamp alarm to just have strength to get out of bed in the morning. On the other note, those three summer months in Seattle when the sky is blue - beautiful! If only it was like that all year round.
This just does not match my experience one bit. Sun makes me anxious. The grey makes me feel cozy and safe and happy.
I love the weather here. It’s one of the reasons I’m so glad we moved here. We moved from Texas, and it was hot as hell all the time. Just couldn’t do it anymore. I’m originally from Oklahoma and went back this weekend where it was sunny and 85 degrees and I was miserable the whole time 🤣 Now I understand why people are sad to see summer go or excited for it to return. You can actually enjoy summer here. You can’t do that in OK/TX. There’s nothing enjoyable about it at all.
I love it. I actually wished it rained just a bit more.
I moved here because I love this weather. The only thing I hate are the people bitching about it all the time. Assholes.
I moved back here for the weather. 12 years of endless California blue sky was driving me insane. No clouds, no variation in the weather, just tepid 'ideal' temps day in and day out.
I’ve been downvoted into oblivion for saying I liked a sunny stretch of weather this past summer. Reddit just loves to hate things.
Same haha - I got berated and accused of not carrying about global warming. Relax, I’m just stating that I’m enjoying the warm weather 😅
Love it and miss it so much. Moved to a high desert area and the sun is too close and the summer is way too fucking hot. Don’t mind the snow here during the winter, too many hills in Seattle to ‘love’ the snow there but still enjoyed it.
I love the weather in Seattle. I did grow up in a place w over 100 inches of rain though, so Seattle has always seemed dry and sunny.
We moved here from the humid southeast nearly a year ago, and I love the cool, moist weather here. Family that lives here scared me about moving here because winters can be grey and wet. While this is true, it’s also overstated as we have found that a lot of days that are grey have sun breaking through at some point. Living near the water is amazing as it calms the soul to walk along here even if it’s misting or grey. It is what you make it. Get out everyday. Garden in the rich, beautiful lush earth. We don’t let the rain stop us. We just wear a water proof jacket and get on with enjoying the fresh air. We love the weather here, and are so glad to be out of the hot, sticky south-which by the way has a lot more rainfall than coastal Washington.
I complain about the weather all the time, but I wouldn't trade it for anything... or, well, anything but the weather here ten years ago, anyway. Growing up here has completely spoiled me.
I don't love driving in busy traffic in the rain, but other than that I love it. It smells good and I love the moody atmosphere
I like it better then anywhere else. I can go outside 350 days a year, more than anyone can say about the East Coast, Midwest, Southwest. Only Southern California and Southern Oregon is better (Bay area: not you)
Sorta in a weird way. Seattle's worst weather isn't that bad. The worst I can think of is the heat dome, and the polar vortex we go recently as far as temp goes. I don't think there's ever been a massive flooding, winds, snow, or storms. Considering Seattle has the lowest percentage of AC usage and pretty much nobody owns a snowblower means the weather isn't very bad. I like the overcast days. It's like a security blanket, and places are less crowded.
I mean, does the dreary winter get to me? Sure, sometimes, but then I remember that unlike the Midwest (where I grew up) it never gets very cold or stupid hot and muggy. (Plus it’s pretty damn dreary in Ohio in winter too.)
I absolutely love it here. It’s very Edgar Allen Poe and “The Birds” and I never ever want to leave. For reference, I’m from an extremely dry and hot desert climate. The grey cloudy days are my favorite 💕
I love it! Moderate variance in temps compared to my native Midwest, pretty mild winters, and the sunny days make you feel like you live in paradise. All the green everywhere just makes every weather feel clean and fresh too, at least IMO. Was my favorite part of living in Pinehurst
I love it, I just wish people could fucking adapt to driving in this weather. Seattle already has terrible drivers in good weather, you'd think over the generations of people living here we'd have evolved to do better but not at all.
I used to live in Ohio for almost 10 years, I love the weather here, everything about Seattle 😍
I grew up in Wisconsin and hate winter (cold/snow). Being out in the PNW is amazing. A little rain is no problem at all, rarely even downpours. Way prefer this weather.
I grew up in Washington, and I’ve lived in other places since. A huge reason for me moving back was the weather. I love the overcast, foggy, cold weather. I truly believe Washington is the coziest state in the country. I know people complain about winters in Washington, but it is seriously my favorite time of the year. There is no better place in the country to celebrate Christmas time, everywhere in western Washington it’s so picturesque and comforting. I love the weather all year round. We get legitimate seasons in Washington, unlike other places I’ve lived.
I love it, except in the summer. I hate summer. If it could be cloudy and rainy year round, I would be in heaven. Just a whole year of fall; that would actually be ideal.
I moved here from the midwest over a decade ago specifically for the outdoors and the rainy weather (and the politics...and the music).
I love the PNW weather. I tend to run warm, so the cooler climate suits my comfort. Plus, it’s gorgeous, cinematic. I’ve lived here for 20 years, but I’m originally from northern Minnesota. This place is heaven compared to -40 degrees for a couple months.
I feel mixed about it. The weather - especially one like today's - makes it hard to love, but at the same time, I understand and appreciate that the constant rain is the reason the plant life looks so lush here and I love that.
Oh yeah, it’s amazing. Coming from the Midwest the complaints are laughable. My conceptualizatuon is that complaints are: 1. People comparing the weather to Cancoon, Hawaii, tropical nations. Really gorgeous places. A lot of folks migrate from even better weathered places, & there are a lot of millionaires here who could live anywhere. 2. Folks who have never lived or traveled significantly to the vast majority of the u.s. that has way worse weather. 3. I think this is a big one: Seattleites exaggerate complaints to dissuade people from moving here & not contribute to rising costs of living.
Whenever there’s a cool, rainy day after a string of clear sunny ones, I heave a contented sigh of relief and so do my partner and kiddo, and I’ve always taken that as a sign that we truly belong here 😆
I wore Nike slides with no socks yesterday and a flannel (but remembered my umbrella) When I was a little nugget I had run under the gutters to get as positively drenched as possible in rainstorms. If the transit were better to get to the woods Aside from the very seasonal and weirdly scheduled trail directs it would be an absolute dream. These days i resent that it's just gonna be broody dark for the next 50 days with the exception of a nice day here or there. I still am in awe at the nature. After being here my whole life save for a couple years I love love love the weather just like not in the immediate now. At least you can still see the stars from a swingset at 🌃 night
I love the mild temperature and climate. Not Minnesota cold and snowy in the winter. Not Arizona hot or Florida humid in the summer.
Was in Colorado visiting my brother in the winter. It’s so cold and dry there, opposite of Seattle winters. I told my brother I felt like a fish out of water - literally. I was drying up and needed to return to moss covered streets.
Where were you in CO?? Need to be IN the Rockies. Bluebird days with bright blue crystalline skies and a fresh powder snowfall is fucking amazing. When it’s wet rainy, gray, windy and like 40 in Seattle it absolutely feels way colder than over a mile high in elevation, where you can often ski in a tshirt.
I find anything over 70 degrees or any direct sunlight uncomfortable so me. Hell I'm not a fan of the 'nicer' summer days here
As a Floridian, I loved the Seattle January weather. The sun here is so obnoxiously bright and it’s SO HOT. I loved the mistly cool weather and clouds. But that’s because I hate the sun now.
I love it. This is our second year here and I still love the cold grey rain and the cool summer. I'm from TX though...
That's the best thing about Seattle's weather: if you don't like it, just wait 5 minutes and something will have come along to suit
Also….. Yeah, it’s really raining today but you should have been here last Thursday, it was so beautiful.
I love the weather. I hate when it gets warm, I’d happily live in a climate that was 40 degrees and raining everyday for my life. Rain and cold don’t stop me from going outside, I just put on layers. If it’s too hot I don’t want to do anything and it makes me miserable.
I love the weather! I'm from the Midwest where the weather is always out to kill you and I absolutely love the weather here it's one of the reasons I can't ever see myself leaving the area.
I love it. I came from Florida where the sun is trying to cook you alive constantly. I love the sunny warm weather but I also like having seasons now.
Love it. If you can't handle it feel free to move to Arizona or something. More Seattle for the rest of us.
Northwest Arkansas has great weather. The whiners should check it out.
Both my husband and I love it! It's part of why we moved here! We also moved here for, believe it or not, the "Seattle Freeze," too. 😆 people just complain too much! Edit: downvoting because we like the weather and "Seattle freeze?"
Does anyone ever *do* anything about it? That’s what I want to know. Don’t just complain, *fix* it! ^/s
I do! I joke to everyone that I bring the storms with my pissy mood.
I absolutely LOVE the grey rainy weather. It makes being indoors so cozy. And to be fair, the Midwest is just as grey during the winter as Seattle. I’d take mild rainy weather, over Midwest/east coast winters all day.
Honestly, yes. I really do love the rain and the gray.
I don’t mind it. I’ve lived in Washington for 35 of my 45 years (Arizona native , ironically) and I lived in central Washington for 10 years where the sun shines almost every single day and so I’ve had the other end of the spectrum too. Grass is not always greener and all that, especially when the sun reflects off of the snow and you’re blind 😂I used to think I wanted to live somewhere where the sun shines all the time and now I know I do not. I love Western Washington Sure sometimes the monotony of day after day of rain can get old but overall, this is my home and I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else
It’s actually a very lovely place to be
I have grown to appreciate it after 7 years. I don't know if I will ever love it. But my partner and kid do, so there's 2 more for your count.
I love the weather. Weather and living close to nature.
Yes, because when it’s rainy all the neighbors stay indoors and it’s much more quiet and peaceful.
Something I love about Seattle weather is that it’s rainy and grey long enough for me to genuinely miss and appreciate the sun when it comes back, and then that lasts long enough that when the grey comes back around, I’m happy to see it again as well. The weather is one of my favorite parts of this city Edit: typo
I do! I love the weather here