





      According to the Western Regional Climate Center, Seattle gets, on average, 822 hours of measurable rain a year, meaning it rains about 9.4% of the time (90.6% dry!!!) That is among the wettest rates on the West Coast, although pales in comparison to the coast where spots like Forks gets 1799 hours (20.5% of the time) and Astoria, Oregon gets 1403(16%).

      (On the other hand, Yuma, Ariz. gets a paltry 56 hours or rain a year (0.6%) -- or just a little more than Seattle gets in May alone.)

      But to be a true rebuttal to when someone says "it rains here 24/7" let's convert to the same shorthand "hours a day/days a week" fraction: Seattle, on average, gets 155 days with measurable rain a year, meaning it really only rains about 3 days a week [(155/365)*7)] .


      So it doesn't rain in Seattle "24/7" -- it's more like it rains about 5/3!

      Breaking down by months:

      If you really want to be Seattle weather geeky about it (and who doesn't?) and want to tailor your smart aleck remark to their smart aleck comment: here is how it breaks down by month (rounded to nearest whole number):

      January & February: 7/4
      March: 6/4
      April: 5/3
      May: 4/3
      June: 4/2
      July & August: 4/1
      September: 4/2
      October: 5/3
      November & December: 7/4

      See, plenty of dry time! In fact,I guess you could say Seattle is dry 24/4, and 19/3!