It took until July for the Puget Sound region to snap out of cool and wet doldrums. Data show the weather has been exceptionally gray and dismal — by even Pacific Northwest standards. March brought unrelenting clouds and rain. April, May and June weren’t much better. Weather experts blame the
blasé spring on La Nina, the spawn of cooler-than-normal temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean.
Just how miserable was it? Click on the chart below for the daily high temperature compared to normal (click here if you have trouble viewing it).
By the numbers
0 days in March without cloudy skies.
5 days 70 degrees or above at Paine Field through June.
14 days described as fair weather at Sea-Tac Airport through June.
300 consecutive days below 80 degrees at Sea-Tac Airport through June.
Six months of gray weather
Monthly rainfall totals
Average daily high temperature
A convergence zone
Spring’s crummy weather was even wetter in some stretches of Snohomish County that are home to a convergence zone. The area between north Seattle and Everett is the meeting point for air flow that splits around the Olympic Mountains. When the air streams meet, they can create pockets of heavy showers and snow.
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