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Seattle's reputation for unceasing rain is inaccurate. This is from wikipedia:
Seattle has a calm and mild temperate marine climate, since the temperature is moderated by the sea and protected from winds and storms by the mountains. Despite being partially in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains, the city of Seattle has a reputation for frequent rain. In reality, the so-called "rainy city" receives an unremarkable 38 inches (970 mm) of precipitation a year, which is less precipitation than New York City, Atlanta, and Houston and most cities of the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle
this link shows the average monthly and yearly precipitation by city:
http://www.met.utah.edu/jhorel/html...e/normrain.html
However, Seattle does have an almost constant cloud cover which gives one the feeling that it's always, 'drizzly'.
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