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1. beachdrivegirl
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   I am sorry! I did not grow up in Seattle and I can \"deal\" with our weather 90% of the time, but seriously I feel like it is freakin\' October!!! I understand you all cant change it just had to vent.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

2. Anonymous
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   BDG - Thank you for that! I keep asking, \"When is summer?!?\"

   I\'m not complaining! I love what all this rain produces - I just look at all our flowers and am grateful!

   But, when exactly is it summer here?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

3. Erik
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   It usually starts on July 5th

   Posted 3 years ago #         

4. Trick
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   NR, it always begins July 5th.

   But c\'mon..normally we get above 65 on occasion, Ughhhhhh
   I\'ve been so unmotivated lately.
   My webbed feet are growing back again.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

5. add
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   I think summer usually starts on July 12th.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

6. GenHillOne
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   I\'m a native and toyed with posting the same rant when I turned on my SPACEHEATER earlier...WTH?

   Posted 3 years ago #         

7. westseattledood
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   I\'m a native - and summer starts July 28. My birthday.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

8. elgrego
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   I moved here from Florida, so I\'m relishing the cool weather. I love me some sunlight (especially when it isn\'t accompanied by make-you-stupid humidity) but I spent four years in that semi-tropical hellhole. Jacket weather and clouds are fine by me for a little while longer.

   Posted 3 years ago #         

9. JanS
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   while I actually enjoyed the rain today, it felt so refreshing...it\'s frickin\' 51 degrees out there...yeah, this has been some winter/spring...

   Gen Hill One...I turned on my spaceheater last evening...and that\'s totally unlike me. It says maybe some sun between showers on Saturday? seeing is believing :)

   Posted 3 years ago #         

10. KatherineL
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    A friend called last night and said he\'d seen a few flakes of slushy snow among the rain when he was out. After forty-plus years living here, I don\'t expect to see the sun until mid-June. But snow? That takes me aback.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

11. hopey
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    It usually starts on July 5th

    And thus why I planned my wedding for... July 5th! :)

    Posted 3 years ago #         

12. Bernicki
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    Another native here. June is normally like this, only a few degrees warmer. I usually give July 15 as the date for summer weather you can actually count on--no cold or rain after that. We\'ve had more cloudy July 4ths than I\'d like to think about.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

13. beachdrivegirl
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    Well I will be like a child waiting for Christmas marking down my calendar for July...

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14. charlabob
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    10 more rainy days (according to unnamed prognosticators) :-(

    Posted 3 years ago #         

15. flowerpetal
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    This feels just like June to me; which is what May, April, March and some Februarys are like. SeaFair week is historically the warmest and driest week of the year. It might be safer BDG to count down for that week. Why someone hasn\'t developed an advent calendar leading up to SeaFair is beyond me; not so much for SeaFair itself but just because it usually means a good week of weather in Seattle.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

16. WSMom
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    I gave New Res a heads up when we met at the Handbags for Hunger...that we would have a few days of amazing sunshine toward the end of May then we\'d go back to rain rain rain through the month of June and then maybe the sun will come back out July 5.

    One Labor Day weekend before my son was heading to kindergarten we were having breakfast when my son wistfully remarked \"when summer gets here mom, it\'s going to be so hot\". It broke my heart to have to tell him that actually, summer just happened and school was about to start. That was 1999, the summer that wasn\'t. Let\'s hope 2008 is bright and shiny.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

17. WSB
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    LOL on the Advent calendar, flowerpetal. FYI if it makes anyone feel better - I am in Minneapolis today for the first-ever conference of people who run hyperlocal news/info sites ... and the weather isn\'t any better. Gray and chilly. (But the transit is better! Got from the airport to the university for $1.50 via light rail and bus.) Patrick is out and about as primary WSB reporter du jour so we aren\'t expecting a coverage interruption ... TR

    Posted 3 years ago #         

18. Sue
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    Last night I actually had to turn the heat on and pulled out the flannel nightgown again. And was wishing I hadn\'t taken the flannel sheets off the bed 2 weeks ago. This is insane!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

19. flowerpetal
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    I remember the first year I was in Seattle, I was teaching school and it was early June, about this time of year. During the day, the sun came out and it was a glorious afternoon as I was walking kids out to the school bus. One little girl began to cry quietly and when I asked her what was going on; she looked up at me shielding her eyes, and said \"I hate the sun\" it hurts my eyes!
    Poor Seattle child thought I.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

20. AlkiMac
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    June in Seattle is called \"JUNUARY.\"

    Posted 3 years ago #         

21. herongrrrl
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    I hate to say it...but it\'s not unheard of for the whole summer to be cool and wet here sometimes. Yeah, usually it is cool (but not THIS cool!) and cloudy in June and right after July 4 it heats up and dries up, but that doesn\'t always happen. I remember a few long, cold, wet summers in my childhood. And my dad, a not-quite-70 year old native, told me last month he has a feeling we\'re setting up for one of those this year.

    I really hope he\'s wrong, though! Normally by June I have turned off the heater for the summer/fall and retired my goosedown comforter and flannel jammies, but not this year. My garden and I are tired of it!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

22. austin
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    The town I grew up in is in the middle 90s all week and will only get hotter. I\'m a sucker for a sunny day but cool, damp weather will always have my attention.
    I turned off my heater the weekend of the cheese festival (the weekend it was Warm) and so it remains. If it gets chilly in the house, on go the wool socks and the kitties get a bit friendlier.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

23. seattlesue
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    Hang in there! June is usually pretty swampy, but July and August are unforgettable. NW summers can\'t be matched anywhere. And this is coming from a Native Californian :)

    Posted 3 years ago #         

24. ellenater
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    Ya my coffee consumption is way up...BUT, I\'M GOING TO NEW MEXICO IN TWO WEEKS. It\'s currently 77 there. I\'ll try to bring back some sunshine.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

25. barmargia
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    This weather is fine, maybe everyone wants to have the hot weather and tornadoes that the Midwest have instead.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

26. mhogfoss
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    Exactly! I\'ll take a little rain and a beautiful July-Oct any day.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

27. TheVelvetBulldog
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    ellenater: I\'ve wanted to visit NM forever, but know virtually nothing about it! (Which may be WHY I want to visit.) Any recommendations for where I can find good info about visiting, but something that isn\'t overly touristy? Thanks!

    Posted 3 years ago #         

28. ellenater
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    TheVelvetBulldog (great name, BTW)

    Here\'s my email: pineread@gmail dot com. I can send you TONS of info. It\'s a pretty special place, I think. This is for our ten year anniversary and we aren\'t doing the full-on tourist thing, either.

    Posted 3 years ago #         

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