re: Rainiest major American cities

I'm glad you're enjoying it. It's killing me.

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I hope it gets dreary again soon here (Seattle). It's barely rained all summer and it seems like we've been above 80 forever. I hate the summer anymore.

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We had an amazing summer until late July, when fall arrived. Leaves are already falling off the cottonwood trees.

Sunniest summer in memory. But, I look forward to the fall rains, snow coming down the mountains and the quiet peace of winter.

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I've morphed into a vampire over the years.

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My wife is the same way. The first two winters she was here, she complained about the cold and rain.

Now she knows how to dress, and enjoys it. It doesn't rain all day, but it drizzles off and on. The sun comes through for a while and then it goes away. It's constantly changing. The low flying clouds in the mountains are cool to look at, too.

I don't think I've worn my heavy jacket at all the last two years, so it's been very temperate with no snow at all the last couple of years.

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Yeah, the last winter with any significant snow was 2011/12.

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In Portland, we got 8" in the February of 2014. I think that was the last time we got any measurable snow.

We get fat rain, they get skinny rain.

What New Orleans gets in one year is what we get in about 5 years. If we even get that.

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I look forward to the fall rains, snow coming down the mountains and the quiet peace of winter.

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I wouldn't mind it except for the darkness. I wouldn't be able to handle it getting dark at 3 in the afternoon.