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[citation needed] The rainforest receives an average of 140 inches (360 cm) of annual precipitation—among the rainiest places in the United States. [1] [2] The Hoh River valley was formed thousands of years ago by glaciers and is the ancestral home of the Hoh people. Within Olympic National Park, the forest is protected from commercial ...
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Sixty miles (97 km) to the south of Seattle, the state capital Olympia, which is out of the Olympic Mountains' rain shadow, receives an annual average precipitation of 50 in (1,270 mm). [13] The city of Bremerton , about 15 mi (24 km) west of downtown Seattle on the other side of the Puget Sound, receives 56.4 in (1,430 mm) of precipitation ...
Highest temperature during rain ... Highest average annual total ... Washington, United States, 19 February 1971 to 18 February 1972. [214]
The La Niña phase reinforces the jet stream through the Pacific Northwest, causing Washington to have more rain and snow than average. [19] In 2006, the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington published The Impacts of Climate change in Washington's Economy, a preliminary assessment of the risks and opportunities presented given ...
Heavy rainfall brought flooding to Lynnwood, located north of Seattle, Washington on Friday, December 20.A car makes waves as it splashes through floodwaters in a video posted to Twitter by kels_wx3.
Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' rain shadow. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of 46.87 centimetres (18.45 inches) of precipitation per year, [1] whereas the average place in Western Washington ...