Seattle Weather Blog

Forget the umbrella. The Olympic rain shadow has us covered. Upper-level winds over Western Washington are blowing straight from the west today, placing the Olympic Mountains directly in the path of rainfall intended for the...

Four days into the month, and we’ve already measured more rain than we saw in the first 27 days of last December. Unlike moisture-starved December 2011, which went into the books as Seattle’s fourth-driest on...

Talk about going out with a bang. Heavy rain moved through Seattle in the waning hours of November, dousing the city with 1.40 inches of precipitation on Friday—an amount surpassed this year only by the...

Here’s to 40 and beyond. Moderate rain showers hit Sea-Tac Airport earlier this afternoon, lifting the total precipitation observed in Seattle this year above 40 inches—some 2.5 inches higher than the yearly norm, with a...

The big four-oh is almost here. The only question: Will Seattle reach 40 inches of rain for the year on Wednesday or Thursday? Our recent soggy weather—including the record-setting 2.13 inches that drenched the city on...

Really? The rain couldn’t hold off just a little longer? Very light rain fell in the 11 o’clock hour last night, ruining Seattle’s chances of bagging a completely dry November day for just the second...

So that’s what 2-plus inches of rain feels like. Sea-Tac Airport measured a whopping 2.13 inches of precipitation yesterday, giving Seattle its first 2-inch daily rainfall in almost two years. While in recent times we’ve...