City of the Day - Seattle, WA

Seattle and the Pacific Northwest generally have a wet climate -- despite the fact that the winter of 2004/2005 here was one of the dryest on record!

But normal average yearly precipitation for our area of the world is around 37 inches.

On average, it rains in Seattle at least 50% of the time, with the heaviest rain periods between January and May and between October and December. June, July and August are our dryest and warmest months.

Temperatures in the summer usually hover around a pleasant 75, though we also have been known to suffer through weeklong heat spells in the high 80s or low 90s.

You can view the water companies for Seattle here.

You can view some area churches and HOA's here.

Water News

An Environmental Working Group analysis of tap water tests from 1998 through 2002 shows that customers of Seattle Public Utilities drank water containing up to 9 pollutants. Seattle Public Utilities is one of 65,000 water suppliers across the country wrestling with treating water polluted by sprawl, sewage, factory farms, and industry.