SEATTLE -- As the long Thanksgiving weekend began to wane and the clouds and rain rolled back in Sunday after three days of blazing holiday sunshine, little did we know the wait would be over 2 1/2 months until blue skies would dominate the heavens for an entire day over Seattle.
That wait is finally over.
With the snow-capped Olympics and Cascades being rediscovered by tourists and locals alike amid crystal clear skies, Tuesday officially went down as a sunny day in Seattle -- defined as 30% or less cloud cover between sunrise and sunset.
It was the first such date to reach that distinction since November 30th -- 80 DAYS AGO! A bit of morning fog dinged the score to 20% cloud cover average for the day, but it still counts.
I only have sunshine data for the past five years but December had gone down as the cloudiest month in those past five years at an average of 91.6% cloud cover... until January came in even darker at 92.3%. Seattle also tied a record with 28 days of measurable rain, and broke a record with any rainfall recorded on 30 of the 31 days.
February has had a few more partly sunny days to at least prove the sun still is there, but Tuesday was the first time since turkey leftovers were still in the fridge that clouds were nearly non-existent.
Yes, it's winter where cloudy skies are the norm, but Seattle does at least average 6 full sunny days between Dec. 1 and early February.
Need more sun? What say we do it again -- Wednesday's forecast is looking like we'll notch day number two. A two day sunny streak?!?! No way!
Yes, way!
But it won't last three. Though dry weather is forecast to hold through the rest of the workweek, some high clouds will likely bring Seattle back into "partly sunny" status Thursday and Friday with rain returning for the weekend.
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