For The Olympian Kaya Isobe of Olympia takes cover from the wind and rain as she walks to her home near the Capitol. If it's blue skies or snowy winters or scorching summer weather that rings your bell, then South Sound probably isn't for you. If it's mild winters, fair summers, clouds and rain, rain, rain, then you're in the right place. Summer days are often sunny and delightfully long.
Winter days are decidedly gray and dark.
It all adds up to the lush, forested landscape of the Evergreen State. What constitutes good weather is clearly in the eyes of the beholder. Many recent South Sound immigrants said the mild, albeit wet, climate is a drawing card. Snow's rarely a problem in South Sound. But you'd better be prepared for a lot of dreary days.