Like most of the Puget Sound lowlands, Bellevue offers visitors a mild oceanic climate where temperature extremes are moderated by our proximity to Lake Washington and Puget Sound. Summers are dry and warm with average daytime highs around 73-80 degrees and low humidity. Days below freezing average just 15 per year and it seldom, if ever, snows. Annual rainfall averages 37 inches; less than New York City, Atlanta, or Houston.