Summer Is Here!

Seattleites joke about summer starting the day after the 4^th of July—which frequently gets some rain.  Driving home on the evening of the 4^th, there was 10 drops of rain on my windshield causing me to exclaim “see, rain on the 4^th of July”.  Normally the rain is more detectable than a few drops of rain that evaporate in a minute.  What actually happens is that by meteorological standards it has rained on the 4^th 32 times in the last 110 years which is a consider higher standard than 10 drops of rain on my windshield while going 60 mph on the freeway.

We are in the midst of a heat wave of ten days of 80°+ weather.  Home Depot and Costco were both sold out of portable air conditioning units this evening.  The average high for early July is in the mid-70s.

I am grateful for our temperate weather and lush green vegetation.  Seattle is as beautiful in the summer as any place on earth.