With all of the slanted press by other jealous cities, Seattle and Edmonds have acquired a reputation for a lot of rain. 

Not only is this reputation unfair but it is a lie.  Or as a politician would say, it is "disingenuous" or "not forthcoming".

Our area of the planet has an average of only 37 inches of rain a year.  That's all.  Some cities whose reputations have nothing to do with rain receive greatly more than we do.

Orlando?  51 inches.  Chicago? 42 inches.  Kissimmee, FL?  48.5 inches.  NYC?  41.5.  I'm hoping I made my point.

But having said that, there are some fun rain stories that have been around a few years about Greater Seattle area rain. 

A man who had been assigned here for several weeks, working with a local company, was walking down Main Street in Edmonds when he noticed a lad walking toward him. 

He stopped the young fellow and asked, "Son?  Does it ever stop raining here?"  The boy responded, "How would I know? I'm only 9!"

Another story is that the sun came out one day and residents panicked thinking it was a UFO.  Or the one that proclaims, we don't sunburn ... we rust.

Okay, I admit it.  We have a fair number of gray days but who says that's necessarily bad? 

Our skin doesn't get unduly damaged by the sun's rays and sunburns are nearly unheard of. 

And look at the benefits of a little rain and not too much sun.  We're surrounded by nature's greenery, of which some areas are deprived of. 

In some parts of Arizona or Texas one is surrounded by cactus, gila monsters and sidewinders.

Ain't we lucky? 
Our only drawbacks are moss, crows and seagulls.