Cosa c'è in programma a Seattle (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)), Christmas and New Year (24 dic – 1 gen)

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Natura

  Cherry blossom on the UW Quad

  18 mar – 10 apr · di solitoAffollato

  Thirty Yoshino trees on the University of Washington quadrangle peak in the last ten days of March most years, and the campus fills for the week it lasts.

Folla al massimo — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Skagit Valley tulips

• Natura

  Skagit Valley tulips

  1–30 aprFiori e fioritureAffollato

  The commercial bulb fields an hour north of the city run all April, usually peaking in the middle two weeks. The fields are working farms and the roads around them jam solid at weekends. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Cherry blossom on the UW Quad (18 mar – 10 apr (di solito))

Affollato — Seattle International Film Festival

• Festival

  Seattle International Film Festival

  8–26 mag · di solitoAffollatoPrenota presto

  Eleven days of screenings across a dozen city venues in the middle of May, and the one stretch of the year Seattle's cinemas queue down the block. Weekend tickets for the bigger titles go before the festival opens. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Northwest Folklife

  22–31 mag · di solitoFestival musicale

  Four free days at Seattle Center over Memorial Day weekend, several hundred acts and no headliners. It is the unofficial start of the dry half of the year. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Junuary

  25 mag – 4 lug · di solitoStagione della nebbiaRischio

  The local name for the grey, cool weeks that sit on the city between late May and the Fourth of July, when the marine layer refuses to lift and everyone insists summer starts later here.

Folla al massimo — Fremont Solstice Parade, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Natura

  Salmon at the Ballard Locks

  15 giu – 20 set · di solitoStagione della fauna

  Sockeye run through the fish ladder in early summer, chinook and coho into September, and the viewing windows below the locks are free and busy. Numbers vary wildly year to year. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Fremont Solstice Parade

  15–22 giu · di solitoFestival delle artiAffollato

  The Saturday nearest the solstice, and the one parade with rules against motors, logos and printed words of any kind. The body-painted cyclists ride ahead of it and the bridges into Fremont clog from late morning. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Junuary (25 mag – 4 lug (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Independence Day, Mount Rainier wildflowers

• Festività

  Independence Day

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  The dry months

  5 lug – 15 set · di solitoStagione secca

  The rain effectively stops after the Fourth of July and holds off until well into September. Everything outdoors in this city is scheduled around those ten weeks.

• Natura

  Mount Rainier wildflowers

  15 lug – 20 ago · di solitoFiori e fioritureAffollato

  Paradise and Sunrise flower for about a month once the snowpack finally clears, usually from mid-July. Timed entry applies to the park in summer and the meadows are strictly stay-on-the-path.

• Festival

  Seafair

  28 lug – 9 ago · di solitoWeekend di motoriAffollatoChiusure

  Hydroplane racing on Lake Washington and the Blue Angels overhead on the first weekend of August. The I-90 bridge closes for the air show and the whole east side plans around it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Junuary (25 mag – 4 lug (di solito)), Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 giu – 20 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Mount Rainier wildflowers, Seafair

• Rischio

  Wildfire smoke

  1 ago – 20 set · di solitoStagione del fumo

  Late summer smoke from fires in eastern Washington, Oregon or British Columbia settles into the basin and can hold for days. It is the one thing that spoils the best weather of the year here. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Bumbershoot

  5–6 setFestival musicaleAffollato

  The city's Labor Day weekend arts and music festival at Seattle Center, rebuilt smaller and stranger than its stadium-era self. It closes the summer the way Folklife opens it. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 giu – 20 set (di solito)), The dry months (5 lug – 15 set (di solito)), Mount Rainier wildflowers (15 lug – 20 ago (di solito)), Seafair (28 lug – 9 ago (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Bumbershoot, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

In settembre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 giu – 20 set (di solito)), The dry months (5 lug – 15 set (di solito)), Wildfire smoke (1 ago – 20 set (di solito)), Bumbershoot (5–6 set)

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Natura

  Fall colour in the Arboretum

  10 ott – 10 nov · di solitoFoliage autunnale

  The Washington Park Arboretum and the Japanese Garden turn through late October, usually a week or two after the maples in the Cascade passes. Rain takes the leaves down fast once it starts.

Folla al massimo — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Rischio

  Winter storms and pass closures

  1 nov – 28 feb · di solitoStagione dei temporaliChiusure

  Atmospheric rivers bring wind, flooding and power cuts through the dark months, and Snoqualmie and Stevens close for hours at a time for avalanche control. Snow in the city itself is rarer and worse. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Fall colour in the Arboretum (10 ott – 10 nov (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusureAffollato

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (di solito)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)