Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Seattle, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Cherry blossom on the UW Quad

  18 mrt – 10 apr · meestalDruk

  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.

Topdrukte — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Skagit Valley tulips

• Natuur

  Skagit Valley tulips

  1–30 aprWilde bloemen & bloeiDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Cherry blossom on the UW Quad (18 mrt – 10 apr (meestal))

Druk — Seattle International Film Festival

• Festival

  Seattle International Film Festival

  8–26 mei · meestalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Northwest Folklife

  22–31 mei · meestalMuziekfestival

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  Junuary

  25 mei – 4 jul · meestalMistseizoenRisico

  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.

Topdrukte — Fremont Solstice Parade, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Natuur

  Salmon at the Ballard Locks

  15 jun – 20 sep · meestalDierenseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Fremont Solstice Parade

  15–22 jun · meestalKunstenfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Junuary (25 mei – 4 jul (meestal))

Topdrukte — Independence Day, Mount Rainier wildflowers

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Seizoen

  The dry months

  5 jul – 15 sep · meestalDroog seizoen

  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.

• Natuur

  Mount Rainier wildflowers

  15 jul – 20 aug · meestalWilde bloemen & bloeiDruk

  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 jul – 9 aug · meestalRaceweekendDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Junuary (25 mei – 4 jul (meestal)), Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Mount Rainier wildflowers, Seafair

• Risico

  Wildfire smoke

  1 aug – 20 sep · meestalRookseizoen

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Bumbershoot

  5–6 sepMuziekfestivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), The dry months (5 jul – 15 sep (meestal)), Mount Rainier wildflowers (15 jul – 20 aug (meestal)), Seafair (28 jul – 9 aug (meestal))

Topdrukte — Bumbershoot, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

In september begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal)), The dry months (5 jul – 15 sep (meestal)), Wildfire smoke (1 aug – 20 sep (meestal)), Bumbershoot (5–6 sep)

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Natuur

  Fall colour in the Arboretum

  10 okt – 10 nov · meestalHerfstkleuren

  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.

Topdrukte — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Winter storms and pass closures

  1 nov – 28 feb · meestalOnweersseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Fall colour in the Arboretum (10 okt – 10 nov (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (meestal)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)