O que acontece em Seattle, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em janeiro.

Ainda em andamento: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year (24 Dez – 1 Jan)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em fevereiro.

Ainda em andamento: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Spring break em Estados Unidos

• Natureza

  Cherry blossom on the UW Quad

  18 Mar – 10 Abr · normalmenteLotado

  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.

Lotação máxima — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Skagit Valley tulips

• Natureza

  Skagit Valley tulips

  1–30 AbrFlores silvestres e floradasLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Cherry blossom on the UW Quad (18 Mar – 10 Abr (normalmente))

Movimentado — Seattle International Film Festival

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  Seattle International Film Festival

  8–26 Mai · normalmenteLotadoReserve cedo

  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 Mai · normalmenteFestival de música

  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 ↗

• Temporada

  Junuary

  25 Mai – 4 Jul · normalmenteTemporada de neblinaRisco

  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.

Lotação máxima — Fremont Solstice Parade, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Natureza

  Salmon at the Ballard Locks

  15 Jun – 20 Set · normalmenteTemporada de vida selvagem

  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 Jun · normalmenteFestival de artesLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Junuary (25 Mai – 4 Jul (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Mount Rainier wildflowers

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

• Temporada

  The dry months

  5 Jul – 15 Set · normalmenteEstação seca

  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.

• Natureza

  Mount Rainier wildflowers

  15 Jul – 20 Ago · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradasLotado

  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.

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  Seafair

  28 Jul – 9 Ago · normalmenteFim de semana de automobilismoLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Junuary (25 Mai – 4 Jul (normalmente)), Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Mount Rainier wildflowers, Seafair

• Risco

  Wildfire smoke

  1 Ago – 20 Set · normalmenteTemporada de fumaça

  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 de músicaLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente)), The dry months (5 Jul – 15 Set (normalmente)), Mount Rainier wildflowers (15 Jul – 20 Ago (normalmente)), Seafair (28 Jul – 9 Ago (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Bumbershoot, Summer break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em setembro.

Ainda em andamento: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Jun – 20 Set (normalmente)), The dry months (5 Jul – 15 Set (normalmente)), Wildfire smoke (1 Ago – 20 Set (normalmente)), Bumbershoot (5–6 Set)

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Natureza

  Fall colour in the Arboretum

  10 Out – 10 Nov · normalmenteCores do outono

  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.

Lotação máxima — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Winter storms and pass closures

  1 Nov – 28 Fev · normalmenteTemporada de tempestadesFechamentos

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Fall colour in the Arboretum (10 Out – 10 Nov (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break em Estados Unidos

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentosLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Nov – 28 Fev (normalmente)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)