På gång i Seattle, United States under året

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Spring break i United States

• Natur

  Cherry blossom on the UW Quad

  18 mar – 10 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  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.

Mest folk — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Skagit Valley tulips

• Natur

  Skagit Valley tulips

  1–30 aprVildblommor & blomningTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cherry blossom on the UW Quad (18 mar – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Seattle International Film Festival

• Festival

  Seattle International Film Festival

  8–26 maj · vanligtvisTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Northwest Folklife

  22–31 maj · vanligtvisMusikfestival

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Junuary

  25 maj – 4 jul · vanligtvisDimsäsongRisk

  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.

Mest folk — Fremont Solstice Parade, Summer break i United States

• Natur

  Salmon at the Ballard Locks

  15 jun – 20 sep · vanligtvisDjurlivssäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Fremont Solstice Parade

  15–22 jun · vanligtvisKulturfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Junuary (25 maj – 4 jul (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Independence Day, Mount Rainier wildflowers

• Helg

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  The dry months

  5 jul – 15 sep · vanligtvisTorrsäsong

  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.

• Natur

  Mount Rainier wildflowers

  15 jul – 20 aug · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningTrångt

  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 · vanligtvisMotorsportshelgTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Junuary (25 maj – 4 jul (vanligtvis)), Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Mount Rainier wildflowers, Seafair

• Risk

  Wildfire smoke

  1 aug – 20 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Bumbershoot

  5–6 sepMusikfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), The dry months (5 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Mount Rainier wildflowers (15 jul – 20 aug (vanligtvis)), Seafair (28 jul – 9 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Bumbershoot, Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 jun – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), The dry months (5 jul – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Wildfire smoke (1 aug – 20 sep (vanligtvis)), Bumbershoot (5–6 sep)

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Natur

  Fall colour in the Arboretum

  10 okt – 10 nov · vanligtvisHöstfärger

  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.

Mest folk — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Risk

  Winter storms and pass closures

  1 nov – 28 feb · vanligtvisStormsäsongStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Fall colour in the Arboretum (10 okt – 10 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter storms and pass closures (1 nov – 28 feb (vanligtvis)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)