Seattle, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — Christmas and New Year, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break

Ocak ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde)), Christmas and New Year (24 Ara – 1 Oca)

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

Şubat ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Spring break

• Doğa

  Cherry blossom on the UW Quad

  18 Mar – 10 Nis · geneldeKalabalık

  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.

Çok kalabalık — Cherry blossom on the UW Quad, Skagit Valley tulips

• Doğa

  Skagit Valley tulips

  1–30 NisKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenmeKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Cherry blossom on the UW Quad (18 Mar – 10 Nis (genelde))

Kalabalık — Seattle International Film Festival

• Festival

  Seattle International Film Festival

  8–26 May · geneldeKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Northwest Folklife

  22–31 May · geneldeMüzik festivali

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  Junuary

  25 May – 4 Tem · geneldeSis sezonuRisk

  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.

Çok kalabalık — Fremont Solstice Parade, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break

• Doğa

  Salmon at the Ballard Locks

  15 Haz – 20 Eyl · geneldeYaban hayatı sezonu

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Fremont Solstice Parade

  15–22 Haz · geneldeSanat festivaliKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Junuary (25 May – 4 Tem (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Independence Day, Mount Rainier wildflowers

• Tatil

  Independence Day

  3–5 TemResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Sezon

  The dry months

  5 Tem – 15 Eyl · geneldeKurak sezon

  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.

• Doğa

  Mount Rainier wildflowers

  15 Tem – 20 Ağu · geneldeKır çiçekleri ve çiçeklenmeKalabalık

  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 Tem – 9 Ağu · geneldeMotor sporları hafta sonuKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Junuary (25 May – 4 Tem (genelde)), Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Haz – 20 Eyl (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Mount Rainier wildflowers, Seafair

• Risk

  Wildfire smoke

  1 Ağu – 20 Eyl · geneldeDuman sezonu

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Bumbershoot

  5–6 EylMüzik festivaliKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Haz – 20 Eyl (genelde)), The dry months (5 Tem – 15 Eyl (genelde)), Mount Rainier wildflowers (15 Tem – 20 Ağu (genelde)), Seafair (28 Tem – 9 Ağu (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Bumbershoot, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Summer break

Eylül ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Salmon at the Ballard Locks (15 Haz – 20 Eyl (genelde)), The dry months (5 Tem – 15 Eyl (genelde)), Wildfire smoke (1 Ağu – 20 Eyl (genelde)), Bumbershoot (5–6 Eyl)

Ara sezon — sıradan bir ay

• Doğa

  Fall colour in the Arboretum

  10 Eki – 10 Kas · geneldeSonbahar renkleri

  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.

Çok kalabalık — Thanksgiving, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Thanksgiving break

• Risk

  Winter storms and pass closures

  1 Kas – 28 Şub · geneldeFırtına sezonuKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 KasResmî tatilKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Fall colour in the Arboretum (10 Eki – 10 Kas (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Christmas and New Year, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri genelinde Winter / Christmas break

• Tatil

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Ara – 1 OcaNoel ve yılbaşıKapanışlarKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Winter storms and pass closures (1 Kas – 28 Şub (genelde)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Kas)