On August 12, 2017, Seattle Washington finally got some rain after 56 days straight of having no rain at all. This streak broke their previous record of 51 days and baffled the population of Seattle. Seattle usually gets an average of about 38 inches of rain every year, the second highest in the country. That comes out to about 152 rainy days a year. The last record streak, 51 days, was set in 1951 and the second highest streak, 48 days, was set in 2012. 2017’s rainless streak was also accompanied by 3 days in a row of record breaking temperatures, getting over 90 degrees. As a reference, Seattle’s average temperature in August from years past was typically between 74 and 78 degrees.
A man races away as a jet begins to spray him at the International Fountain at the Seattle Center during a heat wave Aug. 2. (Elaine Thompson/AP)
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