Summer comes early to Seattle

June is usually gray, wet, and colder than a summer month should be, with the standard wisdom being that summer in Seattle begins July 5th. But right now, it is 84 degrees in my living room. I've felt a bit like Goldilocks today, with my office being too cold, my home being too hot, and maybe the outdoors being just right (after walking the Vegas Strip last July, the 80's don't seem as hot as they used to).

I remember moving into my first apartment in the area and having a friend from Minnesota ask if it had air conditioning. I had to explain that a/c was not something many people had, given the limited number of days it got above 80. The average highs for June, July, August, and September are 70, 75, 76, and 70. I do have two fans, now turned on their highest speeds.

The thing is, it's been nice and sunny for an unusually long time--two weeks of sun, almost all above 68. As a Seattlite, I'm finding this a little disorienting. Normally, there's a rush to enjoy the sun because of it is a limited time offering. Even worse is when the sun is during the week and the weekends are cloudy or rainy. But none of that applies. It's all been glorious, if a little warmer than I like now. The end may be in site, though. Today for the first time I've seen rain in the extended forecast--next Monday!