Olympia, Sea-Tac had 9th wettest year in recorded history
Jan 2, 2018, 8:27 AM | Updated: 9:55 am
(File, Jason Rantz)
(File, Jason Rantz)
Seattlites may have lived through four unusually wet years, but they were nothing when compared to what other areas of Western Washington went through this year.
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Olympia and Sea-Tac Airport both had their ninth wettest years in recorded history, according to the National Weather Service.
A total of 47.87 inches of rain was recorded at Sea-Tac. The normal total is about 37.5 inches per year.
In Olympia, a total of 61.44 inches of rain was recorded in 2017. The normal, according to the Weather Service, is 50 inches.
Over in Forks, according to The Seattle Times, approximately 120 inches of rain fell.
As for Seattle, the Weather Service says that for the first time in more than 120 years, Seattle had four years in a row with at least 44 inches of rain for a combined total of 186.38 inches.
“It could be said that 2017 was wet for most places,” the Weather Service stated.
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