You have rain in winter? That's very unusual for me as a Siberian. I was talking to johnnyFive about it in IRC; it was suprising to hear him complaining about ice on the roads. In my head: "Well, of course there's ice on the road! It's winter, innit?". The season of minus 30 centigrade seems to have just come to an end; they say Tomsk had -43 at one point, which is something I'm completely used to. Seattle sounds a lot nicer. Maybe I'll visit someday.
Well, we are sitting directly on the Pacific Ocean. So our climate is incredibly mild. Freezing temperatures are rare here at sea level. But 45 minutes away, they have 10 feet of snow at the ski resorts, which are 4k feet above sea level. It really is a heavenly place. I love it here.
The high today was 62 F, which is ~17 C. It rained some late last week, and is expected to do so again later on. In my state in particular, it's not unusual for us to have snow on the weekend, and then it'll be 17+ C by the end of the following week. Of course, we pay for the (relatively) mild winters by having to deal with 38+ C in the summer, with the humidity hanging out above 90%. That's why we all have guns.