I frequently get emails and phone calls from folks who are considering a move to the Gig Harbor area.  One of the most common reservations is the weather.  I can't begin to count the number of times I've heard, "Isn't it always rainy in Gig Harbor?"  If by always you mean sometimes, or by rainy and gray you mean sunny and blue, then sure.  Take the past 6 days, for example.  Bright sunshine, blinding blue skies, and temps in the mid to high 50's.  Gorgeous.  Not normal, but gorgeous.

So what is normal?  You can check here for statistics, but I prefer to go off of somebody's thoughts on it.  July-September are incredible.  Sunshine pretty much daily, temps in the 70's with the occasional 80's and very rare 90's.  October-November you can feel it getting cooler, and some rain starts coming.  December-February can be tough, as it does rain a lot and can be cold.  Not like Minnesota cold, but 39 and raining isn't fun.  Even during that stretch, though, we still have our famous "sun breaks," periods when the sun shines through for an hour or so.  Then March-June are a complete crap shoot.  Sometimes nice, sometimes cold and rainy.  I don't think I've ever gone more than 2 days here without at least a few hours of sun, which is more than what I can say for when I lived in San Francisco.  Even Santa Barbara had days when the fog hung around all day and lifted just in time for it to get dark.  And LA?  Shoot, the sun is so filtered through the smog I'd take our weather any day.

If you have ever thought of moving to the great Pacific Northwest, don't let the weather rumors stop you.  Gortex you'll need, a sun-lamp you won't!