Cold is better than cold and wet. :-) I was inS eattle 25 years.. I take 14 degrees for 4 weeks over 6 m0onths of 40 and wet anyday of the week. the sun shines here. So what if it's cold? I grew up in NYC..it was cold there too but at elast the sun shines for 11 months :-)

In Seattle the clouds and wet can get depressing. It's beautiful, but man I take the cold for a short time and stay dry.