We have interesting weather at home. Not necessarily "nice" like laying on the beach nice but not too cold or too humid and no tornadoes or hurricanes. Works for us but sometimes we do miss the:
When talking to other friendly travelers down here, they always think they know why we are snowbirds and why we are down south in the winters. Sun.
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Yep, they are right. We are looking for sun. That unfamiliar orb in the sky in the northwest.
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Proof of that was brought home by the year-end synopsis by our local weather blogger, Scott Sistek.
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November was the 4th sunniest month this year with 7 official sunny days (30 percent or less cloud cover). Meanwhile both October and May went the entire month without an official sunny day.
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When we tell people that it rained lots while we were building our new house February thru July, these figures prove that out.
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Rainfall records also went down in droves -- 10 to be exact (3 in March, topped by 1.27" on March 8), one in April, two in May, one each in July, August, September and October.) 
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So after we get a healthy dose of sun down here in Arizona, we will be ready to return to our our ever-cloudy Seattle. Where we call it "marine air". More palatable?
