Whether the weather be fine

Or whether the weather be not,

Whether the weather be cold

Or whether the weather be hot,

We'll weather the weather

Whatever the weather,

Whether we like it or not. (Anonymous)

Weather, by William J. Burroughs, Bob Crowder, Ted Robertson, Eleanor Vallier-Talbot, & Richard Whitaker. This book is one of the Nature Company Guides, a series of books on everything from rocks and fossils to birding, to nature travel, and more. I like them for the great variety of topics within each book, in this case, there are weather records, how a forecast is made, weather lore, how weather affects our health ... the list just goes on and on! My best recommendation is to just open the book and flip through the pages, something will catch your eye!

The Weather of the Pacific Northwest by Cliff Mass (a professor at the UW) is a detailed and complex book of our local weather. The weather here is unique from anywhere else and this book explains why. There's a lot of information here, but it was clearly written and there are graphs and photos, too.

If you've watched the news and weather on KOMO TV in Seattle, then you know who Steve Pool is. Somewhere I Was Right: Why Northwest Weather is So Predictably Unpredictable (co-authored with Scott Sistek) is a funny and informative explanation of our quirky weather and yes, just why it is so hard to predict. Also included is weather folklore, and why most Pacific Northwesterners do not carry an umbrella. You will laugh while you learn. :-)

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