Thomas Newcomen and the Steam Engine Fairbottom Bobs, a Newcomen steam engine recovered from a mine site in Lancashire, England, was acquired in 1930 by the Henry Ford Museum, which says it is possibly the oldest extant steam engine in the world.
40 days without rain! Seattle 11 days from record dry spell. At Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah on Friday afternoon there were sitters, walkers and stand-up paddlers â and one not paddling. Seattle is close to breaking a record for uninterrupted dry weather, and the forecast is for dry weather into next week.
How many days of rain does Seattle get in a year? About 150. How many days of sun? On average, about 58 per year, but many of our cloudy days feature what we call sunbreaks or some sun breaking through, so cloudy does not mean dreary or rainy necessarily. Average rainfall in Seattle? 37 inches, which is less than many major cities. Number of cloudy days each year? About 225 (most of them in the autumn and winter). What cities get more rain than Seattle? Several! Chicago, Dallas, Miami, and even Portland all get more inches of rain per year than Seattle. Portland just edges Seattle out with an annual average rainfall of 37.5. However, Seattle is known for its steady, gentle rain rather than big storms where many East Coast cities get huge bursts of rainfall all at once.