At 37 inches of rain per year, it's not a particularly high volume of rain; it's just spread out over a lot of days. San Francisco is down at 63 rainy days and 20 inches per year, for comparison.
I don't consider that a fair assessment, as a snowy day is a very different thing from a rainy day. Seattle gets maybe a handful of snowy days a year, and never gets punishingly hot/humid like some cities do.
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You made me curious, so here's a list of US cities with more average rainy/snowy days per year than Seattle[1]:
At 37 inches of rain per year, it's not a particularly high volume of rain; it's just spread out over a lot of days. San Francisco is down at 63 rainy days and 20 inches per year, for comparison.[1] http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0762183.html
155 (tied, interestingly): Cleveland, Ohio
Lake effect snow
Anyway, compare this to where I'm from (South Florida)[1]: Average rainy days - 135 Average rainfall - 62" - 64"
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami,_fl#Climate
Well, Microsoft would have to pay me a LOT to move to South Florida as well. : P
I don't consider that a fair assessment, as a snowy day is a very different thing from a rainy day. Seattle gets maybe a handful of snowy days a year, and never gets punishingly hot/humid like some cities do.