Troughy days can be gorgeous too. Yesterday was spectacular... so is today. But its not going to be troughy all the time. I love a sunny day after a rainfall in the warm season too. It's even more special when it happens in the middle of summer.
If you want this weather all summer then I would suggest Sitka or Juneau. The climo reality is that Seattle and Portland average 200+ days a year without rain so climo says the day you are experiencing today is in the minority.
Love these rainy spring days on the desert. .3” of precip today and currently 49. Overall it’s been a very nice dynamic spring. A good mix of sunny days with fun storms in between.
Neither of us live in Seattle, but I'd venture to guess that the story ended up being pretty similar there at some point during several of those Mays. I'm sure that some of our actual Seattle posters can speak to that.
Which is the whole point. It's not some inevitability that it's going to stay green and lush moving forward at this point of the year if the conditions don't allow for it.