Let's see what the maps show. We'll go with OLM, as they have reliable long term records and are between the two major PNW cities.
Winters following a significantly (10%+) wetter than normal fall, back to 1941.
We had a lot of cloudy damp days when you were basking in sunshine if I remember correctly. Sure there was some sun but it wasn’t consistent and was on days I couldn’t drop everything and head to the lake.
Oh yeah, about 13yrs ago we almost moved to the Moses Lake area, then about 7yrs ago we kicked around getting a place In Winthrop/Twisp area, but since we moved to our current place 6yrs ago we are pretty content. Plus with our current work situations it would not be conducive to move east. Would be nice to get a second place somewhere over there some day and possibly retire there when we are about 92yrs old.