Editing Western Washington (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Western Washington Köppen.png|250px|thumb|left|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate types]] in western Washington]]
Western Washington is known as having a far wetter climate than the eastern portion of the state, primarily due to the effects of the Cascades' [[rain shadow]]. The average location in Eastern Washington only receives an average of {{convert|46.87|cm|in|abbr=off}} of precipitation per year,<ref name="WRCCprecip">http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/summary/Climsmwa.html Western Regional Climate Data Center Website</ref>  whereas the average place in Western Washington receives {{convert|167.72|cm|in|abbr=off}}.<ref name="WRCCprecip"/> The average location in Western Washington gets 168 days of measurable precipitation per year.<ref name="WRCCRainDays">http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/htmlfiles/wa/wa.01.html Western Regional Climate Data Center, Days of Precipitation</ref>

The place that receives the most recorded precipitation is [[Lake Quinault]] on the [[Olympic Peninsula]], with an average of {{convert|332.92|cm|in|abbr=off}} per year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?wa6864|title=QUINAULT RS, WASHINGTON - Climate Summary|work=dri.edu|access-date=20 June 2015}}</ref> The [[Long Beach, Washington|Long Beach]] Experimental Station has the most days of measurable precipitation, averaging 215 each year.<ref name="WRCCRainDays"/>