My great-grandfather’s stationery is still in the desks in his office, along with letters he wrote, the typewriter he used, and the books he read. It is a time capsule from the ’50s - a reminder of the years my great grandparents were alive and enjoyed this wonderful place. He filled the house with mid century furniture, art and decorations, as well as Native American artwork and baskets (even some artefacts found on the island). My great-grandfather, Soobie’s father, built and decorated the house in the 1950s, and apart from minor renovations it has remained in the same condition ever since. I think it would give him immense pleasure to know his great, great, great grandchildren walk its shores today.
He purchased it immediately for the grand sum of $6,000! We feel so lucky that it has remained in our family ever since and has been a special place for generation after generation. The story goes that he was flying over in a Navy sea plane when he spotted a ‘For Sale’ sign on the land. Bates, bought the island in 1919 after the first world war. Despite all the places we’ve been it remains the most special place in the world for me. Here are the average temperatures.We call it Soobie’s Island after my grandmother. In Friday Harbor, a town located on San Juan Island, the average temperature of the coldest month (December) is of 5.3 ☌ (41.6 ☏), that of the warmest month (August) is of 16.4 ☌ (61.6 ☏). During the exceptional heat wave of late June 2021, the temperature reached 38 ☌ (100 ☏) in Friday Harbor. Generally, the temperature does not go above 33/34 ☌ (91/93 ☏) on the hottest days, but sometimes it does not even reach 30 ☌ (86 ☏) for a whole month. In summer, it rarely gets hot because of the influence of the ocean, and even when it does, the temperature drops a lot at night. In a year, 17 cm (6.7 in) of snow fall on Lopez Island. Snow is rare due to the prevalence of mild currents from the ocean. The cold wind blows from the north-east, from the Fraser Valley, and mainly affects Orcas Island and the small northern islands. In Olga, on Orcas Island, it amounts to 735 mm (29 in).Īlthough the winter is mild enough, there can sometimes be cold waves, sometimes even in November, with lows going down to -7/-8 ☌ (18/19 ☏) or even below. For this reason, rainfall is lower than 1,000 millimeters (40 inches) per year, and it drops even below 500 mm (20 in) in the southernmost part of Lopez and San Juan islands.
The main islands are Orcas, San Juan, Lopez, Shaw (the first four, served by the Washington State Ferries), Decatur and Blakely.Įven though we are in a humid area, the islands are affected, especially in the southern part, by the rain shadow generated by the Olympic Mountains. The archipelago is located in the northwest of Washington state, east of the Canadian island of Vancouver, between the Strait of Georgia and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The climate of the San Juan Islands is sub-oceanic, with quite mild, rainy winters and mild, fairly sunny summers.
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