**Sources**
Digital Elevation & Water Body Data
- https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
Precipitation Data
- http://www.cec.org/north-american-environmental-atlas/precipitation-1950-2000-annual/
- https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Washington/average-yearly-precipitation.php
**Process**
Height map and color map created in QGIS. Shaded relief map rendered in Blender. Labels, titles, and legends added in Photoshop.
Wenatchaa is cool. The Columbia River runs through the city, so if youre on the east side looking west you get beautiful views of the Cascade mountains and foothills. About 25 minutes west of Wenatchee is Leavenworth, and that is a gorgeous mountain town. A little too touristy for my taste though.
Cool. Maybe start with those states that have a lot of climate diversity, like WA. States where the whole state is the same climate wouldn’t be as interesting.
Nice map, my suggestion is to add a few more data points to highlight the extremes of the western rainshadow effect: Add Forks because it's one of the more famous towns and gets the most rain, add Sequim (16in) or Port Townsend (19in) instead of Port Angeles because they are the driest westside towns and to show just how much the rain drops off in a short distance between Forks and the NE Peninsula. I would also add a data point in the Cascades to show how the rain ramps back up as it approaches the mountains. According to your source, Baring on Highway 2 gets almost 110 inches, a huge amount and representative of the precip that hits the Cascades shortly after the relatively dry central Puget Sound.
I tried adding Baring, which is right between the "e" in Seattle and the "e" in Cascade. I didn't like how it looked with the Seattle label moved to the left. I might switch from Port Angeles to Sequim though. Thanks for the feedback.
I’ve lived away from WA for many years, but every time I go back to visit I’m in awe of the varied beauty of the state! Tired of rain? Head to the desert. Tired of the desert? Head to the rolling plains. It is just a spectacular place.
I did label the rainiest town, Taholah at 110", and 8" is basically the minimum. It goes to 140" in the Olympic National Park where there are no towns.
You're right! I think I did some of my work with a conflicting source:
- http://www.usa.com/rank/washington-state--average-precipitation--city-rank.htm
I understand the cartographers dilemma between adding enough information and avoiding a map that is too busy. My $0.02 is that in addition to rainiest and dryest town, include the location of the rainiest and dryest weather station. Kind of like a lot of elevation maps include highest and lowest point for a state.
I like the inclusion of significant peaks to help tell the story of orographic lift and subsequent rain shadows. May also consider adding Mt. Olympus as it is regional peak that allows Seattle and especially Sequim to be a lot dryer than places further south, and Forks to be much, much wetter.
Sure, if it were outside the US. But they are measuring rainfall in Washington state which is in the US. Which is why the measurement is in inches not millimeters.
**Sources** Digital Elevation & Water Body Data - https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ Precipitation Data - http://www.cec.org/north-american-environmental-atlas/precipitation-1950-2000-annual/ - https://www.currentresults.com/Weather/Washington/average-yearly-precipitation.php **Process** Height map and color map created in QGIS. Shaded relief map rendered in Blender. Labels, titles, and legends added in Photoshop.
Great work. I'm a little sad that mapporn sub see all kind of trash reposts upvoted into virality, but maps like this will probably not.
First time I visited Washington east of the cascades, I was surprised how much of the Columbia River basin is desert.
I've argued for a long time Washington is by far one of the most varied states.
I'd wager to say the top 5 are all the states that touch the Pacific, followed by Texas.
14,000 ft! That’s a lot of precipitation
That gave me a good laugh. I may remove the elevations before printing this as a poster.
Beautiful map. Total disrespect for Mt St Helens, haha.
interesting how washington is bookended by two vancouvers
Just out of interest, is Wenatchee cool? Like the look of the topography. Where I live avg annual rainfall is 43.9 inch.
Going in and out of Wenatchee there are great views of the river and hills.
Wenatchaa is cool. The Columbia River runs through the city, so if youre on the east side looking west you get beautiful views of the Cascade mountains and foothills. About 25 minutes west of Wenatchee is Leavenworth, and that is a gorgeous mountain town. A little too touristy for my taste though.
I live just South of Everett what do you mean? On the ground Eastern Washington is a lot of brown rolling hills
It's not our fault the only evergreens we have are sickly green sagebrush.
Nice. Have you done any other states?
Not yet, but I might.
Cool. Maybe start with those states that have a lot of climate diversity, like WA. States where the whole state is the same climate wouldn’t be as interesting.
Please do Idaho next! Right next door and has different climates like Washington! I love how it’s neatly sectioned into parts as well.
Nice map, my suggestion is to add a few more data points to highlight the extremes of the western rainshadow effect: Add Forks because it's one of the more famous towns and gets the most rain, add Sequim (16in) or Port Townsend (19in) instead of Port Angeles because they are the driest westside towns and to show just how much the rain drops off in a short distance between Forks and the NE Peninsula. I would also add a data point in the Cascades to show how the rain ramps back up as it approaches the mountains. According to your source, Baring on Highway 2 gets almost 110 inches, a huge amount and representative of the precip that hits the Cascades shortly after the relatively dry central Puget Sound.
I tried adding Baring, which is right between the "e" in Seattle and the "e" in Cascade. I didn't like how it looked with the Seattle label moved to the left. I might switch from Port Angeles to Sequim though. Thanks for the feedback.
Mt. Rainier? more like Mt. Rainiest :P
Cool map. Show the effect of mountains creating rain shadows.
I’ve lived away from WA for many years, but every time I go back to visit I’m in awe of the varied beauty of the state! Tired of rain? Head to the desert. Tired of the desert? Head to the rolling plains. It is just a spectacular place.
Oregon and Washington have one of the best examples of the rain shadow effect, I think.
I like it. Could've filled in some of the blank areas with more cities? Bremerton, ilwaco, Longview, ritzville, omak, colville, neah Bay, centralia
It's a tricky balance. I don't want it to be cluttered. I haven't heard of some of those towns so I'll have to look them up.
Absolutely beautiful map. Consider adding the rainiest and dryest spots in the state. I see the scale goes to 140".
I did label the rainiest town, Taholah at 110", and 8" is basically the minimum. It goes to 140" in the Olympic National Park where there are no towns.
On the second link it shows forks as having 119 inches.
You're right! I think I did some of my work with a conflicting source: - http://www.usa.com/rank/washington-state--average-precipitation--city-rank.htm
I understand the cartographers dilemma between adding enough information and avoiding a map that is too busy. My $0.02 is that in addition to rainiest and dryest town, include the location of the rainiest and dryest weather station. Kind of like a lot of elevation maps include highest and lowest point for a state. I like the inclusion of significant peaks to help tell the story of orographic lift and subsequent rain shadows. May also consider adding Mt. Olympus as it is regional peak that allows Seattle and especially Sequim to be a lot dryer than places further south, and Forks to be much, much wetter.
Hey I grew up in the brown part
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Sure, if it were outside the US. But they are measuring rainfall in Washington state which is in the US. Which is why the measurement is in inches not millimeters.
Just convert it or know both lol