The Weather in Washington (1288)

The weather in Washington, the capital of the USA, is known for its changeable character. It reminds candidate who promises everything, but you never know just when to expect it at all. Sometimes it is April in January, and March often behaves like December or May. As Mark Twain said: "When you arrived at the station at night it was snowing. When you reached the hotel it was sleeting. When you went to bed it was raining. During the night it froze hard and the wind blew some chimneys down. When you got up in the morning, it was foggy. When you finished your breakfast at ten o'clock and went out, the sunshine was brilliant, the weather balmy and delicious, and the mud and slush deep and all-pervading. You will like the climate when you get used to it." If you care to follow Mark Twain's advice, take an umbrella, and overcoat, and fan, and go forth.

Spring is wonderful, most attractive, liveliest time of the year. Mild weather usually arrives earlier than it does in most northern cities, (prepare for possible 27 degrees Centigrade in March), flowers burst into bloom starting with magnolia, then followed by cherry blossoms, azalea and pansies. Summer can be hot, humid, and sticky. Men wear tropical outfits. Autumn is the best season except for spring, some ways the best of all. The climate is dry, mild. If you are driving, the colour in the mountains is beautiful. Winter is unpredictable. During some years is raw, cold, soggy, during others – short and mild. You don't have to bring your umbrella and galoshes, but come prepared to buy them.

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