My husband and I are considering a move from Half Moon Bay, CA to
somewhere in Washington State's "rainshadow" area, which we visited in
June and will be revisiting next month. We looked around Anacortes and
went to Orcas Island and San Juan Island. We also checked out Whidbey,
briefly.

On this trip we will be house-hunting more seriously and would also
like to look on Camano Island. There's so much confusing information
on the Internet; some people say that Whidbey is drier than the San
Juans, others say the opposite (I know about the microclimates on the
San Juans, do a degree). This is kind of a 2-part question and I hoope
I'll be forgiven by trying to make it one, but: What parts of Whidbey
and Camano have the least amount of drizzly/grey weather? Also, is the
noise from the naval base really an overwhelming factor on Whidbey, as
someone said on another thread, or just in Oak Harbor?

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Clarification of Question by relarion-ga on 28 Aug 2006 13:18 PDT

That's "to a degree" and "I hope." Forgive the bad typing!

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Clarification of Question by relarion-ga on 28 Aug 2006 13:19 PDT

And "CAMANO Island." Yikes.

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 28 Aug 2006 17:18 PDT

I live in Seattle, both Whidbey and Camano are excellent choices! 

An answer to part 2 of your question:

Whidbey Island Information
http://www.whidbeyrelocation.com/

Here's where the Sun Shines
http://www.whidbeyrelocation.com/rain_pattern.htm
Note:  North Whidbey Island (Oak Harbor area) is highlighted in
YELLOW. It takes a minute to figure out how to read these maps, but
there is a lot of sense to them.

Whidbey Island Noise Zones
http://www.whidbeyrelocation.com/noise_zones.htm

If I can find similar information for Camano Island I'll post again.

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