In Washington there is more water than you could ever imagine. Right now there are ponds that fill up in the winter, and still at spring levels of water. I am talking of ponds in the middle of range land. Grass is still green, it rained a little today and the temps are probably 6-10 degrees BELOW normal. We had a shot hot spell, but last night after a sunny day, it was 56 degrees around 9:30 PM with a High of 74.
Your generalizations about “Washington” sound pretty stupid to me. 38” annual precipitation? Try 6.5” where I live. This is also where we experienced 118.5°F a few weeks ago. Today was the first day it topped out BELOW 100F in a long time.