December for me. Wettest, darkest, windiest month here. One extreme year (2015), we had almost 16 inches of rain, but still average is around 7. It's one of the few months where everything looks dead minus evergreens and Christmas is kinda meh.
April I can understand for Calgary, but here it's great. Everything is greening up, usually get our first several days of highs above 20C and wildflower season really ramps up in the Columbia River Gorge, so hiking becomes much more enjoyable over the dead winter months.
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