Every year the part of the park that is on the west side of the peninsula gets 12 to 17 feet of rain, it is one of the wettest places in the U.S.! On the other side of the peninsula, it is rather dry and gets only 22 feet of precipitation every year. At Olympic National Park there are sun, clouds, forest mist and ocean breezes. The Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountain Range are both great influences on the Olympic National Park Climate. The summers have warm temperatures and beautiful sunshine. Winter, Spring, and Fall are the wet seasons. In Winter sometimes there are blizzards and they have skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing. Fall is one of the best times to go to Olympic National Park because spectacles are all around and it is breeding season for some animals like the Roosevelt Elk. Spring is the other best time to go to Olympic National Park because you get to see black bears start to eat berries for the next winter. The best time to visit Olympic National Park's tide pools are the winter and spring because you get to see some incredible plants like the Giant Green Anemone.