Generally people like what they don't have as often. For us in Vancouver, it rains 200 days a year so lots of people are sick of it, while it snows maybe 10 days a year except for last year. In Riga, it might snow more often I'm not sure. I'm not a rain hater though I find it comforting. My family just got a metal roof this spring and it magnifies the sounds of the individual rain drops.