Oregon Weather

[puerco]

Originally Posted by Steve97415

Brookings is a far cry from "subtropical." Summer highs are typically in the upper 50's to lower 60's with considerable fog. Mornings and evenings are uncomfortably chilly even in July and August. On many days in July and August you can see smoke coming from the chimneys of people's wood stoves. Brookings' climate is quite similar to parts of Cornwall, England such as St. Austell except that summers here are very dry.

A subtropical climate is based more on winter lows than summer highs. San Francisco is subtropical even tho the summers are often blanketed in fog. SF and Brookings rarely get frosts. That's what makes them subtropical. That's why you'll find palms, citrus, philodendrons and other subtropical plants growing in these areas.

[backdrifter]

Originally Posted by puerco

A subtropical climate is based more on winter lows than summer highs. San Francisco is subtropical even tho the summers are often blanketed in fog. SF and Brookings rarely get frosts. That's what makes them subtropical. That's why you'll find palms, citrus, philodendrons and other subtropical plants growing in these areas.

San Francisco has a Mediterranean climate, which IS an offshoot of a subtropical climate, but it is misleading to say that Brookings has an almost subtropical climate because that's not what most people consider subtropical, though it is technically correct. Much of the American South has a "humid subtropical" climate which is what one general associates with "subtropical," and is characterized by ample summer thunderstorms and precipitation, warm to hot temperatures that do not cool down much at night in the summer, and most of all humidity from tropical air masses. Brookings' climate is nothing like that. It has in fact a Marine West Coast climate. Cold and rainy in the winter, and cool and drier in the summer, without any awful summer humidity. But it is chilly year round.

[puerco]

And I say Tomata.

[tiffela74]

wasnt it Brookings that held the state highest temp a few times last summer? I think they were at 104 or something and we were in the 90s (only about 2hrs up the coast from em...)

[EnricoV]

Oregon's climate, for the most part, is classed as Mediterranean. You'll find a map here of world climate classifications.

[puerco]

Your right. Mediterranean climates have mild wet winters and warm dry summers. Sounds like Western Oregon to me.