Hi. Orcas is a wonderful place to build a vacation cabin, if there's any land available and if anyone wants to sell their land and if you can afford it.
About the climate, I guess you haven't read much infor yet about the climate of western Washington! Summer is not what would give you drizzle and fog. Some resources:
City-Data.com -- just click at the upper left-hand corner of any C-D forum page. If you choose the town of Friday Harbor, there's your reference point.
WA State statistics -- no town on Orcas is listed, so choose Olga, a town on the next-door island:
Washington
The Great Technicolor Rainfall Map Of Washington, from the National Atlas. The legend tells you by color how much rain falls annually.
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printab...precip_wa3.pdf
Have fun!
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Orcas Island- Does it rain much?
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