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A nice climate, in my eyes it's a B- as there is far too much rainfall outside of July and August. A total around 500-600mm per year would be ideal and then it would be an A.
I worked here from February to May 2009 so can add some info if anybody is interested. The airport (where the data is taken from) is up in the hills so the city itself is 1-2C warmer, plus no doubt a bit sunnier and drier. If my time there is anything to go by, weather patterns have a tendency to get stuck so once it is in Atlantic mode the city can get what feels like a conveyor belt of very heavy showers and brief sunny spells lasting weeks on end, likewise when it's in continental mode it can get prolonged stretches of unbroken sunshine. Like in Britain the sunny warmth and cool rain don't necessarily come at the times of year you necessarily expect: in March 2009 the area had three weeks of literally cloudless skies and 20-25C highs, only for 15C maxes and frequent showers to dominate much of April. Strong Atlantic windstorms are not unusual in winter. According to what I once read in their local paper lying snow has been observed in the city only six times since 1950, and I bet in those cases it didn't last long.
I liked the climate there, though the winters slightly warmer and the climate in general sunnier than my ideal. B minus.
IIf my time there is anything to go by, weather patterns have a tendency to get stuck so once it is in Atlantic mode the city can get what feels like a conveyor belt of very heavy showers and brief sunny spells lasting weeks on end, likewise when it's in continental mode it can get prolonged stretches of unbroken sunshine. Like in Britain the sunny warmth and cool rain don't necessarily come at the times of year you necessarily expect: in March 2009 the area had three weeks of literally cloudless skies and 20-25C highs, only for 15C maxes and frequent showers to dominate much of April. Strong Atlantic windstorms are not unusual in winter.
Patterns sound similar to the coastal west coast of North America, with the sunny phase and rainy phase. Not surprising consider a similar geography. Unlike the west coast of Europe, sunny warmth and cool rain are more strictly distributed around the year. You can't really get cool rain in July.
Parts of the Oregon coast tend to go back and forth between rain and (some) sun over the day, often cycling in a few hours as another storm comes off the Pacific. If it's sunny, that meant rain was coming in soon! That was springtime, in the wintertime it's probably more stuck on the rain phase with few sunny interludes. Is a bit sunnier than the UK, but records rains 20% of all hours.
Patterns sound similar to the coastal west coast of North America, with the sunny phase and rainy phase. Not surprising consider a similar geography. Unlike the west coast of Europe, sunny warmth and cool rain are more strictly distributed around the year. You can't really get cool rain in July.
Parts of the Oregon coast tend to go back and forth between rain and (some) sun over the day, often cycling in a few hours as another storm comes off the Pacific. If it's sunny, that meant rain was coming in soon! That was springtime, in the wintertime it's probably more stuck on the rain phase with few sunny interludes. Is a bit sunnier than the UK, but records rains 20% of all hours.
Going off on a slight tangent here I remember somebody posting rain duration numbers on here for the UK and the west coast US numbers somebody else then posted looked much higher (from memory somewhere in Alaska was up in the high 2000s, so precipitation falls basically on average eight hours a day, every day?/), so much so that I thought the figures must not be calculated the same way. I don't know how we calculate these things here (i.e. whether a shower between 3.59pm and 4.01pm counts as two hours of rain or just two minutes) - do you know how rain duration is calculated in the US?
C. A little too warm in the summer, and though still comfortable it's also too warm in winter. I'd also prefer less rain. Overall it's looks reasonably comfortable, just a little too warm for my taste.
C, too little sunshine, need warmer summer temps. Precipitation looks good.
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), so much so that I thought the figures must not be calculated the same way. I don't know how we calculate these things here (i.e. whether a shower between 3.59pm and 4.01pm counts as two hours of rain or just two minutes) - do you know how rain duration is calculated in the US?
