Where's the best (warm/sunny) weather in Oregon? (Medford, Bend: house, area)

[Slowink]

I'm from arizona, but I lived in Washington State for thirty years. Medford gets 18 to 20 inches of rain each year. Roseburg gets 36". Portland gets around 36 inches and Grants pass gets around 31 inches. their temperatures usually vary by 5 or 6 degrees. Hope that's helpful

[NZkiwi2]

Why Tangent? Surely you mean Ashland, Talent, and Jacksonvile?

Originally Posted by DocMcp

I would like to know where the best weather is in Oregon? I don't want to be high up (health problems) and am currently looking at Ashland, Tangent, Jacksonville...any area below 2200 foot elevation. Is the air too foul? Are there better areas. Where is the warmth?

[pw72]

Pendleton and Hermiston. They are part of the semi-arid climate that some call the high desert, which includes The Tri-Cities of Washington, (Richland, Pasco, and Kennewick). More sunshine, less rain and snow than most areas of the Pacific Northwest. Bend/Redmond gets more snow and are colder. Medford gets more rain.

[Larry Caldwell]

Burns.

[pw72]

Burns is much colder than Pendleton, Hermiston. It may be as dry, but one of the colder spots in Oregon.

[haggardhouseelf]

I don't remember what warm feels like. I need a California road trip...

OP circa. 2006: the best weather in Oregon is indoors.

[Hawk J]

In a green valley surrounded by mountains...

[bar20]

Originally Posted by Brewer

The best weather in Oregon is in California!

Yes, the best weather is in Baja Oregon and only 37 million people know that to be true. Don't tell anyone else otherwise more will move there and clog the freeways.

[OregonYeti]

You just won't get warm/mild temps year-round, and a lot of sunshine, both in the same place.
Central Oregon is my favorite place in the world. Plenty of sun year-round, but it gets more snow than rain (which is ok with me!).

[AAAplus]

Originally Posted by Steve97415

The answer depends on what other climate limitations you might have. As a broad general rule, the closer you get to the coast, the less sunshine and warmth you can expect. Southern Oregon is generally sunnier than northern Oregon. The southeast, near the Nevada border, has the sunniest weather and the warmest summers. The sunniest areas in Oregon are also the coldest in winter. Proximity to the ocean increases temperature mildness, but also increases cloud cover.
A lot of people are looking for a mix of good summer weather and mild winter weather. If you don't want winter snow, then you would be limited to areas west of the Cascades (which are not as sunny as areas to the east). The Willamette Valley is populous for a good reason --dry sunny summers with long springs and falls. Winter is four months of rain.
If you go to the Western Regional Climate Center's website and click on "General Climate Information", you can get national maps that show hours of sunshine and degree of sky cover.

from what i've read, sounds like bend has a horribly cold climate and essentially only two seasons, winter and summer, with clouds streaming in all spring until sometime in june, then, the summers are sunny but get very cold at night, with only a 60 day growing season

medford was in the 90's last week

i've stopped looking in that area and now looking at southern oregon (and also reno, nv) based on this, along with the bend's high unemployment and fiscal problems, and the wrcc maps, that "steve" discusses above -

http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/climaps/climaps.pl


click on "most popular" and "quick search" to find numbers of clear, partly cloudy, and cloudy days along with percentage of sunshine, etc. etc.

Question - what areas of Medford-Talent-Jacksonville-Applegate-Ruch-Williams-Ashland-Steinmann-Yreka-KlamathFalls-Keno have the least amount of winter fog in the winter ?