Spring and fall are the most beautiful times of the year in Sweet Home. It takes two weeks to cloud up, two weeks to rain, two weeks for the clouds to go away. But with the clouds comes protection against freezing and sub zero temperatures. If you don't have to shovel the precipitation, that's mild. But be prepared to get wet.
Rain is the usual order of the day for winter.
The rain keeps Western Oregon green. We go out in the rain, sometimes carrying umbrellas. Most of the time, we simply don our yellow or green slickers, and put in a days work in forest or elsewhere. Sweet Home is nestled in the Cascade foothills. Yes, but not often.