{"id":175,"date":"2012-06-29T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.websitefix.net\/clients\/Generic\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2018-11-01T17:33:06","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T17:33:06","slug":"climate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/?page_id=175","title":{"rendered":"Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ CLIMATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Oregon climate zone known as the Willamette Valley \u2014 which encompasses the three largest cities of Portland, Salem, and Eugene \u2014 is also the most diversified agricultural region. Productive ranches, orchards, and farms surround bustling urban centers. The Mediterranean climate remains relatively mild throughout the year, with cool\/wet winters and warm\/dry summers. Typically, half the year\u2019s rainfall and the heaviest clouds occur in the winter months from December through February. Extreme temperatures are rare and snowfall tends to be low, averaging 5-10 inches annually. As would be expected, the elevation has a\u00a0 significant effect on precipitation levels.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oregon Climate Service<\/strong><br \/>\n326 Strand Ag Hall<br \/>\nOregon State University<br \/>\nCorvallis, OR 97331<br \/>\n541-737-8927<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocs.oregonstate.edu\/\">www.ocs.oregonstate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Average Monthly Temperatures<\/strong><br \/>\nMonth\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 High\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Low<br \/>\nMarch\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 54.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36.4<br \/>\nJune \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 71.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 49.2<br \/>\nSeptember\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 72.9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 47.1<br \/>\nDecember\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45.2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 32.5<br \/>\n<em>Source: National Weather Service<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOGRAPHICS \/ CLIMATE The Oregon climate zone known as the Willamette Valley \u2014 which encompasses the three largest cities of Portland, Salem, and Eugene \u2014 is also the most diversified agricultural region. Productive ranches, orchards, and farms surround bustling urban centers. The Mediterranean climate remains relatively mild throughout the year, with cool\/wet winters and warm\/dry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":611,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/175\/revisions\/611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunraydirect.com\/BentonOR3\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}