Originally Posted by mikdes
If you check something like "Places Rated Almanac" or some other resource that "measures" climate, Portland is always in the top 25 for climate out of over 300 cities in America. It's mild, rarely snows (1-2 small storms/winter), has very few severe rain storms (the last really bad flood was 1996), and is rarely oppressively hot and/or humid for an extended period of time. Overall it's very comfortable.
All that being said, just prepare yourself to see more gray skies that what you might be used to, and buy one of those "gustbuster" umbrellas.
Thanks Mike. I'd rather have to purchase an umbrella than another pair of work boots because my last ones were ruined from salt. Yeah, salt. The fun part of winter here is that even after it snows, the snow never leaves. It melts during the day, and refreezes at night, causing the DOT to 'drop more salt'. It's disgusting. Needless to say, cycling is difficult during the winter, unless you don't mind your bike getting trashed by road salt.