Originally Posted by
Andy_K
Newport is nice. We stayed in Depoe Bay and did most of our touristing in Lincoln City, but if I were to live in one of these places Newport would be the choice. The daily high temperatures were hovering around 60 degrees the week we were there with lows around 50 -- perfect for summer cycling! In around Toledo and Siletz it got into the upper 60's and I had to take off my long sleeve jersey.
The lack of temperature extremes is very appealing, and like you said, perfect temps for summer cycling. Here in the valley, I've been doing early morning rides to avoid the heat later in the day. You do get a fair amount of rain at the coast in the winter, but it tends to move through pretty quickly for the most part, rather than hanging around forever like I does in the valley with the inversion layer. And you get some pleasant surprises at the coast, too: occasional shorts and t-shirt weather (well, at least for me—my wife says I'm a furnace) in January.