Solar field takes flight in rainy valley

Portland Tribune

It won’t come as a shock to anyone living in Oregon’s Willamette Valley to hear that the region has a reputation for being a soggy stretch of territory.

According to the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center, the Willamette Valley sees between 144 to 166 days of rain in a typical year, with annual rainfall averaging between 40 and 45 inches.