Instead of daily sunshine, hot temperatures and smoke, the cold rain and mountain snow that normally defines Oregon ... 68.2 in Eugene. In Salem, the five hottest late summer and autumn periods ...

In the past week Eugene has reached or exceeded 80 degrees in the first three days of October, with highs of 87 for Saturday and Sunday, and 80 on Monday. The average temperature for Oct. 4 is 71 ...

What the fires need is more rain, which has been slow to arrive this autumn ... around between Bend and Eugene. Zach Urness ...

So many, in fact, that Oregon has become a club-swingers’ paradise. The ideal time for a “second summer” sojourn at any of these six golf resorts is autumn, when temperatures average 70 ...