10-26-2005, 03:14 PM
Hi Polly,
Before we moved over a year ago, we bought rain suits from Cabelas. They are gore-tex. You can go to www.cabelas.com and then click on "clothing casual" and then "Gore-Tex". They have several selections. I think we bought the Gore-Tex EXV with no liners. They are pretty pricey, but they work really well. I haven't worn mine as much as I thought I would, but my husband keeps his in the jeep and has used it several times at work. It will get hot if it's a real muggy day, but in the cool rainy days, it's not too bad. We're in Mountain View - so maybe a little cooler than your temps will be.
About the rain you experienced in mid Sept - I checked my rain log (we have a rain gage and keep totals) and yes, it did rain a lot - we had 17.9 inches at our place on the days you mentioned, and 39 inches total for the month. The next highest month was March with 38.3 inches. Our grand total for the year so far is 203.6! According to some locals, the rain has been decreasing from what it was years back. We do get rain almost every day. Sometimes it will skip 2-3 days.
Hope this helps,
Emily
Before we moved over a year ago, we bought rain suits from Cabelas. They are gore-tex. You can go to www.cabelas.com and then click on "clothing casual" and then "Gore-Tex". They have several selections. I think we bought the Gore-Tex EXV with no liners. They are pretty pricey, but they work really well. I haven't worn mine as much as I thought I would, but my husband keeps his in the jeep and has used it several times at work. It will get hot if it's a real muggy day, but in the cool rainy days, it's not too bad. We're in Mountain View - so maybe a little cooler than your temps will be.
About the rain you experienced in mid Sept - I checked my rain log (we have a rain gage and keep totals) and yes, it did rain a lot - we had 17.9 inches at our place on the days you mentioned, and 39 inches total for the month. The next highest month was March with 38.3 inches. Our grand total for the year so far is 203.6! According to some locals, the rain has been decreasing from what it was years back. We do get rain almost every day. Sometimes it will skip 2-3 days.
Hope this helps,
Emily