What is the Brookings Effect?
The Brookings Effect is an intriguing meteorological effect which causes the climate around Brookings, Oregon, to remain temperate almost year-round. In the winter, when the rest of Oregon is cold and wet, Brookings can experience warm, sunny days which would seem more appropriate in the summer months. The Brookings Effect creates the weather conditions which lead Oregonians to refer to the area as the Banana Belt; locals also sometimes call the Brookings Effect the Chetco Effect, naming it after a major river in the area.
