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California's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate, with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter. The influence of the ocean generally moderates temperature extremes, creating warmer winters and substantially cooler summers in coastal areas.
Summers are warm to hot, and nearly completely dry. The summer temperature pattern usually begins in late June or early July, and lasts through September or October, although it may start as early as late May. In August, the average high/low at the University of Southern California downtown campus are 84.8 °F (29.3 °C) and 65.6 °F (18.7 °C).
NOAA predicts California's summer temperatures will be 33% to 50% above average. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) Californians can expect hotter-than-average temperatures this summer.
For its 2024 summer outlook, the almanac states that California will see hot and dry conditions. The almanac forecasts that it will likely be “warm, hot, and muggy” for most of the country.
The climate of San Diego, California, is classified as a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa).While the basic climate features hot, sunny, and dry summers, and cooler, wetter winters, San Diego is more arid than the typical Mediterranean climate and consists of relatively dry winters compared to other zones with this type of climate. [2]
For the first time in over two decades, some of the highest peaks across California's Sierra Nevada could see snow in August. The unusually strong, early season storm is bringing fall-like weather ...
The Gulf and South Atlantic states have a humid subtropical climate with mostly mild winters and hot, humid summers. Most of the Florida peninsula including Tampa and Jacksonville, along with other coastal cities like Houston, New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston and Wilmington all have average summer highs from near 90 to the lower 90s F, and lows generally from 70 to 75 °F (21 to 24 °C ...
During the summer months when the sun warms the North Pacific, the subtropical ridge bends north between Hawaii and California, and in doing so blocks moist air from flowing off the ocean and onto ...