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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.
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
California oak woodlands, in Gaviota State Park, near Santa Barbara, California. The region has been heavily affected by grazing, logging, dams, and water diversions, intensive agriculture and urbanization, as well as competition by numerous introduced
Southern California has equal chances of temperatures being above or below normal. All regions of the state have an equal chance of getting above or below normal precipitation, the Climate ...
This is a list of regions of California, organized by location. Northern California. Central California. Central California. Central Valley; Central Coast (North) ...
The project is being financed by a $644,411 grant from the Governor's Office of Planning and Research in California, and is a collaboration between the Kounkuey Design Initiative, the Oasis ...
In 1841, Cadwalader Ringgold, an officer in the United States Navy, spent twenty days surveying the San Francisco Bay watershed as a member of the United States Exploring Expedition In 1849, Cadwalader Ringgold began a more comprehensive survey the San Francisco Bay region, [11] the Sacramento River, and parts of the American and created several maps which included depth sounding information ...
Every day leading up to the spring equinox, California will gain roughly two minutes of additional sunlight, according to Time and Date, an online global watch. On Wednesday, the sun will set at 5 ...