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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]
Climate data for San Diego Int'l Airport (1991–2020 normals, [a] extremes 1874–present) [b] Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Satellite image of a strong June Gloom day, showing marine layer clouds covering the coastal regions of the counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego. The San Fernando Valley and San Gabriel Valley also are covered, with clouds spilling inland as far eastward as San Bernardino. A Catalina eddy is visible near the ...
San Diego (/ ˌ s æ n d i ˈ eɪ ɡ oʊ / ⓘ SAN dee-AY-goh, Spanish: [san ˈdjeɣo]) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.3 million, it is the eighth-most populous city in the United States and the second-most populous in the state of California.
The Catalina eddy wind pattern, also called the "coastal eddy" or "marine layer," is a localized weather phenomenon that occurs in the Southern California Bight, the mostly concave portion of the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to San Diego.
Along with Frank Batten, he co-founded The Weather Channel and briefly served as its chief executive officer and president. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He retired from broadcasting in 2014 after nearly 61 years, having worked the last 20 years at KUSI-TV in San Diego .
On November 5, 2010, Commander Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command (CNMOC) [2] established Fleet Weather Center San Diego (FWC-SD). This served to relocate all maritime and aviation services to San Diego, and consolidate all weather services provided across the Third, Fifth and Seventh Fleet Areas of Responsibility(AOR) in order to consolidate weather services for the Pacific and Indian ...
[57] [58] Because of their irregular and short-lived nature, the San Diego National Weather Service considers it "nearly impossible to forecast a Southern California tornado before it touches down." The agency utilizes a volunteer group of more than 1,300 volunteers to report local severe weather. [ 59 ]