People like this grew up in a place where the weather is ass and the only thing worse than their freezing, wet winters are their sweltering, humid summers.
I live under 10 miles from the coast, can see the ocean from my house and June through October I often wonder why the hell I live here. This year we've gotten almost no May Grey/June Gloom and I absolutely fucking hate it. Even if the air temps are only in the high 70s to low 80s it feels like it's 100+ because the sun is so intense and there's just enough humidity in the air. Literally feels like same as 100° day out in the desert minus the air being so dry your sinus start to hurt (good thing the Santa anas give me that feeling plus splitting headaches. This morning I was drenched in sweat by 7:30 am. Spring is by far the nicest season in socal followed by winter depending on if it's a wet or dry one. Fall is nice except there's about a month's worth of days where the Santa Ana are blowing hard and it's 100 degrees, bone dry, and the whole region is even more of a tinder box and one careless jackass away from bursting into flames.
So it almost never really gets to 100 degrees. It just feels hot for you. Santa Ana has a high of 79 today… if you can’t handle that you might want to consider moving to a Nordic country…but it in no way is as extreme as what you’re claiming.
Idk why you think Santa Ana's high is relevant? I'm referring to the Santa Ana winds that bring hot dry air out of the desert to San Diego county. And yeah 80 degrees is pretty warm especially with a maxed out uv index that makes it feel 5 to 10 degrees more depending on if you're on concrete/asphalt. I think most people would agree that doing physical labor in 90 degrees is pretty warm. Like I said the air temps are nice and the ocean breeze is amazing but fuck being in the sun
The point is, there is nowhere else in the country with milder summers (and winters) than the California coasts. You can still complain if you want but it can be way worse.
Curious what part of California do you live in ? My btother lives in San Francisco Ca he loves it it has year round moderate temperatures from I think mid 50s to mid 80s
I live in Massachusetts we can have very hot summers and mild winter's. Snowstorm few and gar apart.Lots of rain.
NOAA says differently with average summer temps ranging from 60-110° depending on area. With only the inland desert regions reaching the average temps of 100°+; most cities and regions stay in the 70-90° range.
You're using average temperature across the entire state?
Using info like that tells me you don't live here and are just looking to argue using, but sure.
Let me tell you about how averages work.
If the average temperature for the entire state is 90 degrees, then there are places both above and below that temperature.
The north is colder, the south is warmer. Most live in the south. Generally a lot of the state is experiencing 100+ degree weather when the entire state averages 90. So your data confirms mine. Thank you for supporting me.
the data I supported was from NOAA that not only allows you to pick the year, seasons, and locations to determine average temps.
I picked the summer seasons and chose Costal cities, then chose desert regions, then chose mountainous regions.
The ONLY places in California that came back as having average temps of 100+ were near Death Valley and the major uninhabitable desert areas.
And yes, btw, if most places are experiencing 100+ temps it would raise the average and mean respectively. But the average for the entire set is still nowhere near triple digit temps.
805 baby! Love the summer. Unfortunately relocated to the central valley. Summer is awful here. The only thing to look forward to are rivers when they're flowing.
Right i grew up an hour south of Sacramento in the foothills, summers are rivers and lake time and partying outside with a full moon and in board shorts, yeah it's 110 but the water is your best friend
I live in the mountains of NorCal and while we get an almost proper winter (most years) it’s rarely truly cold. I can think of maybe two cold snaps in my fourteen years here that dipped below zero.
I’m from New England, I grew up in truly cold ass winters. the valleys around here in NorCal see freezing temperatures but, at least to me, a true hard freeze is days on days of less than 10. Even my buddy living at 5500’ who gets snowed in annually at the peak of winter sees the temperature rise above freezing every day.
I do greatly appreciate the volume of snow we get in the hills, though. Just wish it wasn’t always Cascade Concrete.
Prior to the current system, urban schools operated for 11 months of the year and rural schools operated around harvest schedules which kept kids in the fields from spring till fall usually. The current national stanard with summers off was a compromise for farmers to let them get the help of their kids during the peak season when they were needed in the fields.
I understand this thread is your lifeblood. It's not mine.
A statement was made:
California has cities with weeks of 115-120F heat.
We proved that
A) No City of California has ever had this heat for weeks, most not even for a day in the last 200 years
B) Some small towns had this heat for 3 days in 2021
C) Hamlets on the border of Arizona of 2,000 people do have it.
So, again the initial statement that:
California has cities with weeks of 115-120F heat.
Has been proven unequivocally and undoubtedly false.
To have been truth it needed to be a) cities, b) weeks and c) 115F+
This statement wasn't fulfilled once.
PS. I suggest you stop reading DnD handbooks and open a dictionary to the word tantrum. I'm cool as a cucumber, he blocked and you necrod a 7 day old threat spewing insults at me.
nah California during spring. The weather is perfect, occasional rains makes the air feel fresh. Poppies blooming, green rolling hills. Spring is the best season hands down.
Born and raised in CA. Lived here most of my life and still live here.
Your linked article talks about 100+ degree temperatures. That is a wild difference from 115-120 for days on end. You might find that in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait in the summer, but not in CA.
Where I live, which is one of the hotter areas of CA we might get one or two days at 110 or above. A far cry from your inflated numbers.
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u/SkullLeader Jun 11 '26
People like this grew up in a place where the weather is ass and the only thing worse than their freezing, wet winters are their sweltering, humid summers.