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Mediterranean > Tropical > Subtropical. I've worn heavy coats in freezing weather during many winters. California's COOL (as opposed to cold/freezing) winter nights are just fine by me. Moderate days are even better, and I definitely prefer moderate to warm/humid or hot/muggy.
in the valleys in los angeles it will get below freezing a handful times a year. I guess if you dress for it, it really isn't bad especially when the sun comes out and warms everything up real quick.... but in the tropics the mornings are nice and comfortable even in shorts, and a tee. There is no planning needed. In LA, I often needed a hoody when the sun dropped.
This one is for you GDK.Which Climate would you Prefer to live in Year Round. Subtropical:Florida,Jamaica,Carribean Islands, ETC.Humid,Rains Everyday,Best Winters!!
Mediterranean Climate(Ca): Dry,Comfortable, and Pleasant Year Round.
Depends where...
Prefer SoCal weather to Subtropical... but prefer Subtropical to the "mediterranean climate" which exists in the Bay Area and north, it's a bit too mild/rainy/foggy.
Tropical can be a bit stifling... like key west, everglades... the humidity down there is different than central/north florida.
Mediterranean weather is much better in the summer. Subtropical is better in the winter. Subtropical is greener and has far more precipitation. Mediterrenean is drier, more mild and experiences higher diurnal swings due to less humidity and thus lower latent heat in the air
Now, with all that. Give me Mediterranean any day. It's got all the perks of a subtropical climate without all the bugs and oppressive humidity.
People don't realize it but Florida gets a lot of overcast weather. It's been rainy and overcast for 2 weeks now. I feel like I'm in Seattle, but at least they get some cool temps to go with it. It's cloudy out and the heat index is 96 degrees! I stepped outside and it felt awful. If I want heat I'll go to AZ where at least it's sunny and pretty.
I hate this dump of a swamp, ever year I pray that the big hurricane will hit us.
Depends where...
Prefer SoCal weather to Subtropical... but prefer Subtropical to the "mediterranean climate" which exists in the Bay Area and north, it's a bit too mild/rainy/foggy.
Isn't that more of a micro-climate thing, though? I mean doesn't Alameda/Oakland get the same type of temperature and humidity, being just across the bridge, but without all the fog that SanFrancisco gets? It seemed that way to me when I visited once before and booked a hotel in Alameda but treked through SF during the days.
Isn't that more of a micro-climate thing, though? I mean doesn't Alameda/Oakland get the same type of temperature and humidity, being just across the bridge, but without all the fog that SanFrancisco gets? It seemed that way to me when I visited once before and booked a hotel in Alameda but treked through SF during the days.
the humidity dies quickly in california as you go inland.
Isn't that more of a micro-climate thing, though? I mean doesn't Alameda/Oakland get the same type of temperature and humidity, being just across the bridge, but without all the fog that SanFrancisco gets? It seemed that way to me when I visited once before and booked a hotel in Alameda but treked through SF during the days.
Oakland does get fog but it clears up quicker than SF.
As far as humidity, its cold marine wetness, same as SF. Not muggy heat such as if found in places that are known for being humidity.
I think the mediterranean climate in northern CA is essentially only the San Francisco bay area and a very narrow strip of land going down the coast all the way to Baja. But it's a cooler mediterranean in the SF bay area. Within the 'bowl' of land that makes up the east bay area, (hills separate it from the hotter inland) temps tends to stay between 65 to 75 most of the year, especially right across from the Golden Gate bridge in Berkeley. There are almost constant gentle breezes, the air actually sparkles, and you kind of forget that humans ever perspire. In the winter it rains and can get down into the 50's, rarely the 40's, but usually warms up into the 50's/60's by afternoon. There's occasional fog, but much less than SF, and in the flatlands usually burns off by 9:00a, while in the hills it occurs mostly in the evening. There are abundant flowers year round. To me this is the perfect mediterranean climate, cooled by Pacific ocean breezes. If you go east through the tunnel to the land on the other side of the hills, the temp might go from 70 to 95 in 2 minutes, and of course if you go to Sacramento it might be 100, while still 70 in Berkeley.
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.Which Climate would you Prefer to live in Year Round.
