Dear Californians, you ever get sick of the amazing weather? (Los Angeles: best weather, metro)

[Senno]

Your current "missus" ain't that liberal eh.

[mateo45]

Only where it counts....

[chessgeek]

Of course the translation of this question is really: "Those Californians that live within thirty or so miles of the coast, do you ever get sick of the perfect weather?"

I was on a local trail yesterday and a guy that was visiting his son's family during the holidays spoke about the weather in Grass Valley (in the Sierras) where he lived. Four seasons and winter weather in the teens is not uncommon. I used to know someone in Truckee and that is even more frigid. So is South Lake Tahoe.

Then you have desert communities like Palm Springs, El Centro, Barstow, and Needles, and the easternmost suburbs of the LA region that have intolerable summer heat. Other cities with often severe summer heat IMO are Sacramento, most of the Central Valley, Chico, Redding, and Paso Robles.

I live in an area of Calfornia with a nearly perfect climate and I do not get sick of it. I do like seeing snow at a distance, though. I really like it when nearby Toro Peak in our area (Salinas region) gets a dusting of snow in the winter. It does not always happen...makes for a nice photograph. On rare occasions a dusting of snow can get as low as Laureles Grade (about halfway between Salinas and Monterey) and that is at just 1,500 feet elevation.

Overall, I have gotten used to the "perfect" weather. We do need a little more rain this year and hopefully that falls overnight. Aren't we spoiled compared to much of the country and even other areas of California!

[chessgeek]

Originally Posted by Think4Yourself

Oh, and if you really do like beer check out San Diego as it is America's #1 beer city. We have more award winning local breweries than any other county in the country (almost 90 at last count which actually bottle and brew their own while there are dozens more who brew but only sell out of their pub and don't bottle). There is just a huge variety of very high quality local beers here even before you start looking at beers from outside the county.

Perfect weather and a variety of great beers is a winning combination! I have a couple friends in the San Diego area, too. One of them does not drink, but the other guy does. Twenty years ago the first choice for alcohol down there would have been a margarita in Old Town. Now it is micro brews!

[MountainGuy74]

Seriously the weather in Southern California is pretty boring. Even though I live in the San Bernardino mountains where we DO have 4 seasons the constant and daily sunshine gets old after a while. It would be nice to have a few cold and cloudy days and some much needed rain. I've got 2 cords of firewood for the winter and have barely used any because it's just not as cold as it should be. We need rain and snow very badly otherwise this drought is going to get much worse.

[Fargobound]

California is going to face the perfect storm next summer if this drought holds.

1. Poor planting conditions for both legal and illegal crops.
2. Power generation is up in the air
3. Very dry brush making for very big fires

I hope you guys get some rain soon.

[Chimérique]

Originally Posted by chessgeek

Then you have desert communities like Palm Springs, El Centro, Barstow, and Needles, and the easternmost suburbs of the LA region that have intolerable summer heat. Other cities with often severe summer heat IMO are Sacramento, most of the Central Valley, Chico, Redding, and Paso Robles.

Sorry but anyone who groups Sacramento with the desert or the rest of the Central Valley and calls our summer "severe" needs to be corrected. Here we go again, coastal Californians pumping misinformation about Sacramento weather.

Sacramento summer weather has more comfortable-tolerable days, nights and mornings than most of the USA. Sacramento has the perfect humidity levels for temps in the 80's, 90's and high temps - 10-25%, neither bone dry, nor humid. Our humidity levels bring our heat index down 3-10 degrees on average in the summer. Most of the USA experiences higher heat indexes than Sacramento on average throughout the summer.

If fact, it cools so much on a typical summer night in Sacramento that our low summer temps are on par with the Pacific northwest(Seattle/Portland) not the southwest(Vegas/Phx).

Salinas/Monterey for many people is just too darn "cold" in the summer, rarely gets above 70 in the middle of the summer, too much fog and low clouds, rarely a full day of sunshine in the 80's/90's

Sacramento has 320 days of sunshine a year - now that might be too much for some - but we just head 1 hour southwest to the Bay Area if we want low clouds and fog in the summer.

90 in Sacramento, feels more like 84 on average and it cools in the evening and night into the high 50's with very comfortable mornings in the summer on average.

[GoldenZephyr]

To the OP, no, no, and no. I love love love the climate here.

Coastal southern California is the best in the world for me.

Morning low clouds and fog, perfect mixture of temperature and humidity.
Giving way to gentle hazy afternoon sun (filtered nicely so it doesn't burn) again, perfect mixture of temperature and humidity
Then, in the evening, the low clouds and fog roll back in and tuck in you in a night for a cozy sleep.

[Chimérique]

Number of Days where High Temp was 90 degrees or more, adjusted by Heat Index:

July 2013 data: These numbers are consistent with 30-40 year averages throughout the summer months.

31 days - Fresno, CA
30 days - Austin, TX
29 days - Dallas, TX
29 days - Orlando, FL

18 days - Washington, D.C.
15 days - St. Louis, MO
13 days - Sacramento, CA
8 days - Pasadena, CA
3 days - Portland, OR

2 days - San Jose, CA
1 day - Seattle, WA
1 day - Los Angeles, CA

[Radical347]

Originally Posted by IEnjoyBeer

My question is, do you get sick of the year round warmth and sun, and virtually no change in seasons?

no