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Old 12-06-2015, 02:42 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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We're getting enough rain for the entire state way up north lately LOL!
The NW (which includes your corner of NW CA) has been getting some monsoon activity on and off since around mid-October. Hopefully, that will turn to snow up in the mountains. Snowpack is what's needed most, and will be much rarer in the future.
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Old 12-06-2015, 07:18 PM
 
Location: Santa Cruz, CA
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OR (Dave Alvin with Christy McWilson):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub_4SlRU078
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Old 12-06-2015, 07:33 PM
 
Location: Mountains of Oregon
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I love the beautiful Orange, purple, pink, etc blossoms on the fine succulents along California hillsides.....

https://www.google.com/search?q=colo...HbVIBQoQsAQISg
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Old 12-06-2015, 08:44 PM
 
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Still, the hills are much drier. I'm a SoCal native but have been gone for awhile. I visited my daughter in the Bay Area in Sept., and when she picked me up at Oakland airport, the hllls looked so weird, I wasn't even sure what they were at first...they were a weird yellow-gray color, not brown or even golden...just so very dry.
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Old 12-06-2015, 10:32 PM
 
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Southern California isn't really known for its lush greenery. I mean it gets a little bit of grass on the hills in the winter but thats it. Its not like Hawaii or The Midwestern/East Coast foresty states. Los Angeles is surrounded by vast desert. The Mountain Ranges keep the marine layer within the General LA Basin.

It really hasn't experienced any significant amounts rainfall this year. California is in a Drought.
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Old 12-07-2015, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Silicon Valley
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The NW (which includes your corner of NW CA) has been getting some monsoon activity on and off since around mid-October. Hopefully, that will turn to snow up in the mountains. Snowpack is what's needed most, and will be much rarer in the future.
This new storm is supposed to dump more snow. Fingers crossed.

I'm just glad it's only rain here.
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Old 12-07-2015, 10:10 AM
 
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In the SF Bay Area, there's only a short window in the spring when the hills are green. Then if it rains again later, they'll green up temporarily again. I agree with Ruth4Truth, the hills are usually golden.

It's sad you all haven't even had the spring green hills down South.

We're getting enough rain for the entire state way up north lately LOL!
My rain gauge says we got a little over 5.5" last month and are sitting at 1.6" so far this month. Looking forward to much more
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Old 12-07-2015, 06:18 PM
 
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I remember my first time going out to Chicago in mid July and seeing forests and green grass and lushness everywhere. It was quite a shock to see that much greenery coming from SoCal. It is pretty, but honestly IMO, I've learned to love the Mediterranean or semi arid landscapes much more. Greenery is a dime a dozen, but SoCals landscape, flora and fauna are so much more unique and interesting. Our plant life has adapted and evolved under harsher circumstances (more micro climates, varied rainfall and terrain, etc) and because of this we have much more interesting biodiversity.

Plus, if you think about it, we have our warm summer, and when it gets chillier and rainier in our winter months, our landscape comes alive.

Out anywhere east of the Mississippi, excluding Florida and the deep coastal south, winter months bring brown grass, leafless trees, AND cold miserable weather. Snow is beautiful when it first falls, but then it melts and the brown grass shows again. If it does end up sticking for a while, then your just stuck with cold temps and the snow just becomes icy, messy, and covered in black soot from the street, footprints, etc.

I much prefer the former in that situation.
took the words right out of my mouth
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Old 03-21-2022, 04:41 PM
 
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Default Orange County Hills

South Orange County in Southern California has plenty of hills, especially San Juan Capistrano inland to Ortega Highway and Talega. Those hills in a good rainy season (last one being 2016-2018), usually start to green up by late December and stay green until mid-April. After that, they slowly turn a yellowish brown color after the mustards dry out (worst time for hay-fever allergies!) By early June all hills usually are dried out to a light brown. By September, they have turned to a darker brown and the fire hazards begin. With the dryness of the Santa Ana winds by fall, October thru early December are the worst for the hills as they continue to dry out to a brittle greyish brown color, which is the driest. The cycle repeats every season and a good consistent rainy season will bring the best green colors and flowers by spring!!

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Old 03-22-2022, 08:14 AM
 
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This is a pretty old thread, but though we didn't have a "good" rainy season this year (it wasn't the worst ever, either), but the hills are green right now anyway. I was hiking in Riley Wilderness Park in south OC yesterday and it was all green.

Sure, by late spring it will be all drying up. That's normal even after a really good rainy season. Someone like the OP who "remembers" the SoCal hills being green all the time when he was a child has a faulty memory. It's never been green all year round.
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