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I wouldn't want to miss Spring in SF, though. It's just too nice, especially once baseball season gets going. In April and May, there's not a much better place to be than AT&T Park...except maybe sipping Pinot Noir on the Sonoma Coast.
I love the Holidays in NYC. Other than that time of year, I'll take SF and the Bay Area.
SF is actually quite warm in April and October--often over 80 for days at a time. Otherwise, in Spring and Fall, 70s are quite common. Clouds are rare, too, and the air is clean, making the sun intense. It also never rains from March to November and is clear and sunny. I wear shorts and a t-shirt most of Spring, all Summer and most of Fall. When the air gets more damp in Winter, the 60s don't feel as warm. Plus, the wind picks up, so it does get chilly...but never really cold.
You seem to share in a common misconception about SF weather, based on visits made by people in Summer coming from very hot climates. Our Summer is not hot, but in about half the City, it is like Spring most other places. The other half is close to how you describe for short periods, but amazingly even and predictable most of the time. In general, SF is mid-50s at night and high 60s and sunny during the day for about 7-8 months per year. It's high-40s at night and low 60s, with a mix of sun and rain for about 3 months per year. And for a couple of weeks in both April and October, it's high-60s at night and low-80s during the day.
That's true-I came both times in or near the Summer and was visiting from hot weather. Often the low temps on the East Coast over the Summer will be higher than the high temps in SF, while of course the high temps in Philly are often lower than the low temps in SF in the Winter-pick your poison.
Today SF has a high of 66 and Philly is 41 haha we will still be outside all day though.
Today SF has a high of 66 and Philly is 41 haha we will still be outside all day though.
haha, pretty sure that's just the default high they put up for SF (for any day, any month)
While that isn't an exact summation of the capable high's throughout SF, it's still sadly close enough to be seen as true though. Blessing and curse I suppose. More of a blessing for me as I grew up on the western side so I'm used to the 'bad' side of SF weather, and now I live by the ballpark and I'm too hot a lot of the time..
One thing that isn't very often noticed is the amount of natural beauty near (and sometimes within) NYC. The Bay Area generally wins on this front, but the passage of seasons in NYC gives a much more dramatic variation. The Hudson River valley is beautiful and large parts of Long Island are as well (though I wish Long Island had left larger expanses reserved from development).
The Hudson River valley is very pretty. And parts of Chicago are very pretty. It's just hard to beat SF on natural beauty, being a large part of what makes it special.
I don't really dig the style of the house itself, but that location and surroundings are beautiful. That would likely be a $3-$4 million place in a comparable area near San Francisco.
Does Lake Michigan along Chicago freeze up during the winter? What about the Chicago River?
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haha we will still be outside all day though.
