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Old 04-18-2009, 01:39 PM
 
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I'll take June Gloom over the Santa Ana winds anytime!

Not only does the Santa Ana destroy my sinuses, it also makes my skin itch all over.
June gloom also keeps it from getting too hot in the afternoon. I'll take June over August any time
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Old 04-18-2009, 01:42 PM
 
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It's pretty dry here. It normally goes months at a time without any rain. Average rainfall is about 12" a year but we get years with half that, then one with double. We do get some humidity in August and September though. I flew home from Denver to OC last August and thought I'd landed in Texas when I walked out of the airport here.
Last summer was unusually humid, wasn't it? That subject came up in conversation with another poster last night.
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Old 04-18-2009, 01:50 PM
 
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Last summer was unusually humid, wasn't it? That subject came up in conversation with another poster last night.
I keep thinking that too but I wonder if we're just forgetting from year to year since it's only a couple months that are really bad.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:42 PM
 
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I love LA weather! The commuting is the same for me in Toronto, only you are not driving in a blinding blizzard and it doesn't take an extra 20 minutes to remove the snow and ice from the windows of your car! You can get up and go all year long without all that winter gear and shoveling to do. It is very very dry in the winter, fall and half of spring.....summer all 2 months of it is very humid and gross with mosquitoes and black flies eating at you.
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Old 04-18-2009, 03:50 PM
 
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Try visitng the islands in BC for a week of crazt storms, people actually go to be a part of the storms.
I go to Leamington Ontario and they have really heavy down pours with crazy thunder and lightening. It's pretty exciting to be there for it.
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Old 04-18-2009, 08:34 PM
 
Location: los angeles
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Last summer was unusually humid, wasn't it? That subject came up in conversation with another poster last night.
If you are a weather watcher like me than you get a sense of our climate. There is a definite shift toward humid conditions starting in early July. It seems every year that once June & the morning clouds regime end it becomes increasingly humid. Coastal SoCal is on the fringe of the summer monsoon season that strongly effects Arizona & the deserts of SoCal. Ever travel to Palm Springs during July & August? Yes, it is incredibly hot but it is also very humid & at times unbearable. Moist air flows into the Southwest from the Gulf of California\ Sea of Cortez & thunderstorms can be quite strong. Some of those thunderstorms can be seen over the mountains east of LA. This is a normal seasonal flow of warm humid air from the tropics. Some years can be worst than others. Anyone remember 2006? It was horribly humid & quite hot [ie. Woodland Hills recorded 119F one afternoon] across California & over 100 people died of heat stoke [mostly old folks in the Central Valley when AC broke down].

Some people try to say that SoCal is not humid & compared to the Midwest & South it is quite a bit less muggy but that doesn't mean we have dry summers. It doesn't rain over the LA Basin during summer [except remnants of weak thunderstorms w/ hardly any rainfall] but humidity is definitely a characteristic of our summer climate. Ask anyone from Northern California when they are visiting Los Angeles in July or August!

I hate the humidity but what can we do but stay indoors during the day & enjoy the mild summer evenings.
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Old 04-18-2009, 08:41 PM
 
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It's supposed to be in the low 90's over the next couple of days.

Ugh .....
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Old 04-18-2009, 10:14 PM
 
Location: Outside of Los Angeles
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It's supposed to be in the low 90's over the next couple of days.

Ugh .....
Yeah, I guess summer is here a little early. When we get hot weather in LA, we have smog too which makes it worse.
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Old 04-18-2009, 10:18 PM
 
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So how will somebody who is moving (ME!) to L.A. this summer from Florida like the weather? I can take heat, but this Florida weather is too extreme for me.
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Old 04-18-2009, 10:59 PM
 
Location: los angeles
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Yeah, I guess summer is here a little early. When we get hot weather in LA, we have smog too which makes it worse.
That's not true. Offshore wind blows the air pollution out to sea. Air quality will be fine over the next few days but the temperature will be pretty uncomfortable. Today was beautiful.
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