Downtown San Diego: No May Grey/June Gloom? (August, Del Mar: live, gym)

[Javilo]

Does downtown San Diego not get May Grey/June Gloom? Any other SD coastal areas not get the fog?
Thanks for any info.

[Clevelandgal]

It does, but clears out before the coast. The 5 is a pretty good dividing line. The marine layer likes to hang a bit west of there. Also if you go just a tiny bit further east, North Park comes to mind,things turn sunny even faster. We used to go to the gym there and if it was not sunny by 11am, it wasn't going to be sunny for the day. I live and work west of 5, so things can stay soupy a good part of the day in may and June, but believe me I'm not complaining. I like sea air more than all day sunshine.

[NYSD1995]

Yes, downtown gets it. Socked in almost through July this year, fog banks even.

[tstieber]

We lived downtown for about six months and found it to get a lot of the May Grey/June Gloom (and as someone pointed out, more often in July in past years than is historically typical). But August gets the real summer warmth, humidity, and clear skies.

I actually found an enormous difference between downtown and our place near the 8 and 15 freeways, which is much sunnier. Downtown can often be socked in all day and never clear, while it's sunny just 8-10 miles inland.

Nevertheless, downtown SD is a little more "inland" than the immediate coast, beaing on the shores of a bay and not the ocean, plus the coastal bluffs in Point Loma do block the marine layer a little bit. It's foggier still in Point Loma, where it hangs around the hills.

[1AngryTaxPayer]

Originally Posted by tstieber

We lived downtown for about six months and found it to get a lot of the May Grey/June Gloom (and as someone pointed out, more often in July in past years than is historically typical). But August gets the real summer warmth, humidity, and clear skies.

I actually found an enormous difference between downtown and our place near the 8 and 15 freeways, which is much sunnier. Downtown can often be socked in all day and never clear, while it's sunny just 8-10 miles inland.

Nevertheless, downtown SD is a little more "inland" than the immediate coast, beaing on the shores of a bay and not the ocean, plus the coastal bluffs in Point Loma do block the marine layer a little bit. It's foggier still in Point Loma, where it hangs around the hills.

You will also see times when the only holes in the marine layer will be over both of the bays due to the water temp difference. It's kinda cool and a good time to go to the beach when everyone else thinks it's foggy.

[sdurbanite]

No need to be afraid of May Gray and June Gloom. It's not like you won't see the sun for 2 months straight

[Clevelandgal]

In my opinion, in many ways downtown has the perfect climate. Not too hot and decent clearing of marine layer. I'm a little crazy in that east of balboa park gets toasty for me a lot of the time. Personally I love sea air so much, that a little more marine layer is a more than acceptable trade off to be so close to the ocean where we live now. For heat sensitive people who don't like fog, then downtown is near perfect.

[tonyinsd]

Not recently. It's been toasty downtown.

[bigdaddy5]

The marine layer over La Jolla/Del Mar in the late afternoons blocks the sunsets.

The silhouette of the clouds look like a big mountain range in the distance.

[windnsea00]

Originally Posted by Clevelandgal

In my opinion, in many ways downtown has the perfect climate. Not too hot and decent clearing of marine layer. I'm a little crazy in that east of balboa park gets toasty for me a lot of the time. Personally I love sea air so much, that a little more marine layer is a more than acceptable trade off to be so close to the ocean where we live now. For heat sensitive people who don't like fog, then downtown is near perfect.

I completely agree. Having lived in La Jolla, my move downtown was a dramatic improvement in avoiding the marine layer. Not to mention it is near the bay so the temperature still stays moderate compared to the inland areas, pretty much the best weather in SD if you want plenty of sun but not the valley heat.