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View Poll Results: Is L.A.'s climate more like Seattle or Honolulu's?
Seattle 13 25.00%
Honolulu 39 75.00%
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Old 10-29-2014, 10:02 AM
 
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No.

LA basin has nothing as low as Canoga Park at night. sorry, but no. its all mid 60s and up. even though the averages dont express this some coastal locations and other specified microclimates see average summer lows around 70 F, seeing summer after summer with lows averaging upper 60s.
For. ****s. Sake.

Care to show us these so-called "specified" microclimates? Your bum and/or the hot air from your pie hole doesn't count by the way. Unfortunately with that criteria, you are out of luck.
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Old 10-29-2014, 10:14 AM
 
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For. ****s. Sake.

Care to show us these so-called "specified" microclimates? Your bum and/or the hot air from your pie hole doesn't count by the way. Unfortunately with that criteria, you are out of luck.
I find it hard to believe how coastal locations would have lows warmer than the surrounding sea
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Old 10-29-2014, 10:39 AM
 
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I find it hard to believe how coastal locations would have lows warmer than the surrounding sea
^^


Maybe the added urban heat island?
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Old 10-29-2014, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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For. ****s. Sake.

Care to show us these so-called "specified" microclimates? Your bum and/or the hot air from your pie hole doesn't count by the way. Unfortunately with that criteria, you are out of luck.
Listen you imbecile, microclimates of the like of Costa Mesa, CA have higher summer lows than what it's average states, check wunderground data for John Wayne airport and see how those summer lows are warmer than its average. Now costs mesa which is closer to the ocean experiences warmer summer lows than the airport.
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Old 10-29-2014, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Los Angeles
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I find it hard to believe how coastal locations would have lows warmer than the surrounding sea
How is it hard to beleive when te average water temps off Newport beach are 70 F on average. Newport Beach and vicinity experiences the warmest water temps in all of SoCal. So that makes its summer lows of around 70 very true.

Get informed about the topic you are going to argue before setting yourself up.
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Old 10-29-2014, 12:35 PM
 
Location: Munich, Germany
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Listen you imbecile, microclimates of the like of Costa Mesa, CA have higher summer lows than what it's average states, check wunderground data for John Wayne airport and see how those summer lows are warmer than its average. Now costs mesa which is closer to the ocean experiences warmer summer lows than the airport.
Costa Mesa averages lows between 61 and 65°F in the summer months
Climate Costa Mesa - California and Weather averages Costa Mesa - Weather history january 2014
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Old 10-29-2014, 03:36 PM
 
Location: Denver, Colorado U.S.A.
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Having lived in the City of Orange for many years, I know that lows above 70 were rare. Even in July, it typically cooled to the low 60s at night.

I think the climate of the LA Basin and coastal plain of OC are more like Honolulu. Mainly because it doesn't freeze in winter (maybe we had an extremely light frost in Orange a couple times in 10 years) and most winter days you could still wear shorts. Plus the vegetation is mainly tropical.

The only similarities to Seattle are the cold winter rains and in L.A., the days are obviously shorter in winter, but not as short as Seattle. There's little difference in summer/winter daylight hours in Honolulu.
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Old 06-11-2016, 10:13 AM
 
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Here is a snap shot of early January and the first few days of meteorological summer this year. Looks more similar to Seattle than Honolulu. Look at the highs in the 60s in SUMMER.



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Location: Western Massachusetts
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I find it hard to believe how coastal locations would have lows warmer than the surrounding sea
It happens. An island off the coast:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_...fornia#Climate

coastal location (LAX is on the coast)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles#Climate

more heat on land, doesn't cool off fast enough in the summer.
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Old 06-12-2016, 08:30 AM
 
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It happens. An island off the coast:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_...fornia#Climate

coastal location (LAX is on the coast)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles#Climate

more heat on land, doesn't cool off fast enough in the summer.
Those places have average SST in the upper 60s in peak summer (with bouts in the 70s) with average lows in the low to mid 60s. There are occasional nights during heat waves were the overnight lows stay warmer than the adjacent SST but those are the exception. During last summer's warm epoch, the overnight lows in San Diego still dropped into the low 70s where the SST remained in the mid to upper 70s.
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