Global warming: bringing cooler temperatures and more rain to the coast

[Auggie]

San Francisco Chronicle / Wednesday, July 6, 2011

...California's coastal regions appear to be getting more rain and cold weather while inland areas such as Fresno are getting hotter, according to an analysis of 40 years of climate statistics.

The analysis, by meteorologist Jan Null, showed that average temperatures have increased since 1981 in only eight California cities surveyed compared with the 30 years starting in 1971. The information, compiled using National Climatic Data Center statistics, shows more annual rain has also fallen everywhere except in Southern California.

The data may appear to bolster the arguments of global warming skeptics, but Null said the findings actually fit in with the predictions of scientists who believe the climate is changing as a result of human-caused carbon emissions.

SNIP

Eureka, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego all cooled down slightly. Yearly temperatures in San Francisco dropped the most, by 1 degree Fahrenheit. Fresno got hotter by 1.1 degree, while annual temperatures in Redding went up 0.7 of a degree.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/05/MNDM1K6KFE.DTL#ixzz1RKwWbQK6

The growing season in wine country north of San Francisco had a slow start due to unusual Spring rain and colder temps.

[kestrel91316]

1. Well if you can call not getting up above 115F in June cooler, I guess

I'll take that. But we are having WAY more humidity with our heat than we used to.

And last night it didn't cool off much at all in this "desert". It only got down to 70 last night so the heat has a major head start for today.

Oh well. It's July in the Valley. I should know to expect varying degrees of hellish.

[Auggie]

2. The article says the inland valleys are getting warmer...

just the coast seeing slightly cooler temps.

[Le Taz Hot]

3. Funny, because the last two years

the Central Valley has gotten near record rainfall and we haven't had those gawd-awful 32-straight days of 105 and up temperatures. In fact, it SNOWED in the Sierra on Memorial Day (not unheard of but not usual) and we had 80's until like the 3rd week of June. Next week, IN JULY, it's supposed to be in the low 90's.

[mackerel]

4. I notice that too. Actually the summers have been

bare-able in the Valley since 2008.

Side note I think it's considered more climate change than global warming.

[proud patriot]

5. It snowed in the Sierra when I was up there over the 4th

[StarsInHerHair]

6. I'll take the cooler weather, I hate triple digit heatwaves