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Tone[edit]

This article does not have the serious tone required of an encyclopedic article, it also does not list key facts such as lowest and highest temperatures on record Mwv2 01:34, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Title[edit]

Simply making it capitalized correctly, this article would be San Diego climate. However, I would recommend moving it to Climate of San Diego, California to be consistent with Beaches in San Diego, California, Parks in San Diego, California, History of San Diego, California, List of high schools in San Diego, California, Public transportation in San Diego County, California, Geography and climate of Singapore, Climate of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Climate of Toledo, Ohio, etc., and to make it clear it's not the same 'type' of thing as Oceanic climate, et al. 76.22.4.86 03:14, 12 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, it should be moved to "Climate of San Diego, California" I don't know how to do this yet though.Mwv2 22:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Climate[edit]

Is it Mediterranean climate or Semi-arid climate? We need cited material.
Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 10:58, 17 March 2008 (UTC) It is NOT a Mediterranean climate--it is a cool Steppe climate (BSk). I could probably find cited material, but it is not difficult to calculate.Pegminer (talk) 23:35, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

San Diego has distinct microclimates. Coastal areas are steppe (BSh or BSk depending upon whether one chooses to recognize the mildness of the winter or the very mild summer); somewhat higher, moister locations slightly inland have Csb or Csa microclimates. Drier inland locations shielded by sea breezes are definitely BSh. See also Greater Los Angeles and even the San Francisco Bay Area which have cool-summer and hot-summer Mediterranean climates and some distinct steppe areas.

Characterizing the climate of a city on a climatic boundary (New York City for the Cfa-Dfa boundary going within the city limits; Coney Island is Cfa, but the Bronx is Dfa)is tricky.Pbrower2a (talk) 03:02, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Third driest?[edit]

Heard on the weather channel that San Diego was the third driest city in the US with 322 rain-free days (or thereabouts), behind Phoenix (#2) and Los Angeles. While there are a lot of sites quoting them with Phoenix, cannot find anything on San Diego to use as a WP:FOOT. Anyone want to try? Student7 (talk) 21:40, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

But when it rains it pours. Pbrower2a (talk) 03:21, 4 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Minor inconsistency in sunny/partly sunny days[edit]

Section 2 says "146 sunny days and 117 partly cloudy days a year". That sums to 263 days. Section 5 says "The national average for mostly sunny days is 213 while San Diego's is 267." I don't think that you can have more "mostly sunny days", 267, than combined "sunny" and "partly cloudy" days. I looked at the citations but couldn't figure out which stats were correct.

Neil Smithline (talk) 16:36, 7 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

More places[edit]

In article, there are climate data for San Diego Int'l Airport, only. Whether there are other meteorological stations in the city or metropolitan area (like as Los Angeles)? Subtropical-man talk
(en-2) 20:22, 27 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Snow at Lake Cuyamaca not noteworthy[edit]

There is text under Snow which reads, "Lake Cuyamaca Campground experienced a light dusting of snow in 2017."

This is likely true, but not noteworthy and perhaps misleading in the sense that it suggests that the event was rare.

Lake Cuyamaca sits at 4,613 feet above sea level, and snow at or near Lake Cuyamaca is fairly common. This is already covered as a more general statement in the previous sentence, where it reads, "...light snow is common in mountainous regions of east and north San Diego County above 3,000–4,000 feet..."

I would suggest removing the sentence about Lake Cuyamaca.

Jbrennen (talk) 18:31, 27 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Climate chart updated?[edit]

I'm sure the climate chart is accurate for whatever time period it refers to. However I must say the new average high for July & Aug is roughly 5 degrees Fahrenheit higher than what is listed (and perhaps the low at least 2 degrees higher.) Of course I'm not asking anyone to take my word for it, but it would be nice to have historical data that states the time period that it covers. Averages do change as the decades go by. Even the water temperature is exceeding 80deg Fahrenheit during the Summer in San Diego https://fox5sandiego.com/2018/07/26/water-temperature-hits-80-degrees-in-del-mar/ .

Also perhaps the chart refers to areas 0-5 miles from the coast, while 5-10 miles from the coast can be much higher, but all within the city of San Diego.

EDIT: someone went overboard on the climate chart revisions, July/Aug average high is roughly mid 80s F, with an average low of 70 F.

 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sly Snake (talk • contribs) 15:28, 29 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

mean maxima and mean minima[edit]

In the monthly averages table, mean maxima and mean minima entries are wrong in the year column — Preceding unsigned comment added by GS-216.1993 (talk • contribs) 16:45, 18 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]