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41 Celsius, for the rest of us.

zik 9y ago
41 is definitely warm but I think San Francisco has a pretty gentle climate in general. For comparison Melbourne Australia has a climate which is mostly similar to San Francisco but we also get temperatures over 41 Celsius every summer. Usually we get a couple of weeks in that range each year. Our record temperature was 47 Celcius (116 Fahrenheit).
- jacobolus 9y ago
  For comparison the hottest previously recorded September 1 in San Francisco was only 32°C in 1952. (Mentioned in the article as 90°F)
- dghughes 9y ago
  One 37°S latitude and one 37°N latitude from the equator I could have sworn Melbourne was much closer to the south pole. That gap in the ocean looks much smaller than San Francisco to the north pole. I live in that gap it's called Canada.
  - kijin 9y ago
    The gap south of Australia is in fact smaller than Canada. The problem is that there's a whole continent between the gap and the South Pole, and most maps truncate Antarctica near the coastline.
- selectodude 9y ago
  San Francisco has one of the strangest microclimates in the world, with the mountains and the bay and the ocean all surrounding it on three sides. Mark Twain once (didn't, apparently, say, but it holds up) said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
  - njarboe 9y ago
    The main thing keeping SF cool in the summer is a cold ocean due to the current coming from Alaska, high coastal ranges north and south of SF, and the large central valley to the east. The air in the central valley heats up and rises causing a strong flow of cool air to move from over the Pacific Ocean, across San Francisco and the Bay, into the central valley. This keeps the Bay area relatively cool in the summers. Sometimes this flow is interrupted for various reasons and things can heat up quite quickly. Especially if the wind starts bring in hot air from the east.
  - thebigspacefuck 9y ago
    I thought he meant emotionally cold
- vram22 9y ago
  >41 is definitely warm Some people in India consider 40 deg C or above (or really, even temp near 40, like 38 or 39) to be pretty hot. Though it does get even hotter at times, in some places. Interestingly, I read (I think a couple of years back) that the state of Kerala (which has a lot of rain and trees, so should generally be cooler than an equivalent place without those) had temps of around 50 deg C that summer.
- Graziano_M 9y ago
  It reached 114F just south of SF yesterday, SF is always going to be colder, surrounded on three sides with water.

zik 9y ago

41 is definitely warm but I think San Francisco has a pretty gentle climate in general. For comparison Melbourne Australia has a climate which is mostly similar to San Francisco but we also get temperatures over 41 Celsius every summer. Usually we get a couple of weeks in that range each year. Our record temperature was 47 Celcius (116 Fahrenheit).

jacobolus 9y ago
For comparison the hottest previously recorded September 1 in San Francisco was only 32°C in 1952. (Mentioned in the article as 90°F)
dghughes 9y ago
One 37°S latitude and one 37°N latitude from the equator I could have sworn Melbourne was much closer to the south pole. That gap in the ocean looks much smaller than San Francisco to the north pole. I live in that gap it's called Canada.
- kijin 9y ago
  The gap south of Australia is in fact smaller than Canada. The problem is that there's a whole continent between the gap and the South Pole, and most maps truncate Antarctica near the coastline.
selectodude 9y ago
San Francisco has one of the strangest microclimates in the world, with the mountains and the bay and the ocean all surrounding it on three sides. Mark Twain once (didn't, apparently, say, but it holds up) said "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."
- njarboe 9y ago
  The main thing keeping SF cool in the summer is a cold ocean due to the current coming from Alaska, high coastal ranges north and south of SF, and the large central valley to the east. The air in the central valley heats up and rises causing a strong flow of cool air to move from over the Pacific Ocean, across San Francisco and the Bay, into the central valley. This keeps the Bay area relatively cool in the summers. Sometimes this flow is interrupted for various reasons and things can heat up quite quickly. Especially if the wind starts bring in hot air from the east.
- thebigspacefuck 9y ago
  I thought he meant emotionally cold
vram22 9y ago
>41 is definitely warm Some people in India consider 40 deg C or above (or really, even temp near 40, like 38 or 39) to be pretty hot. Though it does get even hotter at times, in some places. Interestingly, I read (I think a couple of years back) that the state of Kerala (which has a lot of rain and trees, so should generally be cooler than an equivalent place without those) had temps of around 50 deg C that summer.
Graziano_M 9y ago
It reached 114F just south of SF yesterday, SF is always going to be colder, surrounded on three sides with water.