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> Good weather The weather in San Francisco is overrated, it's always cold and windy and there are never any seasons.
by friedman23 7y ago
> Good weather
The weather in San Francisco is overrated, it's always cold and windy and there are never any seasons.
- nickv 7y agoExcept its going to be 84 and sunny today. Summers are brutal but the rest of the year is pretty nice.
- driverdan 7y ago> Summers are brutal Summers in the bay area are not even remotely brutal.
- llampx 7y agoMaybe brutal in the sense of cold and foggy when people expect it to be sunny and warm.
- BetaDeltaAlpha 7y ago84º days are brutal once you're acclimatized to 68º summers, especially in a city built for a cold windy climate.
- nickv 7y agoSorry, I know. It's a very spoiled statement. I mean they're just unexpected in SF (especially the western side of the City). It tends to be cold, wet, damp, foggy and bone chilling early morning. Not like Winters/Summers in Chicago brutal, but definitely the time I struggle with most (as a new yorker who clearly has to weather acclimated here, I know it sounds ridiculous)
- deathanatos 7y agoI grew up in the South, and worked in the Bay Area for 9 years, 7 in SF. Summers is SF are most assuredly not brutal. Most of the microclimates in the Bay Area are disgustingly peaceful, but as the parent notes, there is a distinct lack of seasons (there's approximately two: dry summers, wet "winters") and real weather (I greatly missed thunderstorms when I was there).
- Reedx 7y agoBrutal is a bit overstated, but it can be very chilly (especially in the foggy areas) compared to what people expect of summer. You often need to wear or carry along warm clothing even in July. A lot of sweaters get sold at Fisherman's Wharf during summer months to people caught unaware.
- drewolbrich 7y agoIn the Bay Area, we have two seasons, brown and green.
- dmckeon 7y agoFour: rain, green, brown, fire.
- chrisan 7y agoBay Area is big and micro climates can vary! We lived in the Sunset district which was manageable but later moved to Mill Valley and the summers were _very_ brutal, to me. A couple other office mates lived in San Rafael and I distinctly remember everyone complaining about the heat and sweating. We all eventually bought air conditioners for our bedrooms just so we could sleep comfortably at night. But brutal is all a relative term. Someone growing up in the south with no access to AC would not call it brutal while I and my other office mates who were used to AC were "dying" without it
- badrequest 7y agoYou've reinforced the commenter's point that there are no seasons.
- cloverich 7y agoDepends on personality, but compare it to other climates where for parts of the year you can't comfortably go outside. Northeast you get snowed in regularly, 40 straight days of darkness and rain in northwest, 90+ days of 100 (ish) degree weather here in Austin. Probably grass is always greener type thing.
- damon_c 7y agoI prefer to divide climates into two categories. 1. Places where during certain times of year, sitting on a bench for a few hours will cause you to die from exposure to the elements. 2. Other places where you can sit on a bench all day on any day of the year and walk away from it. The Bay area is definitely in category 2 and that is a nice thing.
- davidw 7y agoYeah, this is my definition of good weather: I want to be able to go ride my bike outside without being cold and miserable (wet!) or uncomfortably hot. Even the best of clothes only go so far with the former and there's not much you can do about the latter besides drink a lot of water.
- MAGZine 7y agoI'm sorry you're getting blasted for your opinion, especially since it's one I share. I LIKE seasons. I LIKE snow. I LIKE watching leaves fall in the autumn and rebirth in the spring. I LIKE sweaterweather falls and, cold winters, and hot summers. San Francisco's climate has "mild," going for it. It seems to be permanently pants and tee shirt weather (but don't forget your jacket). The summers (sept/oct) are nice, but limited for what you expect in California. It's frequently windy when the sun is shining, and the fog is constantly sitting nearby, threateningly. The best you can say is SF's weather is different, but I certainly do not understand the hype.
- ilikehurdles 7y agoAnd don’t forget face mask weather when the clouds of smoke engulf the city from yearly CA wildfires.
- bduerst 7y agoI also enjoy the seasons, especially as a way to subconciously tick off the years, but I also understand the appeal of SF. SF's weather is a steady climate without much variance, where it typically only rains two weeks of the year. No freezing temperatures, no heat waves, just a cool climate that doesn't have much variance. South Bay is similar, but warmer and almost perpetually sunny throughout the year too.
- lotsofpulp 7y agoBased on the prices people are willing to pay to live there, it’s obviously highly desirable among those who are on the higher end of the wealth distribution.