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Except its going to be 84 and sunny today. Summers are brutal but the rest of the year is pretty nice.
by nickv 7y ago
Except 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.