Originally Posted by
hhnngg1
San Francisco has a TOTALLY different microclimate than the South bay just 20 minutes south. Sounds ridiculous, but it's absolutely true. Sf proper is gray and dreary most of the year - last summer, the avg temp in the summer during the day was barely 65F - sweater season the entire summer. In contrast, where I live, just 35 mins south of SF, it's 300+ days of sun and avg winter temp of lo 60s during the afternoon.
Actually it doesn't sound ridiculous at all. San Francisco is on the coast, and the southern bay area is in the rain shadow of the coast range. I was just giving you a hard time with the Mark Twain quote.
Where do you live? I spent a year doing volunteer work in San Jose, used to take my bike up to Marin County.