Hot, dry weather likely in most parts of country

[Zibago]

I overheat in 20 degree weather. Death valley gets into the upper 30s and 40s!! I think I'll go visit the Norwegian transplants in Minnesota instead.

Its 39C today where i live

As i type this i am drinking a cup of tea


I read somewhere the max in July is 50 C in death valley

 

[waz]

I'll have to take your word for it. You sure it's not just Norse mythology?




Come to the valleys or the Inland Empire in August, here in the LA area. You'll be convinced immediately.

Ever experience 40+ degree weather before, for days on end?





What's the temperature in this picture, just curious?









Indeed it is. California is very ecologically diverse.

We have more than just beaches and chaparral. There are forests, mountains, grasslands, and deserts too.

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Come visit the Redwood forests:

Or go to the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and climb Mount Whitney. It's the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States (tallest outside of Alaska).

And of course, there's Yosemite National Park:

It's happened before:

CityDig: A Snowstorm in Los Angeles? It’s Happened.

Angelenos dreaming of a White Christmas, take note: The scene above may be set in Hollywood, but it’s no special effects shot. The photo from the Los Angeles Public Library’s collections documents the result of a freak snowstorm that passed over Hollywood on Jan. 22, 1921, dusting the gabled rooftops of the Charlie Chaplin Studios and rendering La Brea Blvd. a slushy mess.

Surface temperatures in the lowlands of the Los Angeles Basin and adjacent valleys rarely drop to freezing. But when the right atmospheric conditions prevail, Los Angeles can become a winter wonderland overnight. The biggest recorded snowstorm to visit the city hit on Jan. 10, 1949. Snowfall lasted nearly three days and varied by location; barely a third of an inch fell on the L.A. civic center, where official measurements were made, but nearly a foot fell elsewhere. Snow blanketed beach cities from Santa Monica to Laguna. Nighttime temperatures dipped into the 20s.

In a city whose traffic arteries seize up at the first drops of rain, snow brought major disruptions. Icy conditions forced the CHP to close portions of the Pacific Coast Highway, and the canyon roads over the Santa Monica Mountains became impassable; an accumulated foot of snow trapped nearly twenty automobiles in Laurel Canyon. The Southern California Gas Company reported record demand as furnaces worked around the clock. In the San Gabriel Valley, orange growers burned smudge pots in a futile effort to protect their crops from frost.

http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/citydig-a-snowstorm-in-los-angeles-its-happened/




O ye, of little faith...

It's no movie magic – that's real snow on Hollywood's La Brea Blvd. in 1921. The Charlie Chaplin Studios (now home to the Jim Henson Company) are on the right. Photo courtesy of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection – Los Angeles Public Library.

Snow on L.A.'s Pico Boulevard, looking east from Union in 1930. Photo courtesy of the USC Libraries – California Historical Society Collection.

Snow on the UCLA campus in January 1932. Photo courtesy of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection – Los Angeles Public Library.

Universal Studios after a 1948 snow storm. Photo courtesy of the Security Pacific National Bank Collection – Los Angeles Public Library.

Rocky chaparral foothills stand above a snowy Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena/La Cañada Flintridge, 1949. Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL Archive.

A snowball fight at the Basilone Homes in Pacoima after the 1949 storm. Photo courtesy of of the Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles Photograph Collection.

Eleanor Valencia, Veronica Valencia Dizon, and Esther Rivera build a snowperson in North Hollywood, 1949. Photo courtesy of the Shades of L.A. Collection – Los Angeles Public Library.

The San Gabriel community of Monterey Park after a 1949 snowstorm. Photo courtesy of the Monterey Park History Collection, Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library.

David and Bob Naranjo drag a toboggan down a Tujunga street after the snowstorm of 1962. Photo courtesy of the Valley Times Collection – Los Angeles Public Library.


https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/why-hasnt-it-snowed-in-los-angeles-since-1962

California is beautiful. One of the US's greatest states.

 

[LA se Karachi]

Sorry, my denial is simply too strong.

Book a flight for LA in August. You'll find out what the word summer means.

Witchcraft!!! I've heard of Summer skiing, but on the sand?

Yup. It's one of those mythical things that you think aren't real, but actually are.

Here in California, there are many great places to surf, ski, snowboard, skateboard, and sandboard.

Well that does look rather lovely. I do love me some big red wood, and Yosemite looks, well, just like where I live.

Indeed. Even the deserts out here are beautiful.

Joshua Tree National Park:

Especially at sunrise:

And sunset:

California is beautiful. One of the US's greatest states.

Thanks, bro. Have you ever visited?

 

[waz]

Indeed. Even the deserts out here are beautiful.

Joshua Tree National Park:

Especially at sunrise:

And sunset:

Thanks, bro. Have you ever visited?

Not California yet bro. I'd love to.

 

[Well.wisher]

Ugh I hate summer , I'm hating my life .

 

[LA se Karachi]

Not California yet bro. I'd love to.

I hope you do. There is so much to see and do here.

I too hope to make it out to London and the rest of the UK one day. Great culture and natural scenery.

 

[el 3mir]

I hope you do. There is so much to see and do here.

I too hope to make it out to London and the rest of the UK one day. Great culture and natural scenery.

Wow. I wish Illinois was this beautiful.