For very SMALL values of “coast”.
I had many a day where, at my house about two miles inland from the ocean near Watsonville, the temp was in the 60s and cloudy as heck. But if I went to my in-laws’ house five miles away to pick up my kids, the temp would be in the 80s, and if I went another five or so miles further inland (San Juan Bautista, for example), the temp would be in the mid-to-upper 90s.
What are the low temperatures first thing in the morning? … folks Back East would say 80ºF and 95% humidity …
“The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco.” - This quote has been attributed to Mark Twain, but until the attribution can be verified, the quote should not be regarded as authentic. :rolleyes:
Yeah, this happens every few years. The polar vortex was all over the news just a handful of winters ago. It was cold like this ten or so years ago. The wind chill in both the winters of 1999 and 2000 was -40f or lower multiple days each January. When I was in high school (1991-1995) school districts in New England discovered that a new gas additive created on the west coast caused gas to gel at -20f and since the buses wouldn’t start we missed several days of school…