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Tranquillity is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. It is located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Mendota , [ 7 ] at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). [ 5 ] The population was 799 at the 2010 census, down from 813 at the 2000 census.
California's coastal regions, the Sierra Nevada foothills, and much of the Central Valley have a Mediterranean climate, with warmer, drier weather in summer and cooler, wetter weather in winter. The influence of the ocean generally moderates temperature extremes, creating warmer winters and substantially cooler summers in coastal areas.
The Santa Anas are katabatic winds (Greek for "flowing downhill") arising in higher altitudes and blowing down towards sea level. [7] The National Weather Service defines Santa Ana winds as "a weather condition [in southern California] in which strong, hot, dust-bearing winds descend to the Pacific Coast around Los Angeles from inland desert regions".
The last time downtown Los Angeles picked up 0.25 of an inch or greater from a single storm was back in the middle of April. Since the start of the new water year (Oct. 1), there has only been 0. ...
Locations farther inland in Southern California like Bakersfield, Lancaster and Victorville are projected to pick up anywhere from 0.25-0.50 of an inch of rain during this event.
For the first time since 1989, the weather service issued a blizzard warning for Southern California mountains that runs through Saturday. Some coastal areas could see 10-foot (3-meter) waves ...
Fog over the Golden Gate Bridge (May 2009). Fog, called by San Francisco locals as "Karl" the Fog, is a common weather phenomenon in the San Francisco Bay Area and the entire coastline of California extending south to the northwest coast of the Baja California Peninsula.
California's weather comes as much of the nation was battered by a series of storms over the past two weeks that dumped snow and led to ice accumulations to the Midwest and the Northeast, as well ...