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Downtown Los Angeles on a typically sunny day, but with unusual atmospheric clarity. The climate of Los Angeles is mild to hot year-round, and mostly dry. It is classified as borderline Mediterranean and semi-arid. The city is characterized by seasonal changes in rainfall—with a dry summer and a winter rainy season.
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".
East Los Angeles, the Gateway Cities, and parts of the San Gabriel Valley average the warmest winter high temps (72 °F, 22 °C) in all of the western U.S., and Santa Monica averages the warmest winter lows (52 °F, 11 °C) in all of the western U.S. Palm Springs, a city in the Coachella Valley, averages high/low/mean temperatures of 75 °F/50 ...
If you visited Los Angeles in every season but winter, you'd think it was eternally sunny, warm and cloudless 24/7/365. Not so, when February 2024 brought a record-breaking 12.7 inches of rain to ...
A series of life-threatening fire have destroyed homes and taken lives across Los Angeles County and surrounding areas this month. CNN is tracking the fires in maps and charts.
Protecting Los Angeles County from 14 different climate change impacts will cost taxpayers at least $12.5 billion by the end of 2040, according to new research. L.A. County faces $12.5 billion in ...
Around the coastal areas, the weather does not vary as dramatically as it does inland. Climate is affected by factors such as latitude, topography, and proximity to water masses - primarily the Pacific Ocean, and southern California's mountain ranges. The Transverse Ranges and the Peninsular Ranges are key players in the region's climate.
Climate data for Los Angeles (Dodger Stadium, Downtown), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1877–present. Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year