My friend and I are planning a trip to San Diego and the best time for us to travel is late May/early June. However, we've been told that it gets very foggy there at that time. Is that an every day occurence there during that period? Would we get any sunshine there at all during a 4-day stay? And should we just attempt to change our travel time?
It will be sunny on May 28 and 29, but on May 30 the fog will roll back in and will be kind of hazy until June 5th, when it will head back up into the 70's and be clear again.
Sorry to be a smartass, but who can tell you what the weather will be in San Diego in May??? No one. You should be able to look up average temperatures and rainfall for those months in San Diego, but you never know what you'll get. I think if you have already planned your trip, just go for it. July/August is the busy time in San Diego, so May/June may be a great time.
Andrew
Sorry to be a smartass, but who can tell you what the weather will be in San Diego in May??? No one. You should be able to look up average temperatures and rainfall for those months in San Diego, but you never know what you'll get. I think if you have already planned your trip, just go for it. July/August is the busy time in San Diego, so May/June may be a great time.
Andrew
OK, let's not overstate the June Gloom phenomenon. Let's clarify it, and manage your expectations.
Will it be foggy? Odds are that yes, the mornings will be fogged in. This is due to clouds and moist air blowing in from over the ocean, a regular phenomenon of late spring that locals in southern California call June Gloom (and May Gray, if it starts a bit early). West-facing beaches get it a bit longer than south-facing, in my experience (my office overlooks the Pacific on Ocean Drive in Santa Monica, a west-facing beach community; I live close to the beach in Long Beach, a south-facing beach town).
Will you see sun? In all probability, yes. The fog tends to burn off by late morning. If you head inland a couple of miles, you may find abundant sun and heat, if you're in a hot hurry. Or do what we locals do on the weekends: Sleep in a bit, enjoy the fresh, cool air the marine layer brings, have a nice breakfast at an eatery with an outdoor patio for mimosas as the sun shines its way through the gloom.
If you MUST have sun all the time, statistically you'll have the best chance of dodging the marine layer after mid-July through October. But if you can't change your plans, I can't imagine why a little fog would ruin a trip to a great town like San Diego. Besides, a little variety in weather is refreshing!
Will it be foggy? Odds are that yes, the mornings will be fogged in. This is due to clouds and moist air blowing in from over the ocean, a regular phenomenon of late spring that locals in southern California call June Gloom (and May Gray, if it starts a bit early). West-facing beaches get it a bit longer than south-facing, in my experience (my office overlooks the Pacific on Ocean Drive in Santa Monica, a west-facing beach community; I live close to the beach in Long Beach, a south-facing beach town).
Will you see sun? In all probability, yes. The fog tends to burn off by late morning. If you head inland a couple of miles, you may find abundant sun and heat, if you're in a hot hurry. Or do what we locals do on the weekends: Sleep in a bit, enjoy the fresh, cool air the marine layer brings, have a nice breakfast at an eatery with an outdoor patio for mimosas as the sun shines its way through the gloom.
If you MUST have sun all the time, statistically you'll have the best chance of dodging the marine layer after mid-July through October. But if you can't change your plans, I can't imagine why a little fog would ruin a trip to a great town like San Diego. Besides, a little variety in weather is refreshing!
And after all those horrible rains, I'm looking out my office window and seeing sun. And it was 77F in Long Beach yesterday-- just hot enough to dry out the carpets in my car that I had to shampoo to clean out the mildew from the flooding....
I'm sure it's spectacularly beautiful in San Diego today too. Now *I* wanna go down there!!
I'm sure it's spectacularly beautiful in San Diego today too. Now *I* wanna go down there!!
