hi,
we are going to be in san francisco, monterey and napa the third week in june.
can anybody please let us know how the weather is for each of these areas?

thanks,

Napa shold be hot (possibly low 80s) sunny, and dry. SF could be cloudy and cool or warm and sunny(unpredictable), or both within one day. Same with Monterey. Definitely bring clothes you can "layer." Check the National Weather Service web site for monthly temp.averages of specific locations,based on 20 year (I think) records. They have charts of temperature ranges you can expect.

I've been living in the bay area for two years now and am cold nearly every day (including this weekend!) There was nary a warm day last summer, and the summer before that it rained until Sept. I just heard that the predicition is that we will have "June Gloom" for the entire summer.
Take a sweater, umbrella, etc.

Dear Cherry:
I also live in the Bay Area, and agree with the previous responses. Although Napa may get warm enough for shorts during the day, it can cool off at night, requiring a jacket. The fog comes in every day in June to cool things off and clean the air. You will definitely need long pants and a warm jacket or coat for San Francisco. To paraphrase Mark Twain: "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco". The same goes for Monterrey. Don't even think about swimming at the beach unless you're a polar bear. Still it's great here. Have a wonderful time.

Agree with the above--we've really got June Gloom big time this year. Remember also, that Monterey Bay cuts east just as much as SF Bay, so conditions down there are very similar to SF. Sweatshirts, sweaters and long pants. Napa is only hot during the day. We went over to Livermore this weekend (it's usually much hotter than here on the Peninsula) and it was only about 80 degrees. The beaches were only supposed to reach 50s today. Check just before you come, however. A friend who lives in Carmel says this year has been the pits for fog--should be good for the artichokes, however.

Update -
I heard on the news today that this was going to be the coldest summer in a while (no easy feat).

Yes, they're starting to call it "The Bummer Summer".

Is the next Ice Age on it's way?

Rainy front today. Cool all the rest of week. Inland its warmer than at the coast. Whenever we go to Monterrey/Carmel we take jackets or end up buying them there! Its a funny ecosystem there, however, because along the area in Monterrey where Laguna Seca Raceway is, there is usually a very hot climate, but once you go over the hill into Carmel, its cold again. In California, after the sun goes down, it gets cool (60s not 40s!!!)

Hi, We will be there the same time and everyone says it is chilly. What are the avg. temps? We are in Michigan and your cold may be warm to us. Also we are used to the cold lake Michigan water this time of year. Is it expecting too much to think we will be able to hang out at the beach for a day?

Thanks

Shelley (& other interested parties)
I'm sitting in my office in Berkeley, looking out at the partly cloudy/ overcast sky. It's 58 degrees out.
I expect that for the next 8 weeks we will see temps in SF with daily highs of low to high 60's and overnight lows hovering right around 50.
Monterey will be much the same. You can count on Oakland and Berkeley to be about 5 degrees warmer. Inland Marin county and Napa valley can be as much as 15 degrees warmer.
As for the beach and the water, ... the beaches are often windy, but it's the water I fear. Last year when we had the El Nino "warm" current, the water was merely real cold instead of bone chillingly so. The surfers wear full body wetsuits.
You may get a nice sunny day while you are here. If so, by all means pack a picnic lunch and head for the sand (bring windbreakers just in case), I just wouldn't bank on it.

If you want a California beach where you can go swimming, you need to head further south.

I'm a life long CA resident living in So. CA while spending my college years in the Bay Area. Summer activities like the beach is better served down south. Monterey, S.F., and Napa are very scenic and pleasant. Although it may be a bit 'chilly', it's not Antarctica. I would highly recommend gloves in addition to light jackets and pants. Pack shorts as well because you never know. Down south, most of the beaches are swimmable and the climate is warm. I don't recall a summer day where I wore pants instead of shorts. Remember, you can't do anything about the weather, so enjoy your trip! Please contact me if you want specific info. about the southland.

Seems to me that I remember surfers in wet suits at Malibu from my LA days. San Diego is beach town--what's the famous beach near La Jolla?

There are several famous ones:
(1) La Jolla Cove -- small and scenic.
(2) Windansea -- good for surfing.
(3) La Jolla Shores -- swimming and surfing.
(4) Blacks Beach -- clothing optional.

So far, this year is shaping up as being just about as weird as last year. I live in San Diego but spend a great deal of time in the SF Bay area. A month ago, things were looking pretty good. However June has started out pretty bad. Rain in San Diego in June?? Never happens. Well it did. Same goes for Bay area. Temps in the Bay area are well below normal. Of course that could all change in a couple of weeks.

There is one thing that people have to know about the beaches in California. By and large they are very scenic and great to visit. However, the water is definitely chilly. Even in Southern California, the water temps rarely get much past 70 and the 60's is more normal. Northern California, forget it, unless you are a polar bear.

It was Blacks Beach I was thinking of, but everyone was clothed last summer when I was there. It's a nice beach--one of the nicest for swimming and sitting in the sun that I know in all of California. The other pretty beach is Carmel, but the water is very cold--too cold for me. Dogs love it, though.