My Climate
A Very Rather Pleasant Place to Live
This page describes the climate of the area I live in now. I have to say that I have been very pleased with the location, as far as the weather goes. It’s not too hot in the summer, and not too cold in the winter. Well, as you can probably see from the data presented here, the climate is very nice. The data shown is averaged over the last 30 years for this location.
This picture shows the Jacaranda Trees in bloom here. They bloom for just about 3 weeks out of the year.
Temperature and Precipitation
As you can see there is a definite “rainy season” here. And when the rainy season comes, it’s like it’s not raining one day, and then it rains almost every day for the next few months. But, this is good, since the rains fill up the reservoirs and aquifers that the area depends on throughout the rest of the year.
The temperatures are pretty mild as well – never getting above about 95F (it’s been getting hotter here in the last few years, just like everywhere else.) And never dropping to freezing temps, although it does frost here in the morning just a handful of days out of the year. We do sometimes get a small amount of hail, but so far, I have never seen it to be a problem here – usually around pea size.
This chart shows the type of day that can be expected each month throughout the year. I would say that “partly cloudy” is mostly sunny throughout most of the year. And the “precipitation days” have heavy precipitation during the 4-month rainy season, and very light precipitation throughout most of the rest of the year.
The maximum temperature chart indicates that throughout most of the year, days can be very pleasant here. Even in the heat of the summer, the max temperature only gets up to the mid 90s (F). The winters can dip down into the near freezing temps, but the day warms up quickly to comfortable temperatures.
Precipitation levels are heavy during the rainy season and minimal throughout the rest of the year. This makes for some pretty dry non-rainy months, especially around March through May when the winds blow a lot of dust around.
Speaking of winds, the winds here do get a little strong and steady for a few weeks out of the year, especially in March through May. The wind can blow constant and strong. I happen to be situated near a hill top, so the winds blow pretty stiff across my roof.
This wind rose shows that the majority of the winds here come from the ENE. The house is particularly vulnerable to this wind direction since there is nothing blocking the wind coming up the hill from this direction. And a pergola situated on the roof takes the brunt of this force of wind at the ENE corner.
