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How's the weather for you?

Whale-ista - 3-14-2015 at 10:43 AM

Approaching 90 degrees in San Diego today. And very dry- my garden plants are wilting!

The beaches will probably be as crowded as a typical summertime day...

How are things where you are?

woody with a view - 3-14-2015 at 10:48 AM

Long Beach City College is hot as balls, beach balls!

[Edited on 3-14-2015 by woody with a view]

baconjr - 3-14-2015 at 10:48 AM

87.2 degrees F at 10:47 Bahia Soledad on the coast.

willardguy - 3-14-2015 at 12:44 PM

hotter here in rosarito than it was all week in gonzaga bay! its NICE!:D

bajaguy - 3-14-2015 at 12:49 PM

Showing 99 in south Ensenada

CaboSur - 3-14-2015 at 12:50 PM

Here in San Jose del Cabo we had a few sprinkles about noon today and still some clouds around 75 degrees. Never recall rain here in March, a pleasant surprise.

Katiejay99 - 3-14-2015 at 02:49 PM

Rain here in Todos Santos right now. Rolling thunder.

Russ - 3-14-2015 at 02:53 PM

Laguna Beach -- hot :bounce:

bajajudy - 3-14-2015 at 03:14 PM

Had a shower last night and again this afternoon. Thunder and lightening too. This has been a wet winter here.

jlwwally - 3-14-2015 at 03:26 PM

89 on the patio Corona Del Mar, Ca.

Bajahowodd - 3-14-2015 at 04:42 PM

Hit 95 in downtown LA today. A new record.

wessongroup - 3-14-2015 at 04:47 PM

Hot here too ... but, dry ... 91 .. at almost 5 pm ..



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vgabndo - 3-14-2015 at 05:27 PM

Hot here today in Bahia Asuncion with a strong off shore breeze all day, beginning to die a little. The white caps are getting smaller.

Marc - 3-14-2015 at 06:13 PM

Mid 70's in Bay Area. God give us rain!

BajaBlanca - 3-14-2015 at 07:12 PM

very hot wind all day and now it has cooled offffffffffffff

chavycha - 3-14-2015 at 07:15 PM

70s and cloudy most of the day in La Ribera

DebMer - 3-14-2015 at 09:38 PM

The weather in my city of Hemet today was sublime. The high was a gentle 86 F. In about a month we will drip sweat and think back on these pre-spring days with longing.

hombre66 - 3-15-2015 at 03:02 PM

Brookings Oregon , 3/15 /15 . Wind,rain,cold... Sitting here reminiscing my perfect February week surfing and fishing 7 sisters... No. Wrong! It was awful! no waves , caught only pufferfish! Surfing and fishing in Baja stink! Don't try it!!

South Ensenada

bajaguy - 3-15-2015 at 03:31 PM

96 degrees, 12% humidity and 4 - 7 mph winds

Bajaboy - 3-15-2015 at 04:02 PM

Yep, hot today in San Diego. First time I can remember having the a/c on in March. I kept trying to deny that it was hot but finally broke down and faced reality.

bajalinda - 3-15-2015 at 04:41 PM

Poured down rain here from about 3:30 til 4:00 pm. Thunder too. Very unusual, if not unheard of, in March - but hey, we'll take the rain!

Hail!

bajajudy - 3-15-2015 at 04:47 PM

We had a thunder storm come thru about 10am that had hail in it. I don't recall ever seeing hail here. Lotsa rain and wind too. Thunder so loud it shook the ground.

shari - 3-15-2015 at 08:09 PM

we had a perfect summer day in Ojo de Liebre lagoon...flat calm and about 80 degrees at least...perfect for gazing into the eye of a baby whale! The ocean is wonderful for swimming still too which sure was nice to cool off in. This has been the warmest winter I can remember in central baja!

bajajudy - 3-16-2015 at 08:33 AM

Quote: Originally posted by shari  
This has been the warmest winter I can remember in central baja!

This has been the wettest winter I can remember here.

SFandH - 3-16-2015 at 09:14 AM

Quote: Originally posted by bajajudy  
Quote: Originally posted by shari  
This has been the warmest winter I can remember in central baja!

This has been the wettest winter I can remember here.



I've been exploring baja for 30 years and spending months at a time in baja since I retired 6 years ago. And I know many reading this message board have spent much more time on the peninsula.

Generally speaking, I think the peninsula is getting wetter, which to my mind is a good thing. What do you guys think? Are there any rainfall annual data?

BTW, it appears the SoCal Santa Ana conditions are weakening. Ojala.

[Edited on 3-16-2015 by SFandH]

Pompano - 3-16-2015 at 01:00 PM

One can hope that Baja may be on it's way to what it was in the not-so-distant past. According to some local ranchers, up until the late 50's Baja Sur was a lot greener with more moisture. Cattle herds were more numerous and more healthy ...resulting in a brisk business.

On the other side of the coin, Up North in North Dakota remains a nice constant...regular you might say.

In the winter we enjoy a great sport..going for a drive during rush hour....we call it Road Curling.

SFandH - 3-16-2015 at 01:14 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Pompano  
One can hope......


Well what do you think? Have you noticed it getting wetter or have rainfall amounts remained constant during your tenure?

[Edited on 3-16-2015 by SFandH]

Pompano - 3-16-2015 at 02:40 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Quote: Originally posted by Pompano  
One can hope......


Well what do you think? Have you noticed it getting wetter or have rainfall amounts remained constant during your tenure?

[Edited on 3-16-2015 by SFandH]




Although the entire Baja peninsula still has one of the lowest precipitation amounts in the world....with the 5 major floods of the recent past a heavy contributor, I think rainfall amounts have certainly increased in the Mulege area from the time I first came to the area. (1971) As a lot of unfortunage homeowners can attest, the V-system of drainage from the western mountains contribute to that flooding during heavy rains.

StuckSucks - 3-16-2015 at 05:16 PM

Low 80s in the high desert this weekend (Lancaster, Willow Springs, Cal City, Randsburg). The wildflowers are doing their thing.

SFandH - 3-16-2015 at 05:26 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Pompano  
Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  


Well what do you think? Have you noticed it getting wetter or have rainfall amounts remained constant during your tenure?

[Edited on 3-16-2015 by SFandH]




Although the entire Baja peninsula still has one of the lowest precipitation amounts in the world....with the 5 major floods of the recent past a heavy contributor, I think rainfall amounts have certainly increased in the Mulege area from the time I first came to the area. (1971) As a lot of unfortunage homeowners can attest, the V-system of drainage from the western mountains contribute to that flooding during heavy rains.


Thanks for the reply. Luckily for you, you probably have the most baja time under your belt than anyone here. Except, possibly, Skeet.

Sweetwater - 3-17-2015 at 12:19 AM

Record setting warmth.

We're at 80% snowfall and water accumulation but being told to turn on our yard water.

Ski season has been a disaster by all accounts.

Population is projected to increase by 2 fold in the next 10 years and the developers are loving it.

Utah has very few long term aquifers but a well developed surface damn storage plan placed into action by the original Mormon pioneers....much to their credit....but unfortunately, very short lived compared to a natural aquifer geology.....

Whale-ista - 3-17-2015 at 07:50 AM

Yesterday in the 80s in San Diego, and dry dry dry-poor garden!

Finally cooling off. Temps in the 50s overnight.