as we near the end of yet another cooler-than-normal june in san diego, let’s take a look at just how cool it was:

- the daily high never got above 70 degrees downtown.  that’s only happened four times in san diego history dating back to 1924; we should have about 14 days over 70.

- today’s high of 65 was 9 degrees below normal and tied a record minimum high temperature from 90 years ago.  this was lower than the average high for january (66).  a similar tie occurred on 6/11.  interestingly, this is described as “typical june weather” by local tv weather folks.

- only one out of the past 16 june mean monthly max temperatures has been significantly above normal (more than .3 degrees).  11 junes have been more than .3 degrees below normal.

- spring has been consistently cool too – 11 out of the past 13 mays have had monthly max temps below normal; 15 out of 17 aprils.  these kinds of trends suggest san diego’s spring climate has actually changed for the cooler (just don’t tell john coleman).

of course, compared to the cities sweltering back east we’re in pretty good shape.  but if you moved to san diego with beach weather in mind, that may have to wait until mid-july.