What is the climate of the California central valley?

Answer 1

Depends on the time of year. In the winter months we freeze, have fog, and average daytime temp is about 60-65 degrees. I wear a down coat in the winter. Our spring time have been very short the last few years and we seem to heat up faster so we range from 75-80 to 100+. We have had 105 and this summer had 2-3 days of 112. Our hottest months are July, Aug and Sept. Our first cold night is Oct. 31.

Answer 2

California's central valley, from Bakersfield north to Sacramento, is some of the best farm land in the world. Or rather, it would be - if it weren't for the 5-year-long drought.

We don't really have "summer" and "winter", the way most of the country does. We have a cool wet season from about November through March, and a hot dry season from June through September. April and May are "spring" and October is nominally "fall", although we normally go from "summer" straight into "winter" with only a couple of weeks break between. If you add together the temperature and the humidity, we're pretty close to 120 all year long.

With a "strong" El Nino weather pattern building, we're likely to have higher-than-average rainfall this winter, which generally means flooding. With any luck, we'll get a couple of years of this, allowing the reservoirs to fill up again.

Answer 3

The valley has a Mediterranean climate, with many micro-climates in the surrounding foothills.