Lewis Brackett (21 Apr 2024)
"An Ice Age coming to San Diego?"

Yes, the flowering and leafing of peach trees was a month or more
later than "normal" the last two years. Previously, the flowering
happened starting the first week in February.  The Nectarene/ Peach in
some nurseries directly exposed to the cold ocean breeze only just
started flowering. Weird! The last two years, the cold wind off the
ocean delayed the first flowering until the middle of March. Only the
sheltered half of my Tangelo tree flowered last year on time, and the
other half flowered two months later! Thankfully, it over flowered
this spring.
   Thing is, the ocean currents flow south from Alaska moderating all seasons.
Right now, our daily temps are almost ten degrees cooler than normal.
We still have that cool ocean breeze. April and October are our
hottest months, the only times I have to put on the AC for a few days.
Starting in May, historically we have May Gray and June Gloom with the
desert heat pulling in the offshore overcast 20 miles inland so some
years we don't see the Sun until July.
    This also gives us an ever present haze all summer moderating
coastal temps when only a swamp cooler is required.
    Its difficult and $$$ to live in paradise >
We joke we only have one week of winter and one week of summer each
year along the coast.
Now the silly people living more than 20 miles to the East (of the
805) are "on the griddle" and choose to live in their Summer desert
heat 
Lewis