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Further north in San Francisco, the city recorded an average temperature of 76.9 degrees, falling short of the record-breaking week of heat back in 1939 when the average temperature was 79.3 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sarment said that cities like San José and San Francisco “generally run warmer than areas without dark pavement and tall buildings” during heat waves. However, scientists believe these \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994643/yes-these-california-heat-waves-are-connected-to-climate-change-heres-how\">future heat waves will likely top these records\u003c/a> because of the effects of climate change brought on by humans burning fossil fuels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994690\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994690\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/20230801-SJCityHall-11-JY_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Hall in San José, California, on Aug. 1, 2023. San José residents lived through the city’s hottest weeklong heat wave since historical records began, reports the National Weather Service. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This summer was the hottest on record for San José, California and the world. The excessively hot summer and the beginning of fall point to climate change in action, said Eugene Cordero, a meteorology and climate science professor at San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This unusually warm period of time here in October is a harbinger of things to come,” Cordero said. “This is what the climate models have been predicting, and this is what we’re seeing all around the world.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it’s hard to immediately tell for certain how much climate change is amping up any individual heat wave, Cordero said the frequency of heat waves is increasing. Some parts of the state, including the Bay Area, are experiencing four to five times the number of heat waves they did back in the 1960s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994691\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994691\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/SFHeatWaveGetty3-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People enjoy the warm weather at San Francisco’s Baker Beach on June 4, 2024, as a heat wave warning sweeps across California. \u003ccite>(Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“There’s a very clear pattern that a warmer world comes with longer heat waves, more intense heat waves, and even warmer winters,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many scientists, including myself, feel increasingly frustrated at the lack of public action,” Cordero added. “We’ve fundamentally changed the energy exchange in our atmosphere because of extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses. The planet is warmer, and these outbreaks of high temperatures are going to become more and more frequent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1994538 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/SanJoseHeatGetty-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen McKinnon studies heat waves at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This week, she published \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2406143121\">a study looking at extreme summer heat waves\u003c/a>. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Karen McKinnon studies heat waves at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. This week, she published \u003ca href=\"https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2406143121\">a study looking at extreme summer heat waves\u003c/a>. She\u003cb data-stringify-type=\"bold\"> \u003c/b>found that record heat waves showcase how extreme climate change has already become.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We certainly expect to see these record-breaking events because everything is warming with climate change,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While her study doesn’t delve into the Bay Area or Coastal California, where major heat waves often happen in early autumn, she expects “similar findings” if she studied the region. “We need to be quite humble as climate scientists because our system is changing before our eyes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McKinnon said one string of hot days in isolation doesn’t alone tell the story of how climate change is intensifying heat waves and continued study over time is needed to truly understand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the heat wave is still in the minds of residents of San José and San Francisco, city leaders have a short window of opportunity to link it to climate change for residents, said \u003ca href=\"https://profiles.stanford.edu/209361\">Gabrielle Wong-Parodi\u003c/a>, an assistant professor in Stanford’s Department of Earth System Science who studies how people respond to global environmental change, such as heat waves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These types of events are focusing events that draw attention not just of policymakers, but also of individual citizens,” she said. “This draws their attention away from other things where our attention is constantly and helps focus people on the climate change happening here in their own backyard.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/san-francisco\">San Francisco\u003c/a>’s Ocean Beach, you normally need layers to fight back the wind and the chill. Not just a hoodie but a jacket, a hat — the whole nine yards.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this early October week, crowds flocked to the beach \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994632/bay-area-heat-wave-is-sticking-around-with-scorching-temperatures-into-the-weekend\">like it was Florida\u003c/a>, setting up umbrellas, lying out in bikinis and going for a swim in water that was, thankfully, still frigid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco resident Vincent Arenas was at the beach for the second day in a row with his 3-year-old son and wife to escape their sunny, warm apartment. “We really gotta get out,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Camryn Gill came to the beach with her boyfriend. “We live in Bayview, and it’s super hot over there; it’s like 15 degrees hotter than it is right here at the beach,” Gill said. “Each year, it is getting hotter and hotter in the summers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The early October heat wave \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1994591/bay-area-heat-wave-will-be-hotter-and-longer-echoing-the-1980-scorcher\">broke daily records\u003c/a> in many parts of the Bay Area with unseasonably high temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks have been joking that it’s currently ‘Aug-tober,’” said climate scientist Daniel Swain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Literally, in many parts of the West, temperatures are, in fact, closer to August values than October values. And yet, here we are, the same month as Halloween, and we’re still talking about midsummer-like peak heat,” Swain said during his public \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/Jc5BkmkeUMY?feature=shared\">office hours \u003c/a>on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-800x405.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-768x389.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1920x972.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather at Robert W. 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And yet, here we are, the same month as Halloween, and we’re still talking about midsummer-like peak heat,” Swain said during his public \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/live/Jc5BkmkeUMY?feature=shared\">office hours \u003c/a>on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994634\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994634\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-800x405.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1020x517.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-160x81.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-768x389.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1536x778.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/10/BayAreaHeatAP-1920x972.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People gather at Robert W. 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Officials urge residents to stay hydrated and seek shade as temperatures remain elevated longer than forecast. \u003ccite>(Ben Margot/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Although a fall heat wave is not unusual, the temperature highs, duration and far reach of this one are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Such a trend tracks with what climate scientists have long expressed: Human-caused global warming has increased the frequency, length, intensity and reach of prolonged heat events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s what you need to know about the connection between heat waves and climate change in California and how extreme heat affects your health.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How much is California heating up?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>On average, California has warmed by around \u003ca href=\"https://oehha.ca.gov/climate-change/epic-2022/changes-climate/air-temperatures#:~:text=Annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have%20increased,over%20the%20past%2050%20years.&text=Statewide%20annual%20mean%20temperatures%20have,(%C2%B0F)%20since%201895.\">2.5\u003c/a> to \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/climate-at-a-glance/statewide/time-series/4/tavg/24/7/1900-2024?base_prd=true&begbaseyear=1901&endbaseyear=2000&trend=true&trend_base=10&begtrendyear=1895&endtrendyear=2024\">3 degrees\u003c/a> Fahrenheit since the early 1900s. The rate of warming has accelerated over the past several decades relative to the mid-20th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In general, California’s inland regions are warming faster than statewide averages, and coastal areas are warming more slowly. 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"content": "\u003cp>This summer was \u003ca href=\"https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-finds-summer-2024-hottest-to-date/#:~:text=The%20announcement%20comes%20as%20a,record%20just%20set%20in%202023.\">the world’s hottest on record.\u003c/a> The same goes for \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/media-advisory/noaa-monthly-us-global-climate-report-call-september-19\">California\u003c/a>. But what about the Bay Area?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José, Livermore and Napa had their warmest summers in more than 100 years of record keeping, according to a preliminary analysis by National Weather Service meteorologist Dial Hoang, a potential sign that rising temperatures fueled by human-caused climate change are especially sharp in the Bay Area’s inland regions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In San José … there’s been a significant warming trend since 2012,” Hoang said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a summer average temperature of 72.8 degrees, San José broke its record average of 72 degrees set in 1996. 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The most intense heat waves \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/07/1107814440/researchers-can-now-explain-how-climate-change-is-affecting-your-weather\">would not be impossible without human-caused global warming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12006711 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/NewsomAP-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stanford climate scientists are trying to determine how much human-caused climate change has influenced extreme weather events like heat waves. The researchers trained \u003ca href=\"https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/using-ai-to-link-heat-waves-to-global-warming\">AI models to predict daily maximum temperatures\u003c/a> based on the regional weather conditions and the global mean temperature.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers first focused on a historic 2023 heat wave in Texas and found that human-caused climate change made the heat wave between 2.12 to 2.56 Fahrenheit warmer than it would have been without climate change. They also found that heat waves in Europe, Russia and India over the past five decades could happen several times per decade if global temperatures reach 2.0 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“AI hasn’t solved all the scientific challenges, but this new method is a really exciting advance that I think will get adopted for a lot of different applications,” said study senior author Noah Diffenbaugh, professor of Earth system science in the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the Stanford study focuses outside California, scientists believe it holds implications for other parts of the world experiencing extreme heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We expect the frequency of these types of events to increase from super rare in this current climate to occurring several times per decade under this possible future climate with double the amount of global warming,” said study lead author Jared Trok, a doctoral student in Earth system science at the Doerr School.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Knowing how warm a heat wave could be is important to David Romps, a UC Berkeley climate physics professor, because the \u003ca href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/03/19/the-heat-index-how-hot-it-feels-is-rising-faster-than-temperature/\">heat people feel during a heat wave is often hotter than the actual temperature recorded\u003c/a>. That’s partly due to humidity, which can often be higher in the Bay Area due to the influence of the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the temperature is 105 degrees, if it’s high humidity, it will feel hotter than 105,” he said. “That higher humidity is going to impair your ability to sweat and so actually make your body more stressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change continues to heat the planet, daily temperatures will take longer to cool down, impairing the human ability to recover from heat, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re pushing towards conditions that the planet has not seen for a long time and the human species hasn’t seen in terms of a global average temperature,” he said. “We’re pushing into uncharted territory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan said the city lowered its threshold for opening cooling centers this summer from 105 to 100 degrees due to extreme heat. The city also planted 2,000 trees as part of efforts to expand the urban canopy, reduce temperatures, and increase shade. \u003ccite>(Joseph Geha/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This new heat paradigm is vital for cities across the Bay Area to consider because extreme heat is the \u003ca href=\"https://www.weather.gov/hazstat/\">deadliest of all types of extreme weather\u003c/a> in the United States. Adults over 65, children, people with disabilities, people with substance abuse disorders, pregnant people, those who lack access to cooling and those who work outside are most at risk. Minority groups, which have historically been redlined, and urban communities are disproportionately exposed to heat. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While these areas tend to have hot summers with plenty of days in the triple digits, Hoang said human-caused climate change contributes to the increasing average temperatures. The scientific consensus is that \u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/2022/04/04/ipcc-ar6-wgiii-pressrelease/\">global fossil fuel pollution must be cut in half within this decade\u003c/a> to avoid \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11878134/bay-area-heat-wave-how-to-stay-safe-during-dangerously-hot-weather\">even hotter heat waves\u003c/a> and other climate extremes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we do know is that the extreme weather that’s being caused by climate change is becoming more frequent globally,” he said. “Twenty-three of the 24 warmest years on record have occurred since 2001\u003cem>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Bay Area climate scientists study extreme heat to better understand how it affects the human body, cities grapple with ensuring vulnerable populations without access to air conditioning can withstand rising temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1993248\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1993248\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/06/GettyImages-490568719_qut-1536x1025.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beachgoers hang out on the beach at Crissy Field on May 14, 2014, in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While the records broken in the Bay Area may seem marginal, climate scientists find that even small jumps in average temperature mean people in cities like San José are experiencing more extra hot days and heat waves, said Eugene Cordero, a professor in meteorology and climate science at San José State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some parts of California, including the Bay Area, are experiencing four to five times the number of heat waves they did in the 1960s, Cordero said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That difference in the number of heat waves is attributed to climate change,” he said. “This is the human signal to the change of our climate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On average, California has warmed by up to 3 degrees Fahrenheit since the early 1990s, and the rate of warming has accelerated over the past several decades relative to the mid-20th century, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The most intense heat waves \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2022/07/07/1107814440/researchers-can-now-explain-how-climate-change-is-affecting-your-weather\">would not be impossible without human-caused global warming\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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That’s partly due to humidity, which can often be higher in the Bay Area due to the influence of the Pacific Ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When the temperature is 105 degrees, if it’s high humidity, it will feel hotter than 105,” he said. “That higher humidity is going to impair your ability to sweat and so actually make your body more stressed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As climate change continues to heat the planet, daily temperatures will take longer to cool down, impairing the human ability to recover from heat, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re pushing towards conditions that the planet has not seen for a long time and the human species hasn’t seen in terms of a global average temperature,” he said. “We’re pushing into uncharted territory.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994563\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/240409-MAHAN-HOMELESS-JG-01_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">San José Mayor Matt Mahan said the city lowered its threshold for opening cooling centers this summer from 105 to 100 degrees due to extreme heat. 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"content": "\u003cp>Summer might be over for most parts of the U.S., with the heat slowly dissipating and cooler temperatures taking over, making way for the new season.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But for many of us in the San Francisco Bay Area, warmer days are just beginning. And\u003ca href=\"https://www.space.com/autumn-equinox-2024\"> as the fall equinox arrives\u003c/a>, you might find yourself still longing for that sense of autumn that brisk, cool temperatures can bring — or just the kind of fall vibes that you’re seeing others enjoying in places like the East Coast on Instagram.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fortunately for us in the Bay Area, not only can you \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11842295/where-to-see-fall-foliage-in-the-bay-area#:~:text=Coccia%20particularly%20recommends%20the%20Matt,the%20green%22%3A%20poison%20oak.\"> find gorgeous fall foliage\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareabites/130377/5-bay-area-places-to-fall-into-autumn\">cider-serving apple farms\u003c/a> all around Northern California, but access to trails with picturesque views — suitable for warm \u003cem>or\u003c/em> cool temperatures — is also readily available for your autumnal enjoyment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about why San Francisco’s fall can sometimes feel like summer, and find recommendations for parks and trails you can explore to escape the heat. (And for when it does eventually get chillier around the Bay Area, we’ve got a few ideas on where you can find warmer temperatures, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#coolfallspots\">Where to find cool fall hikes and sightseeing during the Bay Area’s “second summer”\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Fall: When San Francisco really warms up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CvapEYbh43j/\">Fogust. \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Chiwm1LDREb/\">No-sky July. June Gloom. May Gray.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever pet name you may have for San Francisco’s highly variable conditions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827882/why-does-the-bay-area-have-so-many-microclimates\">this city’s temperatures are so unique due to there being so many microclimates\u003c/a>. The proximity to the Pacific Ocean, different terrains and the effects of urban heat islands are just some of the reasons for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, September and October are the most pleasant, warm, and generally fog-free months. That’s also when it’s most common for San Francisco to experience heat waves, \u003ca href=\"https://ggweather.com/sf/top%2020%20temp.html\">which on rare occasions can push north of 100 degrees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the hottest time of the year for San Francisco is actually not until \u003cem>after\u003c/em> the autumn equinox. \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ggweather/status/1828795957980639383\">The average warmest day of the year for our dear foggy city is October 2 \u003c/a>with a temperature of 70.6 degrees, according to Jan Null, a meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of the Central Valley and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001249/what-are-heat-islands-and-where-are-they-in-the-bay-area\">California,\u003c/a> July and August are when temperatures peak and folks experience the hottest day of the year. Livermore’s warmest day of the year is on July 20 with a whopping 89.4 degrees, and San José’s is on August 26 at 82.9 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide to?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why the Bay Area is behind on summer’s schedule\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, we live in a Mediterranean climate, a climate with a combination of hot, dry summers and mild wet winters, according to Null. “A fairly unique area as far as temperature goes,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32640\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-400x430.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-800x859.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-960x1031.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fog settles over San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge visible in the distance. \u003ccite>(Brocken Inaglory/Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summertime, the Bay Area is dominated by an area of high pressure over the state’s coastline called the \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=north+pacific+high\">North Pacific High\u003c/a>. In the Central Valley, on the other hand, where the sun heats the valley floor, hot air rises and creates an area of low pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='news_11953167,news_11910495,news_11953853' label='Related coverage']Air flows from an area of high pressure to low pressure, it forms what we know as the Bay Area’s sea breeze. “We’ve been kept cool by the sea breeze and natural air conditioning from the ocean all through the summer,” said Null.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall, the sun’s path gradually shifts farther south as we approach the equinox, and that North Pacific High pressure becomes less dominant. The marine layer fades and our natural air conditioning — that nice sea breeze — either lessens or goes away. At this point, winds can sometimes blow in reverse, from the interior to the coast bringing hot, dry air also known as the \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=Diablo%20wind\">Diablo wind \u003c/a>— Northern California’s version of the Santa Ana winds that rip across the southern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will climate change impact the Bay Area’s ‘second summer’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Coastal area temperatures are dictated by ocean temperatures. And while the ocean is warming off the coast of California, it isn’t warming \u003cem>enough\u003c/em> to dramatically change the summertime weather pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Francisco, the average fall day may be a bit warmer — but not excessively so, said Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My fearless prediction is that fall will remain its nicest weather,” joked Wehner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wehner says that we should caution that little is known about how coastal fog will change, if at all, as the planet warms. Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/14/climate/san-francisco-fog.html\">research suggests that fog is decreasing in California but the reasons aren’t entirely clear\u003c/a>. And there are other climate threats facing the Bay Area, namely \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983106/map-more-than-5000-toxic-sites-along-sf-bay-are-threatened-by-rising-groundwater-new-study-finds\">sea level rise\u003c/a> and much more \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1983299/san-franciscos-aging-infrastructure-isnt-ready-for-its-wetter-future\">intense winter storms\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1984337\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1984337\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A view of tall redwood trees seen towering above.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/09/GettyImages-1343594336-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park. Sprawling forest featuring redwood groves and rare wildlife, plus trails, picnic areas and campsites. \u003ccite>(John Hudson Photography/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"coolfallspots\">\u003c/a>I want to find cool temperatures for true fall vibes. Where can I go in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Think: coastal, shaded, elevated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time of year, if you want to escape the heat, the best place to go is toward the coast rather than inland. Even though we’re warming up on the coast without as much fog, we’re still surrounded by a “big pool of water” called the Pacific Ocean with temperatures that are in the 60s, says Null.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null recommends that if you’re looking to escape the heat in search of some brisk fall temperatures, you should hit the coast — like areas in Marin County — or go to higher elevations, like in the foothills of the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Divya Konda is founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/weekendwanderersinc/\">Weekend Wanderers Inc., \u003c/a>a social media space recommending different hikes around the Bay Area. And for chillier fall hikes, Konda recommends heading over to Marin County to places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/pore/index.htm\">Point Reyes National Seashore\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/muwo/index.htm\">Muir Woods\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1982266\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1982266\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2023/04/GettyImages-1332868867-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Point Reyes National Seashore from Chimney Rock trail at sunset in the winter of 2021. \u003ccite>(Conrad J Camit/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>To enjoy some of the best redwood trails in the Bay Area, Konda also suggests heading over to \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/purisima-creek-redwoods\">Purisma Creek Redwoods\u003c/a>. And on the Peninsula, Konda recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/parks/cowell-purisima-trail\">Cowell Purisima Coastal trail\u003c/a>, a pleasant ocean-side trail that’s best enjoyed on a clear day. “The gentle breeze and the ocean views are easy to fall in love with,” says Konda. While you’re on the Peninsula, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a> is another great spot to find cool coastal trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, Konda recommends another hidden gem that the locals love: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/sanborn-creek-trail\">Sanborn Creek Trail\u003c/a>, that’ll take you by the bustling creek, and is completely shaded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, a favorite among Bay Area residents and a recommendation by Konda to escape the heat is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/reinhardt-redwood\">Reinhardt Regional Park\u003c/a>. Most of these redwoods are second- or third-generation redwoods and the park offers some great trails to hike, says Konda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These recommendations might be great places to visit to escape the heat, but of course they’re also hiking gems that can be enjoyed throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where to go to find warmer weather?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A little later in the fall in November, when cooler, autumnal temperatures finally hit the Bay Area, you might then be looking to spend time in warmer temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the warmer spots in or near the Bay Area, Null advises, are farther away from the coast into the \u003ca href=\"https://visittrivalley.com/things-to-do/outdoor/\">Tri-Valley area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more inland you go, the warmer the temperatures will be. Some recommendations are to go inland into the lower peninsula for hikes at places like \u003ca href=\"https://www.openspace.org/preserves/russian-ridge\">Russian Ridge Preserve\u003c/a> or \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=538\">Castle Rock State Park\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>You might also want to stick to lower elevations and trails more exposed to the sun (but don’t forget that sunscreen!). \u003ca href=\"https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/11vb4el/best_day_hikes_in_bay_area/\">Redditors\u003c/a> also recommend trails that involve ridges and peaks when the weather is clear and warm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was originally published on September 22, 2023.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"tellus\">\u003c/a>Tell us: What else would you like information about?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>At KQED News, we know that it can sometimes be hard to track down the answers to navigate life in the Bay Area in 2023. We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[hearken id=\"10483\" src=\"https://modules.wearehearken.com/kqed/embed/10483.js\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Read on to learn more about why San Francisco’s fall can sometimes feel like summer, and find recommendations for parks and trails you can explore to escape the heat. (And for when it does eventually get chillier around the Bay Area, we’ve got a few ideas on where you can find warmer temperatures, too.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Jump straight to: \u003ca href=\"#coolfallspots\">Where to find cool fall hikes and sightseeing during the Bay Area’s “second summer”\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Fall: When San Francisco really warms up\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/CvapEYbh43j/\">Fogust. \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/Chiwm1LDREb/\">No-sky July. June Gloom. May Gray.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever pet name you may have for San Francisco’s highly variable conditions, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11827882/why-does-the-bay-area-have-so-many-microclimates\">this city’s temperatures are so unique due to there being so many microclimates\u003c/a>. The proximity to the Pacific Ocean, different terrains and the effects of urban heat islands are just some of the reasons for that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, September and October are the most pleasant, warm, and generally fog-free months. That’s also when it’s most common for San Francisco to experience heat waves, \u003ca href=\"https://ggweather.com/sf/top%2020%20temp.html\">which on rare occasions can push north of 100 degrees\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, the hottest time of the year for San Francisco is actually not until \u003cem>after\u003c/em> the autumn equinox. \u003ca href=\"https://x.com/ggweather/status/1828795957980639383\">The average warmest day of the year for our dear foggy city is October 2 \u003c/a>with a temperature of 70.6 degrees, according to Jan Null, a meteorologist with Golden Gate Weather Services.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of the Central Valley and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12001249/what-are-heat-islands-and-where-are-they-in-the-bay-area\">California,\u003c/a> July and August are when temperatures peak and folks experience the hottest day of the year. Livermore’s warmest day of the year is on July 20 with a whopping 89.4 degrees, and San José’s is on August 26 at 82.9 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"#tellus\">Tell us: What else would you like to read a guide to?\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>Why the Bay Area is behind on summer’s schedule\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Here in the Bay Area, we live in a Mediterranean climate, a climate with a combination of hot, dry summers and mild wet winters, according to Null. “A fairly unique area as far as temperature goes,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_32640\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32640\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-400x430.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-800x859.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2015/06/1024px-San_francisco_in_fog_with_rays-960x1031.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fog settles over San Francisco Bay, with the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and the Bay Bridge visible in the distance. \u003ccite>(Brocken Inaglory/Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the summertime, the Bay Area is dominated by an area of high pressure over the state’s coastline called the \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=north+pacific+high\">North Pacific High\u003c/a>. In the Central Valley, on the other hand, where the sun heats the valley floor, hot air rises and creates an area of low pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Air flows from an area of high pressure to low pressure, it forms what we know as the Bay Area’s sea breeze. “We’ve been kept cool by the sea breeze and natural air conditioning from the ocean all through the summer,” said Null.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the fall, the sun’s path gradually shifts farther south as we approach the equinox, and that North Pacific High pressure becomes less dominant. The marine layer fades and our natural air conditioning — that nice sea breeze — either lessens or goes away. At this point, winds can sometimes blow in reverse, from the interior to the coast bringing hot, dry air also known as the \u003ca href=\"https://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=Diablo%20wind\">Diablo wind \u003c/a>— Northern California’s version of the Santa Ana winds that rip across the southern part of the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>How will climate change impact the Bay Area’s ‘second summer’?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Coastal area temperatures are dictated by ocean temperatures. And while the ocean is warming off the coast of California, it isn’t warming \u003cem>enough\u003c/em> to dramatically change the summertime weather pattern.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For San Francisco, the average fall day may be a bit warmer — but not excessively so, said Michael Wehner, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My fearless prediction is that fall will remain its nicest weather,” joked Wehner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Wehner says that we should caution that little is known about how coastal fog will change, if at all, as the planet warms. Some \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/14/climate/san-francisco-fog.html\">research suggests that fog is decreasing in California but the reasons aren’t entirely clear\u003c/a>. 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Sprawling forest featuring redwood groves and rare wildlife, plus trails, picnic areas and campsites. \u003ccite>(John Hudson Photography/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>\u003ca id=\"coolfallspots\">\u003c/a>I want to find cool temperatures for true fall vibes. Where can I go in the Bay Area?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Think: coastal, shaded, elevated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This time of year, if you want to escape the heat, the best place to go is toward the coast rather than inland. Even though we’re warming up on the coast without as much fog, we’re still surrounded by a “big pool of water” called the Pacific Ocean with temperatures that are in the 60s, says Null.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Null recommends that if you’re looking to escape the heat in search of some brisk fall temperatures, you should hit the coast — like areas in Marin County — or go to higher elevations, like in the foothills of the Sierra.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Divya Konda is founder of \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/weekendwanderersinc/\">Weekend Wanderers Inc., \u003c/a>a social media space recommending different hikes around the Bay Area. 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And on the Peninsula, Konda recommends \u003ca href=\"https://www.smcgov.org/parks/cowell-purisima-trail\">Cowell Purisima Coastal trail\u003c/a>, a pleasant ocean-side trail that’s best enjoyed on a clear day. “The gentle breeze and the ocean views are easy to fall in love with,” says Konda. While you’re on the Peninsula, \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=531\">Half Moon Bay State Beach\u003c/a> is another great spot to find cool coastal trails.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the South Bay, Konda recommends another hidden gem that the locals love: The \u003ca href=\"https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/sanborn-creek-trail\">Sanborn Creek Trail\u003c/a>, that’ll take you by the bustling creek, and is completely shaded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the East Bay, a favorite among Bay Area residents and a recommendation by Konda to escape the heat is \u003ca href=\"https://www.ebparks.org/parks/reinhardt-redwood\">Reinhardt Regional Park\u003c/a>. Most of these redwoods are second- or third-generation redwoods and the park offers some great trails to hike, says Konda.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These recommendations might be great places to visit to escape the heat, but of course they’re also hiking gems that can be enjoyed throughout the year.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Where to go to find warmer weather?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>A little later in the fall in November, when cooler, autumnal temperatures finally hit the Bay Area, you might then be looking to spend time in warmer temperatures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of the warmer spots in or near the Bay Area, Null advises, are farther away from the coast into the \u003ca href=\"https://visittrivalley.com/things-to-do/outdoor/\">Tri-Valley area\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The more inland you go, the warmer the temperatures will be. 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We’ve published \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/tag/coronavirus-resources-and-explainers\">clear, practical explainers and guides about COVID\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11936674/how-to-prepare-for-this-weeks-atmospheric-river-storm-sandbags-emergency-kits-and-more\">how to cope with intense winter weather\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11821950/how-to-safely-attend-a-protest-in-the-bay-area\">how to exercise your right to protest safely\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So tell us: What do you need to know more about? Tell us, and you could see your question answered online or on social media. What you submit will make our reporting stronger, and help us decide what to cover here on our site, and on KQED Public Radio, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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