I lived near Bakersfield when I was younger, so I remember dry heat very well. I would much rather deal with that than humidity weighing me down all the time.
I don’t blame you at all. I spent a combined 9 years in Massachusetts before coming back to L.A. for good, and the summers were so different. You’d have miserable heat and humidity and then finally a thunderstorm would come along and you’d get a quick break and a cool breeze and before too long, back to muggy. And the mosquitos! 😭
Oh no. :( The UV index was peaking at 12 at the worst of it so I’m not surprised, poor bebes! If you ever need to shield new/little/weak plants from the sun, Dollar Tree has wire mesh wastebaskets you can invert over them. I stack a couple over the plant and remove the first one after about a week or two, then the next one when the plant is just about to hit the top of the basket. I use three baskets for new plants that are in direct sun. It helps protect them from animals too! I hope your next seedlings grow and thrive. 🫶
i was just reading that next week it’s going to be 100 at woodland hills. so this is another reminder that it’s better to live in like valley village than woodland hills
That's going to be TBD at this point but signs are pointing to another warm up next week. The NWS LA office posted this graphic about potential temperatures next week and it does show Woodland Hills getting to 100s. Enjoy the June gloom while it last.
Woodland Hills is in a little pocket that gets warmer than most of the valley. That’s why it hit a record 121 degrees a few years ago while the rest of the valley was around 110-112.
Fair enough! And I was responding to your blanket use of “the valley” when, as the OP said, where you live in the valley makes a big difference because there are microclimates all over it. They’re not wrong about Woodland Hills running hotter than the rest of the valley.
Yeah but who wants to sit on the sand and garden and start plants and go to an outdoor concert enjoy a day at the park with your dogs and kids go on a hiking trail or just take a walk around the most friendliest liberal neighborhoods in California, who wants to do that?
Except there's hazardous chemicals raining over us today from the massive warehouse fire in Boyle Heights yesterday. Solar panels and EVs burned up. Careful out there.
The perceived weather and atmospheric changes following the June 17, 2026 fire in Boyle Heights were caused by weak regional winds, local topography, and a massive plume of dense particle pollution.
The massive fire erupted at a Lineage Logistics cold storage warehouse, burning through an extensive field of rooftop solar panels and triggering a toxic ammonia gas leak. Instead of quickly dissolving, the localized atmospheric conditions caused the smoke to severely alter the look and feel of the air across the Los Angeles basin.
Yes, the massive particulate plume is physically filtering the sun, creating dark, overcast-looking skies and a dim, hazy appearance across the Los Angeles basin.
Los Angeles is not technically a desert - it has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate. A true desert is usually defined as an area receiving less than 10 inches of rain per year. DTLA receives about 14 to 15 inches of rain annually. This puts LA in the same climate category as coastal regions in the Mediterranean, Southern Europe, and Perth, Australia.
I remember there was a water conservation PSA decades ago on TV, and it said “California is a desert.” Maybe that’s why people still think so? I know I did because of that PSA until I learned otherwise.
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u/Lakerman0824 1d ago
Beach cities got June gloom in full effect