Global warming may bring cooler summers near coast : State : Ventura County Star

SACRAMENTO — For most Californians, one effect of global warming will be the opposite of what they might expect: cooler summer days.

In the first localized study of temperature changes in California, a San Jose State meteorology professor has discovered that summer temperatures declined measurably from 1948 to 2005 in areas near the coast — specifically in the Los Angeles Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area, the state's two largest population centers.