Summer's been a breeze ... so far - LA Daily News
While the eastern U.S. suffers through a nasty heat wave, Southern Californians are under the cooling spell of a late and lingering "Catalina eddy," better known as June gloom.Record low temperatures in San Diego County - SignOnSanDiego.com
Angelenos will be reaching for hoodies - at least until the weekend, when things are expected to warm up.
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"This is the June gloom on steroids," said Bill Patzert, a climatologist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Ca ada-Flintridge.
"June gloom is late and lingering, and not everybody is bummed out," Patzert said. "The people that don't like it are people that are selling suntan lotion and boogie boards at the beach - and, of course, the dermatologists who are putting their kids through college."
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"We've seen this in the past. This is not global warming, or the end of civilization," Patzert said.
This is July?
It didn't feel that way as high temperatures were at record lows in San Diego County today, says the National Weather Service.
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The temperature only reached 62 degrees in Oceanside Harbor. The record "low high" for this date is 65. That record was set in 2002. The harbor averages a high of 74 degrees this time of year.
Escondido posted a high of 69, which was nine degrees below the record low-high, set in 1987. The city averages 87 degrees in early June.
At Lindbergh Field in San Diego, the temperature reached 65, tying the low-high for this date, set in 1912. The normal temperature for this time of year in 75. And in El Cajon, the temperature hit 78, trying the record low-high, set in 2002. El Cajon's average high is 86.
Wednesday could be another day for the record books.
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