Okay, so I like weather stations. This mild January afternoon in my local area was perfect for a 2-3 hour hike in the hills just… [Read More]
November 8, 2023 Aerial Views of Point Mugu, Camarillos AP, and San Nicolas Island
How about some pics above the Oxnard Plain? Does life get any more exciting than looking at the Oxnard Plain? This entry features iPhone images… [Read More]
Record Cool Start to 2023 at Westlake Village
The current year started off wet and cool for most of coastal Southern California (Jan-Mar), and it continued cool and very cloudy for most of… [Read More]
Westlake Village Climate Data
DAILY DATA/MAX AND MIN TEMPS AND 24-HOUR PRECIP (midnight to midnight) Westlake Village/Hidden Canyon station from 1999 to 2012: Westlake Village/Northgate station from 2013 to… [Read More]
September 22, 2022 Death Valley Too Hot Again
A recent blog entry by me which compared the official Death Valley temperature-measurement instrumentation with adjacent temporary equipment (installed by Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific)… [Read More]
Detailed Afternoon Temperature Comparisons at Furnace Creek in Death Valley in July 2021
Dirk Baker of Campbell Scientific set up separate temperature-measuring instrumentation at the official Death Valley/Furnace Creek weather station in May, 2021. The purpose was, in… [Read More]
August 1, 2022 Stovepipe Wells 1SW Weather Station Images
A “USCRN” weather station was established near Stovepipe Wells, California, in Death Valley in May, 2004. USCRN stands for “United States Climate Reference Network,” and… [Read More]
August 5, 2022 Big Wet and Muddy Mess in Death Valley
(Youtube video with some video and pics of rain and flooding in DV on Aug 5) The 2022 summer monsoon season has been quite active… [Read More]
BAD WEATHER DATA Los Angeles USC Station
March 1, 2022 Today I am posting the first of what I hope will be many entries regarding bad, poor, lousy, incorrect, and/or dubious weather… [Read More]
February 28, 2022 Downtown Los Angeles
On the last day of February I visited the Los Angeles weather station site at USC, and then headed to the downtown area, near Staples… [Read More]
Local Weather Records Archive
This page provides links to the pages for local weather records for the San Fernando Valley and vicinity. Woodland Hills Weather Records/1977 to 1997 observer… [Read More]
November 25, 2021 San Nicolas Island Airport, ASOS, and Wind Turbines
I had an enjoyable Thanksgiving (November 25) on San Nicolas Island, including a bike ride from Nicktown to the airport and then up… [Read More]
Death Valley July 2021 Heatwave Analysis
January 5, 2022 update — adding more analysis and comparisons of additional stations in the region…about halfway done with that… Image above: The Death Valley… [Read More]
August 25, 2021 New Weather Station in Death Valley, at Badwater!
Stop the presses — the National Weather Service has installed a new online weather station at the hottest spot in Death Valley, which also… [Read More]
Record Hot Death Valley Heat Wave, July 9-12, 2021 (Data and Charts)
On the weekend of the 108th anniversary of the bogus 134F maximum temperature report in Death Valley, a very high-end heat wave… [Read More]