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I'm not sure about colder, but there are similarly chilly cities only a few degrees off Point Reyes totals:
I think Point Reyes might be have the chillest summers on the California coast (perhaps the entire US west coast) if only because it's a peninsula that sticks out into the sea. That's why I picked it, together with its extremely low seasonal range and high record lows (likely higher than Miami) and fogginess makes a bit unique.
I think coastal Morocco has similarly cool summers as Southern California and Baja, but with a bit warmer nights since the Atlantic Ocean is warmer at those latitude compared to the Pacific.
B. Visited it on a clear, mild october day, with moderate wind, temp about 70°F. Very pleasant the day I was there. And no wonder : Point Reyes is right on the 38th parallel (South-central Spain, south Italy)!
That alone should give it at least a B in my book as you get many of those days where the temp gets up to at least 60 with sunshine for much of the year there making it a rarity as is much of coastal California. Once you get up past Bodega Bay and especially north the climate becomes more like the PNW in a hurry. Quite fascinating region..
I'd be cold 12 months a year in Point Reyes; even if it's "frost-proof" and the most miserable frost-proof climate in the world at that. Very low sunshine hours in summer (despite no rain) and most years, I could count the number of days that would exceed 70F per year on one hand (some years it's zero!).
Straight out F. Even London gets much warmer summers with more sunshine.
The only saving grace is that there are much sunnier and warmer summers a short drive away from Point Reyes such as this one (about 20 miles from Point Reyes) with average highs over 80 F in July, August, and September but frigid by summer standards nights during the same months. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petaluma,_California
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Despite it having highs akin to La Paz, at least it is redeemed by its rather mild lows and drier rainfall pattern. I'm guessing it sunshine hours are also much higher than La Paz's (2400), perhaps 2600?
It's not that bad of a climate -- I'd still prefer it over any places in the UK and Ireland.
Despite it having highs akin to La Paz, at least it is redeemed by its rather mild lows and drier rainfall pattern. I'm guessing it sunshine hours are also much higher than La Paz's (2400), perhaps 2600?
Depends on where. The peninsula by the lighthouse [where the averages from the OP are from] I'd guess is much lower, as the area is enshrouded in fog during the warmer half of the year [well, warmer inland; it's not any warmer there].
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Polar crummers with cold stratocrapfogfest year round with no storms. Not even the western shoreline of Tasmania is that cold.
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