It's been a very cool start to Summer (even for us) with a notable lack of heat waves. Some of the June-July temperature statistics are compelling. 🧵

Salinas hasn't been warmer than 71 degrees since June 1st. That shatters the old record of 76 from 1969.

These stations also recorded their lowest max temp to start the Summer. Concord-99 Calistoga-98 Santa Rosa-95 Graton-93 Kentfield-90 San Jose-88 Redwood City-88 Petaluma-88 Fremont-87 Hollister-86 Napa-85 Hayward-85 Big Sur-83 Oakland-79 Monterey-73

It's also been a while since the average max temperature was this low: Oakland - 68.1 - Coolest on record (1970) SFO - 68.0 - Coolest since 1965 San Francisco Downtown- 63.7 - 1999 Salinas - 67.6 - 1991 Kentfield - 78.6 - 1998 San Jose - 76.9 - 1999

While some may be pining for a warm summer day, the cool weather has helped slow fire season. The fuel moisture is above normal for this time of year.