Summer in the Bay Area hasn’t been this mild in decades.
As heat waves roast much of the West, the Bay Area has been spared from extreme temperatures over the course of the last two months.
San Francisco International Airport has measured its coldest first half of summer since 1965. The average maximum temperature at the airport was just 67.6 degrees from June 1 through July 15.
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Summer is also off to a cooler-than-normal start in Oakland, Santa Rosa and San Jose. These cities are trending slightly warmer than 2023, which began extraordinarily chilly throughout California before a hot finish…