Long time readers will remember this one…
We get these kind of inquiries all the time, and it’s certainly something up for debate, as we all have our own comfort levels as to what is considered warm or “nice”. Heck, Dave Navarro of Jane’s Addiction lives in Sunny warm L.A., but by following his Twitter feed, you’d think he’s better suited for living in foggy Outer Sunset of San Francisco. So a reader brings up the question and maybe this time we’ll get some definitive answers as to just how different one district’s weather is from the other. (We’re going to ask for a little link help from our friends at Curbed Sf and SFist to help spread the word.):
I’m looking to buy and comparing districts, everyone says : Mission and Noe are much warmer, get more sun,…
Is there a good resource that shows sun-hours and temperature (average/per month) like this below would, but by district:
Climate in San Francisco CountyIt would be quite interesting to many buyers I think!
Thanks
J
Our answer, take a look at the San Francisco Districts Map (as it pertains to real estate). Take a ruler, draw a straight line from District 7a (Marina) to district 3J (Oceanview). Anything to the left (west), cold(er) and windy most of the year. Anything to the right (east), warm(er) and windy most of the year.
Simple as that?
We’re thinking there should be a lot more little red lines running all over this map, but the simpleton in us said to do it this way…
I had a little extra time on my hands while child #2 napped. Basic, rudimentary mockup here:
Yellow circles are generally where it is warmer. Arrows indicate wind. The larger the arrow, the stronger the wind. The white line down the middle is generally the fog line.
This is by no means 100% accurate and the fog, sun, and wind in San Francisco always find a way to do unexpected things in unexpected places. So don’t sue me if you buy a home in the yellow circle and you wake up one morning to the fog.
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-Thank you to the New York Times for finding and featuring this blog post in their awesome article about San Francisco / Coastal Fog. Our nano-climates are WAY more complicated than this simple map I mocked up years ago, and I’ve learned a lot more about our weather and neighborhoods since this post, so drop me a line anytime if you’d like to discuss my experiences with San Francisco fog, wind, and weather.
I found this page a couple of days ago about fog patterns in the city
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/object/article?f=/chronicle/archive/2001/07/09/MN139536.DTL&object=%2Fc%2Fpictures%2F2001%2F07%2F09%2Fmn_sfmicroclimate.jpg
Thanks! That’s a good map.
This is a very old post, but Im insterested! Around 2006, I moved to SF. Starting in Berkeley, I was very disheartened to be welcomed every morning by a scene that looked like I’d never left Seattle. So I remembered my college geology professor’s story: “every time I moved to another city for an adjunct position, my new neighbors were astonished. They’d ask, how did you find this block/burrough/valley/etc? It took us twenty years of living here to know that it’s the best weather in the city!” Maps. That was his answer. So I looked for a fog map of SF, and found one! Although it took three more years to find a residence in the sunny part of SF (24th St, just south of the top of Market Street) it was a gloriously different experience. Ironically I started in the other best area, if you can manage the commute, Sausalito. You can watch the fog roll in, while sipping coffee outside in the sunlight :). Im sorry to say that I don’t have that map anymore, it’s out there. Or use your geology 101 skills to find a map that combines precipitation and wind, or go to the windy app (free) and play the fog map. Take a screen shot.
Hey Hallie! Man do I wish I had found that map long ago. I don’t even know if Google maps was very much in the scene when I did this post, and it was all based on my own curiosity and experience. You want a really old/good read, check out my old “Tour de San Francisco”…www.tdsf.blogspot.com. Good stuff there. Thanks for finding my site and taking the time to make a comment. If I can help you, or anyone you know with that next property purchase or sale, please do reach out.