The winters are foggy, the weather unpredictable. Low temperatures in L.A. typically hover around 45 degrees on January nights. In the summer, though, they can be in the 60s. It s the difference between a wool coat and a skimpy sweater. Weather professionals say that Southern California does have seasons, contrary to what some might think.
Winter is cool, but mild and rather wet.
Not your typical tropical paradise. In fact, according to Miller, Southern California does not have a tropical climate at all, but rather a Mediterranean one. While the tropics are characterized by muggy weather like Florida s, Mediterranean climates are classified by a strong variation between rainfall in the summer and winter, Miller says. The occurrence of SAD among Southern Californians is, understandably, relatively minimal. But 4 percent of Americans suffer from the summer version of SAD they get depressed when it s hot.