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People who think that San Francisco weather is terrible are typically from places like Los Angeles (where I'm from) or other places that equate excruciating heat with nice weather. I actually like the cold and rain, and it only lasts for a few months. Put on a dang sweater and man up.

It's worth noting here that it was 80 degrees in San Francisco today. In November.

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I'm from Minnesota, and I didn't think the weather in SF was terrible, but I definitely thought it was weird that in SF it would be 80 degrees one day in November and 50 degrees and foggy all summer.

I've been in and out of north beach for 10 years. It's hardly ever 50 and foggy. It's sunny for a large part of every day and rarely below 65 midday.

It's 50 and foggy every day in the Sunset.

Not yesterday, it wasn't.

Reminds me of:

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

(While usually attributed to Mark Twain, the actual source of these words of wisdom is unknown - there is no evidence that Mark Twain ever said this.) from: http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/

The trick to SF's summers is that they occur later in the year (the Indian Summer) we get our best weather in September/October (heck today was awesome)

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