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Climate change is making California coast cooler, rainer

07/06/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Yearly rainfall has increased 6 percent in San Francisco over the last 30 years, a trend that matches climate change predictions. Inland, however, is heating up.
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What we have in common with the 49ers: Rain in June

06/28/2011
By Alison Hawkes

Sigh. Another rainy day ... and it's almost July?! The Bay Area is experiencing a record-breaking rainy June, the likes of which was last seen in 1849 during the Gold Rush.
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Get ready for a “blanket” of rain this week

03/21/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger

The Bay Area’s wet and windy weekend (minus that reprieve on Sunday) is just the beginning of a long wet streak, despite that San Francisco, for example, is already 113 percent of average for the season. The National Weather Service says the first week of Spring is going to be a very, very rainy...
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Khosla and Google Ventures invest $42 million in weather insurance

03/01/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger

Two of the most powerful venture capital investment groups – Khosla Ventures and Google Ventures – have ponied up $42 million for WeatherBill, a San Francisco-based crop insurance company. Founded by former Google executives, WeatherBill operates on the premise that climate change will increasingly disrupt agriculture, making the already precarious business of growing food...
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Brewing storm could bring snow to San Francisco

02/22/2011
By Victoria Schlesinger

The National Weather Service is speculating that a bitter cold front moving toward the Bay Area could bring snow not only to the region’s peaks, but to elevations as low as downtown this weekend. The last time San Francisco city streets saw snow was in 1976. On the bright side, expect a rain reprieve...
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Sierra snowpack good, but dry spell still a threat

01/29/2011
By Alison Hawkes

The  Sierra snowpack is at 108 percent normal for this time of year, according to measurements of the state’s frozen water supply. Though that sounds good, if a drop-off in precipitation that began last month continues, due to the La Niña weather pattern, all that could change. Modest rainfall is forecast for this weekend and...
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New record high temperature for San Francisco

11/15/2010
By Victoria Schlesinger

So, I just returned from Boston where most days I was wearing a long, down jacket and a Russian-style hat with ear flaps. I thought maybe the sudden transition back to sunny Bay Area weather would explain why when I left the airport I quickly wished I was wearing shorts rather than two sweaters...
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