LA Fires: Jan 2025

As this WP article points out, it's very unlikely that LAers would accept the mass removal of palm trees, despite it being a smart move from a fire-mitigation perspective. Still, look at that clip in front of the McDonald's -- those look like hurricane-level gusts.

Alternate link if that ^^ doesn't work.
 
This linked article was the surprising one to me.
Ventura ranks as the fastest-warming county in the Lower 48 states.
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Santa Barbara County, the main subject of the article, is similar. I have commented before that the most noticeable change in SoCal weather since I was a kid is the decrease in fog/Gray May/June Gloom. That is a major feature of Ventura/Santa Barbara climate, so its decrease might have greater impact than in L.A./Orange/San Diego counties.

North of Point Conception the ocean is much colder and I believe the fog still dominates that climate, particularly April-July as described at the Monterey Aquarium.

My street in Glendale, immediately below the Verdugo Mountains, is lined with palm trees, though Glendale trims them every year.
 
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Tony Crocker said:
This linked article was the surprising one to me.
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Their Methodology includes "The Washington Post used the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Divisional Database (nClimDiv), which provides monthly temperature data at the national, state and county level between 1895 and 2018 for the Lower 48 states."

I remember hearing that Carson City was most affected by warming temperatures, but maybe that's old news.

Article from March 2021 says "The Carson City news was so shocking that NBC picked it up and broadcast it nationally: an analysis by the Associated Press, using 30 years of federal records, named Carson City as the fastest warming city in the United States. Two years later, in 2016, Reno was named the fastest warming city in America. "

Article from July 2022 includes "Since 1970, summer temperatures in Reno, Nevada, have risen 10.9 degrees, making it the nation’s fastest-warming city, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit research group.

Ranked second is Las Vegas, Nevada, which has seen an increase of 5.8 degrees. Boise, Idaho, follows in third at 5.6 degrees."
 
I read comments like those tseeb saw, made about Phoenix a lot. Great Basin/desert environments seem extra sensitive to urban heat island effects in the summer. Reno, Boise, Vegas and Phoenix have all seen explosive population growth and building development since 1970. It should be possible to compare those to similar climate small towns that have not urbanized much.
jamesdeluxe said:
If that happens to us, I'll send Tony an invoice.
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As mentioned before our homeowners insurance is up 156% since 2019. I am not looking forward to the next bill in November.
 
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