Is it really 20 degrees hotter in the Outer Sunset than in the Mission right now?

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Something about this seems real fishy. Also, I’ve lately been quite obsessed with SF Climates!

Way back when I was first looking for a place to live in SF, I happened upon this charming in-law apartment in the Outer Sunset. It had everything I needed, and the sweet old lady landlord seemed nice enough, although she did keep making references to these “crazy parties” she would periodically throw.

As we stood together in the bright, sunny backyard, I remarked about how beautiful a day it was, and innocently asked whether it was often like this. With a deep sigh, she said:

You seem really nice, so I just can’t lie to you. It’s probably this nice here only about 5 days a year.

Disappointed, I left and started looking for places in the Mission. But! Perhaps I was just 8 years too early?

4 Responses to “Is it really 20 degrees hotter in the Outer Sunset than in the Mission right now?”

  1. Alan says:

    Not sure about the data source for your sfclimates app, but weather underground is probably a better source. Here is my personal weather station.

    http://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=KCASANFR259

    BTW, on 10/8, it wasn’t really close to being 100 degrees, at least at 19th and Folsom.

    • Herr Doktor Professor Deth Vegetable says:

      Yeah, I was just gonna say. Weather Underground gives a lot more flexibility/granularity in locations of weather stations, etc.

  2. GG says:

    My guess would that be something is wrong with the Mission sensor so the app is defaulting to the last temperature it received from that station (probably an overnight reading).

  3. rory says:

    think you might be spending too much time on your phone.