The coldest winter I ever saw...

...was the summer I spent in San Francisco. --attributed to Mark Twain From Anthony Watts:

New record low temperatures in San Francisco Bay area
Jan Null of Golden Gate Weather writes:

Based on hourly weather observations a number of minimum temperature records were either set or tied in the Bay Area this morning.

City          Min Temp         Min    Year
San Rafael      28              32 in 1996
Napa            27              30 in 1945
San Francisco   37              37 in 1962
SF Arpt         36              36 in 1971
Oakland         35              38 in 1987
Oakland Arpt    32              34 in 1962
San Jose        33              33 in 1897

These are unofficial values and some sites could be a degree or so lower when the official minima are collected later today.

I wonder if Al (sea-level) Gore is staying at his new oceanfront condo in S.F.