![]() The panel provides an illuminating graphic comparison of the rainfall patterns in other major US cities it’s clear that San Francisco is pretty unusual in its winter-only rainfall. Most of California enjoys a mediterranean-type climate, with rain falling during the cooler months and a nearly complete lack of rainfall during the warmer months. An interpretive panel at the western end of the park, attached to the railing between the two succulent gardens, explains the natural rainfall pattern experienced in San Francisco. Pathways are well-paved, and occasional shelter provides protection from the heaviest downpours. To our surprise, we were not the only folks strolling around Salesforce Park. If you’re keeping track, that’s several inches below the average at this point in a rainy season that begins in October and runs (if we’re lucky) for almost six months. And what a day it was, with more than half an inch adding to the half inch received Friday night, to roughly triple San Francisco’s seasonal rainfall to date. We survived a day of blistering heat in Mission Bay last summer, and a marginally cooler day in Westwood Park in early November, but Sunday, December 13, was our first encounter with real rain. ![]() To paraphrase the US Post Office’s slogan, neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays the three tree geeks from their appointed rounds…
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