Virtual Tour of the Batiquitos Lagoon Hiking Trail in Carlsbad, California
1,730 views · Published 20 June 2012 · 18:26 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: Melvin Wei · 2012 · Travel & Events
In San Diego there is a phenomena called June Gloom. June Gloom is a southern California term for a weather pattern that results in cloudy, overcast skies with cool temperatures during the late spring and early summer. June Gloom in southern California is caused by the marine layer effect common to the West Coast, and is enhanced by the Catalina eddy local to southern California. May and June together are usually the cloudiest months in coastal Southern California, and today was a exemplary day for this effect. As I hiked closer to the Pacific Ocean, the sky became increasingly overcast and the lighting conditions for excellent photography eroded. Thus, many of the video clips I shot this weekend weren't as good as they could have been if this location were 5-10 miles inland. The marine layer effect, composed of stratus and/or stratocumulus clouds, is also called May Gray, No-Sky July, and Fogust as it occurs in other months, and is collectively known as Summer Bummer. It can reach 15 miles or further inland to places like Temecula, California overnight, but that is rare. Typically I'll see the June Gloom effect during the day close to the coast, only to look Eastward and see the border where it ends 5-10 miles inland, where it was sunny all day. Thus, when you buy a house in Southern California or a similar climate elsewhere in the world, you should consider that buying too close to the coast and/or too high in hill elevation is actually a bad move, in addition to being twice as expensive as living inland.
