California weather question for Aug. ?

[Torontogal]

Hi all,

Wondering if I could get some information on the weather in CA for our upcoming trip in August. I am just packing and heard the weather can change based on location.

We are going to be in Anaheim, San Francisco, Hollywood, LA, San Diego, Laguna & Santa Monica.

Will the weather be fairly consistent with all those places? Just wondering if I need to pack any jeans/pants for the kids or are shorts fine.

Thanks for all your help. I posted several times on these boards and always get so much info.

TIA

 

[Valencia Joe]

For those cities, except for San Francisco, you can get away with shorts, even at night, because August is a hot month for Southern California. It may cool down in San Diego, but they should be comfortable in shorts. However, San Francisco is a different story. It can be hot in August, or warm during the day, and cool at night. Just to be safe, pack a pair of jeans for them. As Mark Twain supposedly said... "The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco".

 

[kelsiesmom]

This is probably a silly question, but is it "humid" in LA? I live in Illinois and it is really hot and sticky.

Thanks

 

[Donalds_best_pal]

Actually Southern California is like a coastal desert so its typically very dry. Occasionally there are periods of higher humidity but they are less seldom and nothing like the humidity of the east coast.