Weather
People love to live and visit Los Angeles because it is warm and sunny. You can go swimming and skiing all in the same day in Los Angeles. Los Angeles has a very gently climate. The hottest month is August with average high of 85°F and the coldest is December with an average low of 49°F. You can wear t-shirts in January, which makes people who live in Wisconsin and other cold places wish they lived in Los Angeles. Winter brings rain, but not snow. The month with the most precipitation is February with 3.80 inches. Los Angeles only gets about 15 inches of rain per year, which is not a lot at all. July has the most sunshine hours, but August has the highest average per day.
Earthquakes
Earthquakes are the shaking, rolling, or unexpected shock of the Earth relieving stress. The earthquakes happen when the tectonic plates spread apart or move together, rocks form at the edges, and when the rocks shift it causes the shaking and rattling. One of the big reasons why Los Angeles has earthquakes is because it sits right on top of San Andreas Fault. A fault is an area where broken rocks slide past each other and cause a crack in the Earth. The Richter scale measures the intensity of an earthquake. The scale goes from 4 (minor) to 8 (great).
Two major earthquakes happened in Los Angeles. One earthquake in 1971 killed 65 people with a large amount of property damage. Another one happened in 1994, which killed 60 people and took out sections of freeways. It measured 6.7 on the Richter scale, which is a strong (6) to major (7) earthquake.
Two major earthquakes happened in Los Angeles. One earthquake in 1971 killed 65 people with a large amount of property damage. Another one happened in 1994, which killed 60 people and took out sections of freeways. It measured 6.7 on the Richter scale, which is a strong (6) to major (7) earthquake.
Santa Ana Winds
Santa Ana winds are strong, extremely dry down-slope winds. The winds blow in from the desert and Great Basin (includes part of Nevada and Utah) and affect California, the southern coast and northern Baja. The winds blow in when the desert has cooler temperatures, which explains why this happens mostly during fall and winter. The winds range from hot to cold, depending on the temperatures in the Mojave Desert and Great Basin.
The winds are known for very hot, dry weather that they can bring. They can cause wildfires and because of this are known as "devil winds" across Southern California. Los Angeles had high winds in 1993 that created fires which destroyed over 800 homes.
The winds are known for very hot, dry weather that they can bring. They can cause wildfires and because of this are known as "devil winds" across Southern California. Los Angeles had high winds in 1993 that created fires which destroyed over 800 homes.