Summer Forecast For Oceanside: See Daily Predictions

OCEANSIDE, CA — Summer has arrived in Oceanside and with the pandemic restrictions lifted it should be an exciting season with plenty to do. But will the weather cooperate?

If you are looking forward to warmer weather and more opportunities for outdoor fun, then it's time to cue the happy dance because the weather predictions for Oceanside look to be picture perfect.

Specific, long-term weather predictions can help with your summer planning, and the private weather company AccuWeather has released its 2021 summer weather forecast.

Daily forecasts for Oceanside are listed through August. After that, AccuWeather lists the historical average temperature for the rest of the summer.

It appears we can expect lots of 70s and sun with mixed clouds in the mornings. In other words, a typical Oceanside summer. We are not predicted to hit temperatures above the 80s until well into August. Of course, if you have lived in Oceanside for any length of time then you know our summers can vary widely from hot to cold in a manner of days.

Hopefully, the weather predictions will be accurate this summer and we can enjoy the many great events coming up including two of the most popular:

Oceanside’s 133rd anniversary with Fireworks Display on July 3
Oceanside Harbor Days On September 18 and 19

We can also expect the return of Surfing Championships at the beach. Drop by the California Surf Museum and catch up on the latest surf news.

The rest of California and most of the country is not as fortunate as Oceanside and extreme weather is expected for most regions.

Nationally, AccuWeather predicts an eventful summer similar to the 2020 season, which brought record-breaking deaths and damage in the form of wildfires and hurricanes.

Meteorologists are also expecting the return of derechos, a weather phenomenon sometimes referred to as an “inland hurricane.” The term became more widely known about last summer when one swept through Iowa with winds faster than 100 miles per hour on August 10.

“We are still very nervous about the possibility of derechos developing based on the pattern that we’re forecasting” Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather’s chief long-range forecaster, said in a statement.

This year, the most extreme weather is expected in the early fall, Pastelok added.

Although the number of tropical storms is predicted to be down from recent years, AccuWeather says tornadoes are likely to be on the rise from May until July.

Pastelok said anywhere from 1,300 to 1,400 tornadoes could be reported by the end of the year, a slight increase from 2020.

“Across the Plains, we’re still going to be watching for the possibility of a flare-up of storms, mainly central areas on north during the month of May, June and early July,” Pastelok said in a statement.

These storms are expected to extend farther east than normal, Pastelok added, due to drought conditions that range from Montana to the Texas Panhandle.

Western US braces for another active fire season.

California experienced its third-driest winter in history which has left water reservoir levels well below normal, and with minimal snowpack across the mountains, there will not be much snowmelt to feed the reservoirs throughout the summer.

A drought emergency was issued for several counties in California on April 20 due to drought conditions with the potential for Gov. Gavin Newsom to declare a more widespread drought emergency in the coming months.

Water use restrictions are likely to "come into play during the course of the summer season," Pastelok added.

The parched earth has left vegetation dry ahead of the hot summer, setting the stage for another active wildfire season across California.

Researchers from San Jose State recently found that moisture content levels in vegetation samples were the lowest in a decade.

"We might have bigger fires earlier in the season than we typically would if we had more of a wet year," Craig Clements of San Jose University Fire Weather Research Laboratory told AccuWeather National Reporter Bill Wadell.

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