Det sker i Los Angeles (LA), United States året igennem

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Rose Parade

• Festival

  Rose Parade

  1. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  New Year's morning in Pasadena, flower-covered floats and a hundred thousand people on Colorado Boulevard who mostly slept there. The floats stay on display for two days after. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter rain season (1. dec. – 15. mar.), Gray whale migration (15. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Academy Awards weekend

• Festival

  Academy Awards weekend

  25. feb. – 20. mar. · normaltFilmfestivalTætpakketLukninger

  Hollywood Boulevard closes for the best part of a week around the ceremony, and the hotel and restaurant scene in the middle of the city behaves accordingly. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Winter rain season (1. dec. – 15. mar.), Gray whale migration (15. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Academy Awards weekend

• Natur

  Wildflower season

  1. mar. – 30. apr. · normaltVilde blomster & blomstringTætpakket

  After a wet winter the desert parks and the inland hills flower for a few weeks, and the roadsides at Antelope Valley and Walker Canyon jam solid. A dry winter cancels it. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Los Angeles Marathon

  5.–25. mar. · normaltSportsbegivenhedLukningerTætpakket

  Twenty-odd thousand runners on a Sunday in March, on a course that has been redrawn more than once. Whichever route it takes, a long diagonal of the city is shut to traffic until early afternoon. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Academy Awards weekend (25. feb. – 20. mar. (normalt)), Winter rain season (1. dec. – 15. mar.), Gray whale migration (15. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Wildflower season

Intet nyt begynder i april.

Stadig i gang: Wildflower season (1. mar. – 30. apr. (normalt)), Gray whale migration (15. dec. – 30. apr. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — mellem toppene

• Sæson

  May gray and June gloom

  1. maj – 30. jun.Tågesæson

  The marine layer sits over the coast until early afternoon most days while the valleys are already hot. Ten miles inland is a different day entirely. Kilde ↗

Travlt — mellem toppene, LA Pride

• Festival

  LA Pride

  5.–15. jun. · normaltTætpakket

  The parade and village weekend in Hollywood in early June, with Hollywood Boulevard closed for it. West Hollywood and Long Beach hold their own on other weekends, so check which one you mean. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: May gray and June gloom (1. maj – 30. jun.)

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Fourth of July

• Helligdag

  Fourth of July

  4. jul.National helligdagTætpakketRisiko

  Official shows at the Hollywood Bowl, and unofficial fireworks across the whole basin for most of the night. The fire department runs extra brush patrols, because nothing has been rained on since March. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — redaktionens travleste måned, Summer break i United States

• Sæson

  Sea at its warmest

  1. aug. – 30. sep.Havet er varmt nok

  Late summer is the only stretch when the Pacific here is worth getting into without a wetsuit, and it lasts into the first half of October.

Travlt — Summer break i United States

• Risiko

  Santa Ana wind and fire season

  15. sep. – 15. dec. · normaltRøgsæson

  Offshore winds arrive over vegetation that has had no rain since spring, and the fire risk peaks before the first storms. Smoke can close the hills and the coast road for days. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea at its warmest (1. aug. – 30. sep.)

Travlt — mellem toppene, Dia de los Muertos

• Festival

  Dia de los Muertos

  25. okt. – 3. nov. · normaltNational helligdagTætpakket

  Altars and an all-night gathering in the Hollywood Forever cemetery on the Saturday nearest 2 November, plus nine days of processions on Olvera Street. Cemetery tickets go weeks ahead. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))

Travlt — mellem toppene, Dia de los Muertos

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Stadig i gang: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt)), Dia de los Muertos (25. okt. – 3. nov. (normalt))

Stille — redaktionens stille måned, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Sæson

  Winter rain season

  1. dec. – 15. mar.MonsunRisiko

  Effectively all of the year's rain falls in this window, in a handful of Pacific storms. It is also when the hills are green and the air is at its cleanest.

• Natur

  Gray whale migration

  15. dec. – 30. apr. · normaltHvalsæson

  The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March. Boats go from Long Beach and San Pedro. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15. sep. – 15. dec. (normalt))