På gång i Los Angeles (LA), United States under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Rose Parade

• Festival

  Rose Parade

  1 janJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mar), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Academy Awards weekend

• Festival

  Academy Awards weekend

  25 feb – 20 mar · vanligtvisFilmfestivalTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mar), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Academy Awards weekend

• Natur

  Wildflower season

  1 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomningTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Los Angeles Marathon

  5–25 mar · vanligtvisSportevenemangStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Academy Awards weekend (25 feb – 20 mar (vanligtvis)), Winter rain season (1 dec – 15 mar), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Wildflower season

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Wildflower season (1 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Gray whale migration (15 dec – 30 apr (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna

• Säsong

  May gray and June gloom

  1 maj – 30 junDimsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, LA Pride

• Festival

  LA Pride

  5–15 jun · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: May gray and June gloom (1 maj – 30 jun)

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Fourth of July

• Helg

  Fourth of July

  4 julNationell helgdagTrångtRisk

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer break i United States

• Säsong

  Sea at its warmest

  1 aug – 30 sepHavet varmt nog

  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.

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States

• Risk

  Santa Ana wind and fire season

  15 sep – 15 dec · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea at its warmest (1 aug – 30 sep)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Dia de los Muertos

• Festival

  Dia de los Muertos

  25 okt – 3 nov · vanligtvisNationell helgdagTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Dia de los Muertos

Inget nytt börjar i november.

Pågår fortfarande: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis)), Dia de los Muertos (25 okt – 3 nov (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Säsong

  Winter rain season

  1 dec – 15 marMonsunRisk

  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 · vanligtvisValsäsong

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Santa Ana wind and fire season (15 sep – 15 dec (vanligtvis))