Editing Pleasant Hill, California (section)

== Geography and climate ==

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|7.1|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}}. Pleasant Hill has a varied landscape with some valleys and rolling hills. In undisturbed wilderness, [[California oak woodland|oak woodlands]] and [[California mixed evergreen forest|mixed woods]] can be found. It is located in the central [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)|East San Francisco Bay]].

This region has warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71|F|C|abbr=off}}. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Pleasant Hill has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=24940&cityname=Pleasant+Hill%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units= |title = Pleasant Hill, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |work = Weatherbase |access-date = October 21, 2015 }}</ref> Winter daytime temperatures tend to be in the fifties to low sixties, and summers range in the seventies to upper eighties, occasionally reaching the low nineties. On very rare occasions, the temperatures can reach the one hundred degree range during extreme [[heat wave]]s. Freezing in winter is rare, but it does happen. Summer [[fog]] is occasional but winter fog is very common.