Editing Cupertino, California (section)

==Geography==
[[File:StevensCreekReservoir.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stevens Creek Reservoir]]]]
Cupertino is at the southern end of [[San Francisco Bay]]. The eastern part of the city, located in the [[Santa Clara Valley]], is flat, while the western part rises into the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]]. Cupertino borders [[San Jose, California|San Jose]] and [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]] to the east, [[Saratoga, California|Saratoga]] to the south, [[Sunnyvale, California|Sunnyvale]] and [[Los Altos, California|Los Altos]] to the north, and [[Loyola, California|Loyola]] to the northwest.

Several streams run through Cupertino on their way to south [[San Francisco Bay]], including (from north to south): [[Permanente Creek]], [[Stevens Creek (California)|Stevens Creek]], [[San Tomas Aquino Creek]] and its [[Smith Creek (Santa Clara County, California)|Smith Creek]], the Regnart Creek and Prospect Creek tributaries of [[Calabazas Creek (Santa Clara County)|Calabazas Creek]], and [[Saratoga Creek]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|11.3|sqmi}},<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990|archive-date=August 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> 99.99% of it land and 0.01% of it water.

===Climate===
Cupertino has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] (''Csb'' under the [[Köppen climate classification]] system), with warm to hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.

{{Weather box
| location = Cupertino, California
| single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 79
|Feb record high F = 89
|Mar record high F = 89
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 104
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 111
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 109
|Oct record high F = 100
|Nov record high F = 96
|Dec record high F = 87

|Jan high F = 58.4
|Feb high F = 62.2
|Mar high F = 65.7
|Apr high F = 70
|May high F = 74.3
|Jun high F = 79.1
|Jul high F = 82
|Aug high F = 81.7
|Sep high F = 81.2
|Oct high F = 75.5
|Nov high F = 66.8
|Dec high F = 59

|Jan mean F= 48.3
|Feb mean F= 51.6
|Mar mean F= 54
|Apr mean F= 57
|May mean F= 60.7
|Jun mean F= 64.7
|Jul mean F= 67.3
|Aug mean F= 67
|Sep mean F= 65.9
|Oct mean F= 61.2
|Nov mean F= 54.3
|Dec mean F= 48.9

|Jan low F = 38.2
|Feb low F = 41.1
|Mar low F = 42.4
|Apr low F = 43.9
|May low F = 47.1
|Jun low F = 50.2
|Jul low F = 52.6
|Aug low F = 52.4
|Sep low F = 50.6
|Oct low F = 47
|Nov low F = 41.8
|Dec low F = 38.8

|Jan record low F = 19
|Feb record low F = 23
|Mar record low F = 28
|Apr record low F = 29
|May record low F = 32
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 38
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 36
|Oct record low F = 30
|Nov record low F = 24
|Dec record low F = 20

|rain colour = green
|Jan rain inch = 3
|Feb rain inch = 2.6
|Mar rain inch = 2.3
|Apr rain inch = 1
|May rain inch = 0.4
|Jun rain inch = 0.1
|Jul rain inch = 0
|Aug rain inch = 0
|Sep rain inch = 0.3
|Oct rain inch = 0.6
|Nov rain inch = 1.5
|Dec rain inch = 2.7

|Jan rain days = 10
|Feb rain days = 9
|Mar rain days = 9
|Apr rain days = 5
|May rain days = 3
|Jun rain days = 1
|Jul rain days = 0
|Aug rain days = 0
|Sep rain days = 1
|Oct rain days = 3
|Nov rain days = 6
|Dec rain days = 9

| source= [https://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weatherall.php3?s=219740&cityname=Cupertino+-+Santa+Clara+University%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=  Monthly- All Data for Cupertino- Santa Clara University, California]
|date = February 25, 2023
}}

===Neighborhoods===
Cupertino is made up of numerous subdivisions, most of them developed since the 1960s. Most of Cupertino's contemporary properties were developed around 1960. The area between [[Stevens Creek Boulevard]], Miller Avenue, Bollinger Road, and Lawrence Expressway contains 224 [[Joseph Eichler|Eichler]] homes, built during the 1950s.<ref>[http://www.cupertinoeichlers.com/ Cupertino Eichler Info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014040610/http://cupertinoeichlers.com/ |date=October 14, 2015 }}, Cupertino Eichler, June 18, 2014</ref> Two of the newest parts of Cupertino are among its oldest housing tracts. [[Monta Vista]] and [[Rancho Rinconada]] were developed outside of the city's boundaries in the 1950s and before. Rancho Rinconada was annexed in 1999<ref>[http://www.svcn.com/archives/cupertinocourier/03.10.99/rancho-9910.html Rancho annexation complete] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912133516/http://www.svcn.com/archives/cupertinocourier/03.10.99/rancho-9910.html |date=September 12, 2009 }}, Cupertino Courier, March 10, 1999</ref> and the last part of Monta Vista was annexed in 2004.<ref>[http://mytown.mercurynews.com/archives/cupertinocourier/20040225/cu-coverstrip.shtml On March 4 Monta Vista annexed if not appealed] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718012301/http://mytown.mercurynews.com/archives/cupertinocourier/20040225/cu-coverstrip.shtml |date=July 18, 2011 }} Cupertino Courier, February 25, 2004</ref> The neighborhood of Seven Springs is at the southwestern tip of Cupertino and was developed in the late 1980s. The newest and most northwestern neighborhood, Oak Valley, borders Rancho San Antonio Park and was developed around the turn of the millennium.

Cupertino is known for its high housing prices as the majority of residential properties are multimillion-dollar homes as of the priciest housing market peak of 2022, with the entry-point into a single-family home at around 2 million dollars in the Cupertino HS area, and the entry point at around 2.6 million dollars in the Monta Vista HS area. Many smaller homes start from the high $2 millions, mid-size homes start from the mid $3 millions, and larger executive homes start from mid $4 millions and can go up to as much as $7 million, as of the 2022 peak. However, townhouses and condos with similar square footage are relatively less expensive, owing mainly to negligible lot sizes and the many common walls and areas.