Editing Pismo Beach, California (section)

==Geography==
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According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|13.5|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|9.9|sqmi|km2}} (73.29%) is covered by water. It is part of the Five Cities area, a cluster of cities in that area. The Five Cities area historically is made up of Arroyo Grande, Grover City (now Grover Beach), Halcyon, Fair Oaks, and Nipomo. Now most people refer to the Five Cities as [[Grover Beach, California|Grover Beach]], Pismo Beach, Shell Beach (which  is actually a part of Pismo Beach), [[Arroyo Grande, California|Arroyo Grande]], and [[Oceano, California|Oceano]] (which is unincorporated county land serviced by the Oceano Community Services District).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Worsham |first=Katherine |date=2025-05-01 |title=Five Cities residents advised to boil water after bacteria found in water system |url=https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/five-cities-residents-advised-to-boil-water-after-bacteria-found-in-water-system |access-date=2025-05-01 |work=KSBY News |language=en}}</ref>

Pismo Creek enters the Pacific Ocean at Pismo Beach.<ref>{{cite gnis|273035|Pismo Creek}}</ref> The southern end of Pismo Beach runs alongside [[sand dune]]s, which are followed by [[eucalyptus tree]]s that attract thousands of migrating [[monarch butterflies]] every November through February.<ref name="Fodor's2010"/>

Meadow Creek is a short creek that runs through the Pismo Lake Ecological Reserve and hosts a variety of wildlife despite its urban surroundings, including [[North American beaver|beaver]] (''Castor canadensis'').<ref>{{cite gnis|245728|Meadow Creek}}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |author=Garcia, Douglas P. |url=http://csul.iii.com/search~S0?/aGarcia%2C+Douglas+P./agarcia+douglas+p/-3,-1,0,B/browse |title=Survey of beaver in Pismo Lake Ecological Reserve Pismo Beach, California |year=1990 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Unlocking Pismo Beach's wildland |author=David Sneed |date=February 9, 2011 |newspaper=The Tribune |url=http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/02/09/1477280/unlocking-pismo-beachs-wildland.html |access-date=March 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019005857/http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/02/09/1477280/unlocking-pismo-beachs-wildland.html |archive-date=October 19, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite report |title=California Red-legged Frog Survey at Meadow Creek, Grover Beach, San Luis Obispo County, California |author=Susan V. Christopher |date=June 21, 2005 |url=http://ca-groverbeach.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/1720 |access-date=March 30, 2013 }}</ref>

===Climate===
Pismo Beach has a warm-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] (''Csb''). Despite the subtropical latitude (the same as [[Cape Hatteras]], North Carolina,) summers are quite cool and the change in seasonal temperatures is quite small. The [[hardiness zone]] is 9b/10a, which is a full zone higher than Cape Hatteras.
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|location = Pismo Beach, California (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1949–2017)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 85
|Feb record high F = 90
|Mar record high F = 90
|Apr record high F = 101
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 99
|Jul record high F = 102
|Aug record high F = 102
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 99
|Nov record high F = 91
|Dec record high F = 92
|year record high F = 102
|Jan avg record high F = 76.0
|Feb avg record high F = 78.6
|Mar avg record high F = 80.2
|Apr avg record high F = 85.4
|May avg record high F = 83.2
|Jun avg record high F = 84.5
|Jul avg record high F = 83.0
|Aug avg record high F = 81.3
|Sep avg record high F = 86.9
|Oct avg record high F = 86.9
|Nov avg record high F = 82.2
|Dec avg record high F = 75.3
|year avg record high F = 94.1
|Jan high F = 64.8
|Feb high F = 65.1
|Mar high F = 67.5
|Apr high F = 69.7
|May high F = 72.3
|Jun high F = 70.5
|Jul high F = 70.3
|Aug high F = 71.4
|Sep high F = 71.9
|Oct high F = 72.5
|Nov high F = 69.0
|Dec high F = 65.0
|year high F = 69.2
|Jan mean F = 54.5
|Feb mean F = 54.5
|Mar mean F = 56.9
|Apr mean F = 59.0
|May mean F = 60.9
|Jun mean F = 61.0
|Jul mean F = 62.1
|Aug mean F = 63.1
|Sep mean F = 62.7
|Oct mean F = 62.5
|Nov mean F = 57.7
|Dec mean F = 54.3
|year mean F = 59.1
|Jan low F = 44.2
|Feb low F = 44.0
|Mar low F = 46.2
|Apr low F = 48.2
|May low F = 49.5
|Jun low F = 51.4
|Jul low F = 53.9
|Aug low F = 54.8
|Sep low F = 53.6
|Oct low F = 52.6
|Nov low F = 46.4
|Dec low F = 43.7
|year low F = 49.0
|Jan avg record low F = 34.6
|Feb avg record low F = 36.2
|Mar avg record low F = 37.0
|Apr avg record low F = 38.9
|May avg record low F = 41.5
|Jun avg record low F = 44.3
|Jul avg record low F = 47.9
|Aug avg record low F = 48.8
|Sep avg record low F = 46.4
|Oct avg record low F = 42.7
|Nov avg record low F = 38.3
|Dec avg record low F = 34.1
|year avg record low F = 31.9
|Jan record low F = 24
|Feb record low F = 28
|Mar record low F = 23
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 30
|Jun record low F = 37
|Jul record low F = 38
|Aug record low F = 39
|Sep record low F = 30
|Oct record low F = 32
|Nov record low F = 29
|Dec record low F = 21
|year record low F = 21
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.48
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.00
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.98
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.00
|May precipitation inch = 0.46
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.15
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.02
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.02
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.08
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.79
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.81
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.08
|year precipitation inch = 17.87
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.2
|Feb precipitation days = 8.5
|Mar precipitation days = 7.9
|Apr precipitation days = 4.2
|May precipitation days = 1.8
|Jun precipitation days = 0.8
|Jul precipitation days = 0.3
|Aug precipitation days = 0.5
|Sep precipitation days = 1.5
|Oct precipitation days = 3.3
|Nov precipitation days = 5.1
|Dec precipitation days = 7.1
|year precipitation days = 49.2
|source 1 = NOAA (mean maxima/minima 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name= NCDC>
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| access-date = September 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00046943|title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date = February 15, 2022}}</ref>
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