Editing Solana Beach, California (section)

==Geography and climate==
[[File:Solana_Beach_bluffs.jpg|thumb|A bluff along the coast in Solana Beach]]
Before the city incorporated, the county allowed highly concentrated development of large condominiums atop the sandstone bluffs. Geologists studying erosion in period between 1947 and 1977 found little change in the face of the bluffs. It turned out this was a time of very few storms with very little erosion along the coast. The city has had to deal with bluffs collapsing onto the beach and damaging the improvements above. Owners threatened by wave and storm damage to the cliffs have few options.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-08-03-me-461-story.html|title=Solana Beach Keeps Trying to Prop Up Its Eroding Bluffs|last=Mattson|first=Eric|date=August 3, 1987|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

The Pacific Ocean is to the west; the community of [[Cardiff-by-the-Sea]] to the north, and the City of [[Del Mar, California|Del Mar]] to the south.  The unincorporated village of [[Rancho Santa Fe]] is located on the east side.

Solana Beach is located at {{coord|32|59|43|N|117|15|37|W|type:city}} (32.992937,-117.271135).<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}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.6|sqmi|km2}}.  {{convert|3.5|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (2.88%) is water.

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| Dec high F              = 66
| Jan record high F       = 92
| Feb record high F       = 94
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| year record low F       = 25
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| Jan precipitation inch  = 2.50
| Feb precipitation inch  = 2.31
| Mar precipitation inch  = 2.25
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| Oct precipitation inch  = 0.40
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| year precipitation inch = 11.39
| source 1                = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.plantmaps.com/92075|title=Zipcode 92075|website=www.plantmaps.com|access-date=April 10, 2021}}</ref>
| date                    = April 2021
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