Editing Southern California (section)

==Climate==
[[File:Southern California Köppen.png|thumb|[[Köppen climate classification|Köppen climate types]] of Southern California]]

Most of Southern California has a [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]]-like climate, with warm and dry summers, mild and wet winters, where cool weather and freezing temperatures are rare. Southern California contains other types of climates, including [[semi-arid]], [[desert climate|desert]] and [[mountain climate|mountain]], with infrequent rain and many sunny days. Summers are hot or warm, and dry, while winters are mild, and rainfall is low to moderate depending on the area. Rain is infrequent, but is often heavy when it does occur, making [[flash flood]]s an aspect of living in Southern California. This climatic pattern was alluded to in the hit song "[[It Never Rains (In Southern California)]]". While snow is very rare in lower elevations, mountains above {{convert|5,000|ft}} receive plentiful snowfall in the winter.

Since the first decade of the 21st century, [[Droughts in California|droughts]] and [[List of California wildfires|wildfires]] have increased in frequency as a result of [[climate change]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Boxall |first1=Bettina |last2=St. John |first2=Paige |date=November 10, 2018 |title=California's most destructive wildfire should not have come as a surprise |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-camp-fire-science-20181110-story.html |access-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111011829/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-camp-fire-science-20181110-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Advancing Drought Science and Preparedness across the Nation |url=https://www.drought.gov/drought/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111042024/https://www.drought.gov/drought/ |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |access-date=November 11, 2018 |publisher=National Integrated Drought Information System}}</ref>