Please note that the Museum will be closing at noon on Tuesday, August 12, 2025 for a staff appreciation event.

The usual sunny winter weather is interrupted a few times per month by frontal storms that bring gentle rain and cooler temperatures for a day or two. During El Niņo winters such storms are much more frequent, and rarer during La Niņa winters.


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