3 Gloomy Months Ahead for San Diego, Officials Dub This Month "Graypril"

As San Diego faces three more gloomy months of gray skies, weather officials have dubbed this month "Graypril."

The San Diego National Weather Service office has written a poem in response to the bizarre weather conditions there. And that poem gave rise to a word called Graypril, which may not be well known to many people in the region's typically sunny climate.

Poetic Graypril

The first and most crucial indication of what the new term means is provided by the haiku, which was posted during National Poetry Month and was tweeted this week by NWS San Diego.

Normally sunny San Diego has had a lot of clouds for the past week, and the state of the ocean could bring on even more.

Before tweeting its haiku on Monday, the weather service had predicted fog and drizzle for San Diego, along with "multiple low cloud layers" and a coastal eddy that would cut down on sunlight. Additionally, the region's high temperatures were "well below normal."

According to the agency, temperatures will stay fairly cool over the coming days. Highs will typically reach 5 to 10 degrees below average across the entire region, reaching up to 15 degrees below historic averages in the mountain areas.

Graypril is a precursor to May Gray, according to NWS meteorologist Dan Gregoria, who spoke with CBS San Diego.

3 Gloomy Months

April every year is usually sunny. In a Los Angeles Times article published in 2022, it was said that May has gray skies and June is gloomy. This year, however, the gray and gloomy skies seem to have arrived early.

The fact that the ocean's surface temperatures are so low this year is contributing to the region's increased gray skies, according to Gregoria, who also noted that the circumstances could end up making May and June gloomier than usual.

According to him, the marine-level deck cloud cover near the coast typically reaches its peak around this time of year.

However, the majority of the current "gloomy" weather will pass by Thursday, according to the agency, as skies clear and winds briefly switch to the offshore direction. The highs will return to normal, even slightly above, at that time, and there will be plenty of sunshine, Yahoo! News reports.

Despite the cloudy skies, tourists in San Diego say they are still having a great time. Ray Wu, a visitor from New York, said San Diego remains incredibly beautiful. Wu flew into San Diego for Coachella this weekend, and while it has been great despite the cold, CBS8 reports.

San Diego Official Forecast

San Diego, California will be generally cloudy for the month, according to forecasts from The Weather Channel. May and June will be the same with some days having more clouds than sunshine, according to AccuWeather. Temperature highs will gradually drop from 80 degrees this month to 77 degrees in June.