[pct-l] typical SoCal night temps

[Freiman, Paul]

Camped out at Mission Camp by Onyx Summit last Sunday morn and hit your 17.  I thought my ground cover (thin space blanket and a Bozeman Works TorsoLight) was okay, but I was freezing from below.  I took out my emerg space blanket, but that didn't do any good.  Guess I need GG NightLight.
Capt Bivy

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Subject: Re: [pct-l] Lowest nighttime temps in socal?
To: "Eric Payne" <vaporjourney at gmail.com>
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Eric,

On 2007 hike I usually noted and recorded temp upon waking.  Waking was
usually around 6:30 ~ 7:00.  In southern Cal. recorded a lot of low to mid
40's, several mid to high 30's.  Recorded three below freezing:  25
degrees in Sect. C at Van Dusen Cyn Rd.;  30 degrees in Sect. C at Holcomb
Crossing trail camp; and 17 degrees in Sect. G about 14.9 miles S/O
Kennedy Meadows on the descent into Rockhouse Basin (map G5, data point
7980 ft., 0.2 mi.).  That 17 degree morning was on June 8 and was coldest
of my entire hike.

Your estimate of typical SoCal temps is good.