Steve,
That is in Redding. Out here we are always 3 to 8 degrees hotter in the Summer and about the same colder in the Winter. I think it has to do with us being right up against the ring of mountains and Redding has about 15 miles of space before the mountains. It is supposed to be 111 here today, but I think it is probably going to pass that.
As for the strange people, this is California. After all, we gave you Pelosi, Fienstien, and Boxer. That woman and her statement means she is most likely a transplant from Southern California.
Ron