Valencia is located in Santa Clarita which is a union of several surrounding communities including Saugus, Newhall, and Canyon Country. The boundaries of this area is the Golden State Freeway and the Antelope Valley Freeway, with a merger in Newhall Pass in the southernmost corner giving it it's triangular shape on the map. The weather is pretty moderate although it is a little more extreme than being right on the coast. All the research I have done shows the average temperatures as low as 36 with a high of 64 in January, getting up to as high as 95 in August with a low of 55. I am sorry, I live here and it seems like it gets hotter than95 but the highest temperature recorded was 113 in 1971. We have had temps in the low 100's during the months of July and August. Valencia is in the Mediterranean climatic region and usually the hottest month is August and the coolest month is January. Most of the rainfall which averages 15-18 inches falls between November and March.
Valencia is in the Western mountains, plateaus, and valleys landforms region of the United States. The coastal mountain are in the contact zone between two earth plates. The Pacific plate is moving North against the North American plate causing earthquakes. This movement of earth along these breaks are called fault lines and California is loaded with them. The one through Valencia, and one of the major one's is called the San Andreas Fault. The first earthquake I felt out here was on Tuesday July 29th-it was a 5.4 on the Richter scale. It was located 2 miles southwest of Chino Hills and 8.5 miles deep. It was scary-the first real earthquake I have felt since I moved out here in 1997. Another natural disaster to worry about out here is wildfires. Last year was one of the worst years for wildfires in California. We have friends that only live a few miles from us and were evacuated from there home. Driving home one evening we just saw fires in all the mountains around us,
orange flames everywhere
-it was wild!
