Weather
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The climate tends to be windy and cool throughout much of the year. Summers are foggy, with the best weather in spring and fall. Dress in layers. Hiking boots are appropriate in some areas.
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Did You Know?
Colonel Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of the Pacific branch of the army, prepared the defenses of the San Francisco Bay and ordered the first garrison of Fort Point. Kentucky-born Johnston then resigned his commission to join the Confederate Army; he was killed at the battle of Shiloh in 1862.