with ▁a ▁dry ▁summer ▁and ▁a ▁winter ▁ra iny ▁season . ▁Under ▁the ▁modified ▁Kö ppen ▁climate ▁classification , ▁the ▁coast al ▁areas ▁are ▁class ified ▁as ▁C sb , ▁and ▁the ▁in land ▁areas ▁as ▁C sa . ▁ ▁The ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁area ▁contains ▁micro cl im ates , ▁where ▁day time ▁temper atures ▁can ▁vary ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁ ▁between ▁in land ▁areas ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁San ▁Fernando ▁Valley ▁or ▁San ▁Gabriel ▁Valley , ▁and ▁the ▁coast al ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Bas in . ▁ ▁Class ifications ▁ ▁Tem per atures ▁and ▁seasons ▁The ▁primary ▁weather ▁station ▁for ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁is ▁located ▁near ▁dow nt own ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Southern ▁California ▁campus , ▁and ▁this ▁article ▁refers ▁primarily ▁to ▁climate ▁data ▁generated ▁by ▁this ▁station ▁as ▁representative ▁of ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁metropol itan ▁area ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁ ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁is ▁a ▁hot - sum mer ▁med iter rane an ▁climate ▁( K ö ppen ▁C sa ), ▁with ▁hot , ▁dry ▁sum mers , ▁and ▁cool er ▁wet ter ▁winter s . ▁While ▁the ▁typical ▁dry - sum mer ▁and ▁wet - w inter ▁pattern ▁typical ▁of ▁most ▁Mediter rane an ▁clim ates ▁is ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁climate ▁of ▁Los ▁Angeles , ▁precip itation ▁ann ually ▁is ▁lower ▁than ▁in ▁many ▁typical ▁Mediter rane an ▁clim ates . ▁ ▁The ▁summer ▁dry ▁season ▁normally ▁runs ▁from ▁May ▁through ▁October , ▁when ▁clear ▁sk ies , ▁hot ▁temper atures , ▁and ▁very ▁little ▁change ▁in ▁sensible ▁weather ▁occur ▁from ▁day