Bay Area summers are probably right up my alley. Seattle gets close. WA coast is probably a little too cold (immediate coastline).
It was also wonderful last summer once I hit the Oregon Coast. Dropped from 100 degrees to 65 in a matter of minutes after driving through the Oregon coastal range. Portland was too hot. Luckily it was only in the 80s when I was in Portland, and escaped the upper 90s just on time. It was still sunny on the coast, but the sea mist and breeze made for a pleasant experience.
Was checking the NWS national map expecting to see T-storm warnings and maybe even a TOR warning SW of The Mitt yesterday morning and when I didn't see anything I just figured the whole set-up was busting so I tuned-out. Crazy the way things turned into a strong storm for SMI later in the day (had 40F and dense fog after work up here). The last F4 was West Bloomfield in '76, with a narrow miss by that EF4 just south of MI border on the outskirts of Toledo in 2010. Had strong thunder here overnight (4 am?) that woke me up. Was down in Ionia and they have grass greening up and I saw earth worms out already there. Winter's toast for SMI imho, NMI ofc isn't out of the woods yet (until mid-May SMH). Upper 50's and windy here today - feels great. Got out for a nice walk and looking forward to the next 3 days with more sunshine! As for the rainstorm, .69" here over the 3-day event. With snow melt we have sizeable puddles.