question re: seasons in Star Trek XI

[edenfalling]

The Star Trek: AOS story I am trying to write (still tentatively titled "The Light in Your Eyes," though I am growing less and less certain about that phrase's applicability) is set between the Enterprise's return to Earth and the ceremony and departure at the end of the film.

I am not familiar with the climate of San Francisco. Is anybody able to tell, from the brief scene-setting shots, what time of year it is meant to be? I'm guessing mid-to-late spring at the earliest, and late summer or very early autumn at the latest (judging by the foliage), but I'm not sure what San Francisco has by way of seasons, and, therefore, what months qualify as late spring or late summer.

I am not talking about calendrical or astronomical seasons. I am talking about seasons as defined by local temperature and plant growth. For example, spring doesn't really start in Ithaca until the first or second week of April, no matter what the calendar says about equinoxes.

So can anyone help me out? I need this information to judge the kind of off-duty clothes people might wear, and to figure the time of local sunset, which is important for two minor plot-related reasons, and which must be accurate because I am writing in Spock's POV!

Also, just as a point of information, I am assuming that in Star Trek's version of the 20th century, the Eugenics Wars disrupted global climate change enough that by the time it got bad, technology and/or a world government were in better shape to deal with it, so the future earth has basically our current climate, or even a slightly cooler one.

(Yes, I really am this obsessive sometimes.)

Comments

[jeeps]

hey, i found you via my network, hope you don't mind a stranger popping in! i live in the bay area and have for the last eight years, so. your guess about the time of year isn't a bad one, though in truth it can be any season. northern california basically has two seasons: wet, and dry. it's wet during the winter months, meaning it rains a lot, but there can just as easily be clear, sunny days in the midst of that. it also rains sporadically during the spring. the outside shots of sf at that point in the movie would also be appropriate for summer, really. keep in mind that even in summer, san francisco is on the bay, so it can get hot during the day and be very cool (sweater-appropriate weather) at night. and when i say hot, i mean by sf standards: this month has only made it as high as 80.

hope that helps!

[edenfalling]

Yes, that's very helpful -- thank you! I had decided to have Uhura wear a jacket in the evening, and now I feel justified in that choice. :-)