...what kind of weather are you looking for?

Assuming it's sunshine, California is mild all year around. SF is the coldest out of the locations you mentioned, no matter the time of year (though LV in the winter at night is usually colder because it's in the desert). It also depends what you want to do. For example, Yosemite it best between April and June because that's when the waterfalls are at their peak. However, June is summer vacation here, meaning more crowds. It's also hotter but that may or may not be a concern to you.

All in all, I'd say that September is a great time of the year to come to California. It's after the kids go back to school but the weather is still nice and hot. But that's just my opinion... CA is warm (certainly compared to the UK) all year round. This past November we still had temperatures in the 90's down here near LA!

Off topic: I've just noticed that clicking on an emoticon always inserts it at the end of the text, not where the cursor is positioned in the textarea. That's highly irritating but it might just be Firefox (I'm too tired to check the code right now). Perhaps the main webmaster/administrator can look into it?

It is an issue with Firefox, I have the same problem and unfortunately there's no cure

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Pippy

We are looking for warm and dry, not too hot and no hurricains !!! We thought about Sept - Oct. how will the weather be then?
Also does anyone out there know anything about a company called Jetsave?
Annie

Hi AnnieT,

So you are going to California? We have been to the westcoast both in the spring,April/May, in late July/August and early autumn in September and I must say that we like September best! I agree with grayejectbutton who are saying that Sept is a great time to visit, it's not so busy as in the summer months and it's still very nice and warm, I would guess that in S.F it could be around +20 - +25C and in L.A and S.D well in the southern part of California it could be +25 - +35C. So go for September!

If you planned visit any themepark, September is also the best month, and try to visit the park during week, the weekends can be very busy...

If you have more questions, feel free to pm me! Have a great time in Cali!

Jetsave are part of the Thomson group http://www.thomson.co.uk/editorial/legal/about-thomson.html

Pippy

If we decide to fly to N.Y at the end of our trip how long is the flight?
Annie

We have used Jetsave to go to the US many years ago and had no problems with them.

luci