Pond Boss Forums POND CONSTRUCTION Selecting a site So I have been having this crazy thought

It's really hard to tell what micro climate you will be at until you buy the house. Where I lived, (Oceanside) I would have temps in the lower 20's, while a guy not 1/4 mile up the street would never dip below freezing. I happened to live almost at the lowest point of the street, while his house was about 80' higher in elevation.

I remember seeing a low of 17� and a high of 117� (although not in the same day) when I lived out there. The house didn't have A/C, and there were only a couple of years that I could have used it for a few days. Around 5:00 p.m. the wind would switch and come in off the ocean, cooling the house down. That place had really good air flow thru the house when the windows and doors were open. There was an ornamental pond in front of the house, on the North side, and a couple of times there was be 1/2" of ice on it in the morning; only once do I remember it not melting during the day. I had fig, avocado, orange, grapefruit, persimmon and apricot trees that did well, I would cover them with Remay cloth when it got cold at night and didn't lose any of them.

I don't know how well the fish in the sunfish family will do once water temps hit 80�+ degrees.