I was traveling through a hilly area today in Orange County, and the entire Southern California area looks very similar to this right now, but with more snow on the mountains.“There are only 6 other regions on the planet with similar climatic conditions, and Southern California is one of them.”
Let me try.
Australia, Chile, South Africa, Mediterranean basin.
Dry summer, mild winter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate
The areas are similar, but not identical. For example here on the Pacific Coast, the pattern is the same from the northern Baja coast to San Francisco, but getting cooler as you go north.
I was traveling through a hilly area today in Orange County, and the entire Southern California area looks very similar to this right now, but with more snow on the mountains.