Simi Valley, like most of Southern California is a city that is blessed with amazing weather. It is sunny almost year round and it rarely rains, so one never has to fear too much about making plans. The Great Plains area gets hit with hailstorms, tornadoes and high winds. The only winds Simi Valley seems to get are the Santa Ana Winds, which blow through strongly in late fall and early winter; however strong these winds are, I'm sure it is nothing compared to that of "Tornado Alley" in the central Plains.
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| Santa Ana Winds blowing into Southern California |
Even though these two regions, Simi Valley and the Great Plains have very different weather and climate, they both managed to suit the same settlers. The American Indians and the Spanish settled in both places. The Apache and the Comanche occupy large sections of the Plains, Simi Valley once was home to the Chumash Indians.
Credit:
http://www.atmos.ucla.edu/~fovell/ASother/mm5/SantaAna/winds.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simi_Valley,_California#Climate
Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada by Birdsall, 2009
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