The 5 Foggiest Places In North America
The Dangers of Fog
You can’t drive around it, you can barely drive through it, and you’d better take it slow when you’re in it.
It’s one of the most formidable obstacles to drivers’ visibility: fog.
While it affects most of us occasionally and in short spurts, some places in North America experience it as regularly occurring weather.
These are the 5 places in North America where the fog is dense and regularly occurring, according to Farmer’s Almanac:
1) Grand Banks, Newfoundland
It’s where a cold current from the north (The Labrador) meets with the warmer Gulf Stream from the south and produces 206 days of fog a year!
2) Point Reyes, California
When it isn’t producing gale-force hurricane winds, the Pacific Ocean’s cold, moist air is colliding with the warmer inland air to help generate around 200 days of fog a year.
3) Cape Disappointment, Washington
Another victim of the Pacific’s cold air colliding with the warmer inland air masses, the aptly-named cape in the most north-western-most part of the U.S. is foggy 165 days out of the year.
4) San Francisco, California
Perhaps the most popular location on this list, San Fran’s fog exists for around 108 days a year, and the mountainous region inland helps to produce it and trap it.
5) Mistake Island, Maine
The cold Atlantic air helps to produce the fog here, where it clocks up to 1,600 hours a year covered in clouds and attracting sightseers.
How To Drive In Fog
Naturally, we wouldn’t give you this list without a few tips for driving through conditions when visibility is measure in feet:
- Take it slow (obviously)
- Avoid using high beams, use fog lights instead
- Windshield wipers are a must
- Reflective roadside signs and guides can be lifesavers
- Blind Spot Sensors are a good idea when visibility is extremely low
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