Talk:Morgan Hill, California

Snowfall
Snow falls more then once every 20 years at the lowest level. More like once every 5 years. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.105.65.197 (talk • contribs) 13:49, 15 January 2007 (UTC)


 * And your point is ... ? Thanks for posting that non sequitur on the Talk page, and not in the article. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 04:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It's not a non-sequitur -- under "Climate", the article reads "Snowfall is rare, about once every 20 years". I didn't post the comment above, and don't have any data, but having lived in Morgan Hill for about 15 years (1978-1993), I think it's probably closer to 5 than 20. Chris Loosley 19:33, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Having lived in the local area since 1967 &mdash; 40 years &mdash; in that time I remember snow on the ground in town exactly twice. (That's not counting snow on the surrounding hills above 1500 ft elevation, which happens at least a couple of times every year.)  Anyhow, see the external link to Factual Information from www.city-data.com, that bears this information out, presumably derived from NOAA data. The snowfall chart shows December-January snowfall almost, but not quite, zero. For an official assessment for nearby San Jose, California, see the NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS WR-259, under "Climate", so I don't get accused of doing "original research". I'd say "... about once every 20 years" is a fairly good generalization of the situation. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 01:30, 18 January 2007 (UTC)


 * There is a chance of snow down to sea level in the forecast for tonight and early tomorrow in the San Francisco Bay Area, including Morgan Hill. If it does snow in Morgan Hill, it will be 35 years since the last time, February 1976.  I rest my case. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 22:16, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
 * According to a local history book, it did snow once in January 1989 on Monterey Road. It even supplies a picture with it. Also, the ISBN number is 9780738529776. Tarantula TM  (speak with me) (my legacy) 04:16, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

Tornadoes and thunderstorms
I have lived in Morgan Hill for 10 years, and to my knowledge coastal fog is unknown, because of the mountains surrounding the city and seperating it from the ocean. Also, snowfall occurs about every five years, not twenty. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaimana (talk • contribs) 06:29, 12 June 2007


 * Your opinion about fog and snowfall isn't borne out by official NOAA statistics for this area. Furthermore, there hasn't been any snow on the ground in downtown Morgan Hill in over 10 years, so your conclusion that it occurs "about every five years" can't possibly be on the basis of personal observation. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 02:11, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * We do get brief annual Northerly arctic flurries typically in January which affect the higher regions (>400') of town. Morgan Hill is valley, with the Coastal Range to the West and the Diablo Range to the East, with Morgan Hillites living in the foothills as well as the valley. It snows somewhere in the hills for about thirty seconds every year here. I would agree with the statement that every five-ten years the flurry does touch the valley floor. We're talking a quarter of an inch max. As far as coastal fog goes, we are in the rain shadow of the coastal range. Usually we see radiative fog on the valley floor with the morning temp inversion and coastal effects up in the stratus. Benitoite (talk) 08:49, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

"The city is situated at the southernmost tip of the Silicon Valley."
The county map clearly shows another city (Gilroy) south of Morgan Hill - and the Wikipedia article on "Silicon Valley" says "Valley" refers to the Santa Clara Valley - and the "Santa Clara Valley" Wikipedia article says Gilroy is one of the cities in Santa Clara Valley. So Morgan Hill is not "at the southernmost tip of the Silicon Valley." Right? Paulburnett (talk) 21:32, 26 June 2009 (UTC)


 * The Silicon Valley article says "northern part of the Santa Clara Valley and adjacent communities" and that Gilroy is "sometimes associated with the region" (emphasis added in both cases). A better description of the extent of Silicon Valley is needed to answer this. You could request a reference for that sentence and hopefully someone can provide a reasonable source one way or the other. It's good to catch these inconsistencies. ✤ JonHarder talk 21:46, 27 June 2009 (UTC)


 * One reason that I concur with placing Gilroy outside of the 'Silicon Valley' sphere is that the radio and television news for that area come from Monterrey and Salinas, not San Jose. This would place it outside the San Jose/San Francisco/Oakland media market. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.106.103.248 (talk) 20:25, 1 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Monterrey is a city in Mexico, and has nothing to do with the Santa Clara Valley. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 14:47, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

SVG logo
I've recreated the City of Morgan Hill logo in .svg format, based on photos of signage taken around town and information gleaned from other sources and using Inkscape running on Ubuntu Linux. It's not a 100% identical reproduction, but close enough to withstand all but the most detailed scrutiny. The intent was to replace a bitmap image of the logo that I uploaded several years ago, but which was blown away by deletionist busybodies. This time, it's a self-made image with the Fair Use Rationale template applied, so it should pass muster.&mdash;QuicksilverT @ 20:32, 21 May 2010 (UTC) File:City of Morgan Hill logo.svg


 * Ah, it looks like some deletionist or 'bot didn't like the file and blew it away. No matter, since I uploaded an SVG image of the city flag earlier today and it illustrates the concept adequately for the time being, as it incorporates a more colorful version of the logo. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 19:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)

Poppy jasper
The article claims that "Morgan Hill is the only known site where one can find the semi-precious stone poppy jasper, a variety of orbicular jasper." This is oft-repeated local lore, but is scientifically inaccurate. Orbicular jasper occurs in a number of places on Earth, although, due to the particulars of the elements involved in its formation, color variations exist from place to place. The statement should be modified or clarified. &mdash;QuicksilverT @ 19:24, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
 * You are correct that there are orbicular "poppy jaspers" from several other named sources, even in California (Guadalupe, Mariposa County, Hornitos, Paradise Valley, etc.) as well as Mexico, Oregon, Arizona. I'll try to find a citation and correct this statement. &bull; Astynax talk 17:39, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

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Help about a deletion.
So I was told by the Wikipedia Teahouse that earthquakes unless significant do not need their own article, however, I was told they can be added to a towns history if people report it. I tried this and my addition was deleted. Please explain why. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Elijahandskip (talk • contribs) 15:15, 14 October 2019 (UTC)


 * To be honest, the only quake besides Loma Prieta which is talked about in Morgan Hill is 1984, which is mentioned already and has a main article. 1984 is only talked about here because many people around here had walls that cracked.  Any other quake activity in town is background noise compared to LP and 1984. Benitoite (talk) 08:29, 6 November 2021 (UTC)

Notability tag
IPs have repeatedly attempted to tagged this article for Notability without any explanation This seems to be invalid. The sources appear to be sufficient to show notability.

This appears to be part of a campaign against The Morgan Hill Times and the publisher Dan Pulcrano as the same IPs have repeatedly attacked those articles, resulting in page protections, blocks and range blocks. Meters (talk) 18:27, 11 June 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 1 February 2024
The image of Chesbro lake in the geography section is really an image of Calero reservoir. ToyotaCorolla24 (talk) 03:47, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅ – I have additionally requested that the file name be updated as well. Tollens (talk) 08:00, 1 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I've replaced the image with a correct image of Chesbro Reservoir now, rather than just recaptioning the image, because Calero Reservoir isn't really in the direct area. Tollens (talk) 08:21, 1 February 2024 (UTC)