Despite the high winds and cool temperatures, swimmers hit the waves Friday in Ocean Beach. Photo by Chris Stone
Swimmers hit the waves in Ocean Beach. Photo by Chris Stone

San Diego will begin warm up Monday after an unusually cold Christmas day that sent temperatures into the 50s under clear skies.

The National Weather Service office in San Diego said winds will turn offshore, warming the region into the low 60s Monday and low 70s by midweek.

“High pressure aloft over California and surface high pressure over the Great Basin will bring a warming trend through midweek with periods of gusty northeast winds near the coastal foothills,” the weather service said. “High temperatures around 10 degrees below average today will warm to around 5 degrees above average on
Wednesday and Thursday.”

The northeast winds will become gusty at times near the coastal foothills and in wind prone areas.

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.