8 Ways To Take Advantage Of L.A. Summer Weather In January

6. Bragging Rights

Part of the fun of unseasonably awesome weather in the dead of winter is talking about it! Make sure you mention how nice and warm it is here to all your friends and family who live yonder. Tweet it, Facebook it, Instagram it--whatever your preferred social medium is, use it. My sister's friends who go to school in Ann Arbor, Michigan will experience snow flurries and temperatures in the 20s that actually feel like negative degrees. Wrong? Sure. It's been in that neighborhood of unpleasantness over there for, like, four months, plus that insane "polar vortex", and pretty gorgeous here for the most part, but I'm certainly not losing any sleep over it. Here's the current situation in NYC: And here's the current situation in L.A.: [All screenshots via accuweather]