Anchovies: Why do they rain in San Francisco?

If you have organized or are planning a holiday near San Francisco, you must bring an umbrella. Even with the sun you can be hit by a single rain shower. For nearly a month now, residents of the Bay Area, the coastal metropolitan area centered on Golden City, have been experiencing a bizarre phenomenon. Well it’s one anchovy rain.

For days, the population has found a garden, a house or a car with dozens of anchovies coming out of the bay. When you think about the reason, you immediately think of global warming. This time it’s all about low temperature of the coastal waters from San Francisco. The first testimonials of the phenomenon have been confirmed by social networks, especially by TikTok.

At the same time, a research lab at the University of Davis had announced that plenty of anchovies will come out this year. In 2022, water temperatures in San Francisco will be even lower than the seasonal average. This donated more nutrients to the marine waters with the phenomenon known as impulse (rising from deep waters).

Tons of food ie lots of anchovies too, never seen so much in San Francisco bay. Dozens of testimonies of gatherings of seabirds to hunt these fish. We mainly talk about pelicans, who compete with the shyness of choice to see who catches the most fish. The transport in their huge beaks sometimes causes prey to escape and land on the ground. This is the reason for the anchovy rain that has also made many other marine mammals in the bay happy.