tule fog

American  

noun

1. dense ground fog that occurs in low-lying areas of the Central Valley of California.

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Example Sentences

Then, for years, tule fog seemed to form less often.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

But tule fog is proving beneficial for farms themselves.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In the hours after the shooting, many in the neighborhood were kept awake as sirens from ambulances and police cars wailed, their lights flashing eerily in the dense tule fog.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Farmworkers in California's Central Valley know that when the tule fog settles over the ground after a heavy rain, some of them are about to get sick.

From Scientific American • Sep. 23, 2023

"Me, I'll smell my way home in any tule fog."

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon