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This is the current conditions weather report for South San Francisco. The report was made 31 minutes ago, at 05:30 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 7 miles per hour / 11.1 kilometers per hour from the south (180°). The temperature was 52°F / 11°C, with a dew-point at 52°F / 11°C. The temperature felt like 50°F / 10°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30 inHg / 1017 hPa. The relative humidity was 77%. The skies were overcast.

South San Francisco is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 60,552 at the 2000 census.

The city lies north of San Francisco International Airport in a small valley between San Bruno Mountain and the Coast Range. The city is served by two major highways, U.S. Route 101 (the Bayshore Freeway) and Interstate 280. A BART station opened in South San Francisco in 2003, supplementing Caltrain service to San Francisco and San Jose.

South San Francisco is considered to be an important hub of the biotech industry. The city is home to Genentech, one of the world's largest biotech companies and a satellite office of the world's largest Biotech. Many other biotech companies have also started or moved to South San Francisco to be in proximity to the UCSF, Stanford University, and UC Berkeley; all are within a one hour's drive. Additionally, South San Francisco's office parks and industrial zoning are favorable to meet needs of the biotech industry.

South San Francisco is located at 37.655983, -122.425525.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 77.0 km² (29.7 mi²). 23.4 km² (9.0 mi²) of it is land and 53.7 km² (20.7 mi²) of it (69.67%) is water.

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