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In California’s Central Valley, we are β€œblessed” with tule fog in the winter. Where did that name originate?
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Tules, or tule land, is marshy or swampy land in northern California. The word comes from the Native American word tollin, meaning bulrush,” a plant that grows in these marshes. Eventually, the word was applied to the land itself. Presumably, tule fog is fog that forms over this type of land.”