Wow! How warm did you get? Then again our skin by now is pretty pasty and white. I've gotten tan on my left arm while driving with my arm resting along the window with the windows up and pretty darn cool outside.

This has been a very, very mild winter but UV levels are independent from the temp--you can get a burn at temps below freezing. Temps continue around 50 to lows in the 30's. . Camellias blooming and grass greening, iris leaves popping up. Same into the extended. I took out some plants to hose down but left the Date palms out. If this trend continues, I will really be tempted to get the hardier tropicals out. We've had a lot of sunny days, not a typically cloudy, cold February at all. The sun was just particularly burning today, it's strange, I could spend a day outside in high summer and not get burned --summer haze, humidity, and urban pollution must offer some UV protection! :)

Right now the UV is around 3 or 4 and I have seen a LOT of people get suntan in April (and I mean a real tan). Temperatures dont have anything to do with the amount that you burn, but the temperatures do affect who is going to be exposed to the sun. The sun is noticably strong now which means that cold air will not stand a chance soon!
-Alex

Yes, the sun is much higher now! It is very noticeable when inside the car especially on those chilly days. Such a great feeling. For my latitude, the sun angle hits 40 degrees tomorrow which is the same angle around Oct 20. Even on the day night map, the lines are becoming vertical quickly!

Its possible to get a burn, especially if you lay in the sun on a wam day out of the wind.