Do you watch mother nature for inductions it's time to plant?

This is already a strange year. I live in N California zone 9B, and we have been having record breaking high temps, and very little rain.   Lots of people here have already planted there summer gardens.  I try to wait until the night time temps are appropriate for what I want to plant. I did plant a few tomatoes. most of the night time temps have been in the 50s, dipping into the high 40's a couple times this week and next. I mulched heavy and cover the tomato with a black nursery pot at night, and remove it once it's warmed up.
I really want to jump in and plant all the plants that are happy in the night time 50 range ( I do grow in raised beds, so the soil temps are probably a bit warmer. I have been waiting because of the little dips we are having. Meanwhile I have volunteer pumpkins growing in the ground like crazy. I also have volunteer yard long beans coming up.
So what do you think follow mother nature's cue, and plant, or wait until there's no more nights under 50?

I am trying to learn planting by what nature is growing. Here is a thread on the subject, phenology.

The problem is, not all regions have the same order of sprouting, blooming, growing. Here, I have found that I can plant frost tender seeds, transplants when perilla's second set of true leaves arrive.