Sizzling in San Francisco

[Silas_Sancona]

As mentioned over on another thread, record heat has been the rule across the west this summer.

Today, it made it's presence felt across parts of California which have largely been spared most of the summer ..and in a big way. Earlier, i'd posted some  regional stats as of 1pm from the weather service office in S.F. Needless to say, there were still acouple hours left to reach max heating for the day.. Checking over other spots across the Central Valley, L.A. and the San Diego area ( closer to the coast), many of the realy hot spots were centered around the bay area.

Officially, San Francisco destroyed it's record of 103f, reaching 106f..  Monterrey hit 101f.. many other places across the area also saw eye catching numbers.

Having grown up there, i can recall plenty of summer days the south bay would hit the low 100f's a few times during the summer. That being said, I don't recall ever seeing these kinds of numbers, esp. So close to the coast.

**While not necessarily the "official" readings, the screen shots below resembles your typical summer day here across Phoenix, not the Bay Area. Keep in mind, it is forecast to be as hot, if not hotter, across the area tomorrow.  ..Be glad it won't last 4-5 months like it does here.

..Up around San Francisco:

 

West and South Bay:

 

 

[Silas_Sancona]

..aand the winners, for today...?

Yeah, that's hot, but...

How is that even possible, lol this is Redwood country, for all who know the area:

..I guess if Boulder Creek can top out at 118f, anything is  possible, heh?     ...Stay cool out there.

[Desert DAC]

That's impressive, unless you're in it without AC or tender plants that hate extreme temperatures, then it's depressing. One of my sister's moved back to Boulder Creek after years in Colorado, so 118 (or even 108) might be a shock. Thanks for those good temperature maps.

Here in the "terrible desert heat" implied by some of Las Cruces, it's a temporary drying of the monsoon season, and we're up to 1-2F warmer than average at 93F high and 63F low today. But mild 80's return some of next week with continued dry 40's dewpoints. 

Hang in there, west coast...this looks like one for the record books yet again.

[Silas_Sancona]

Day two readings. Once again, several records fell across the bay area. San Francisco was at 90f by 10am after not falling below 76f last night. Eureka hit 87f briefly as well.

While some places cooled a little compared to yesterday by mid- afternoon, other stations hit exceptional numbers, by regional standards. Lots more 110's today across the board.. and more.. 120 readings as well

In the age of technology that enables a better guage of variations between neighborhoods, it's interesting to document how subtle influences can influence how hot, or cold it can get in a given area. While things like position and influence of concrete or asphalt can influence a stations reading, no doubt this is way out of the norm, no matter how brief in terms of overall duration.

Official or not, here are today's views around town. Official records from today can be accessed on the NWS local page.

Santa Cruz and Monterrey Bay area:

S.E. Bay and Regional:

South Bay:

 

Today's winners, Ouch!!

Things get better starting tomorrow, esp. near the coast.

[Silas_Sancona]

5 hours ago, Desert DAC said:

That's impressive, unless you're in it without AC or tender plants that hate extreme temperatures, then it's depressing. One of my sister's moved back to Boulder Creek after years in Colorado, so 118 (or even 108) might be a shock. Thanks for those good temperature maps.

Here in the "terrible desert heat" implied by some of Las Cruces, it's a temporary drying of the monsoon season, and we're up to 1-2F warmer than average at 93F high and 63F low today. But mild 80's return some of next week with continued dry 40's dewpoints. 

Hang in there, west coast...this looks like one for the record books yet again.

Definately.. like I'd said, a few days spent beating 99- 103'ish heat wasn't unusual for many summers in the area, esp. San Jose or south where its normally warm. Same could be said for inland parts of the East Bay. 

What's impressive is, as I'm sure you might know, places up in the mountains like Boulder Creek, or up in San Fran are normally refuges from the heat in the valley. While I can remember spending some warm evenings at friends houses up in the hills, I'm sure temperatures in the mid 100-110's up there are making people do double takes.

Thinking we didnt even top 100f f here in Chandler today, thanks in part to extra clouds from Lidia. No rain for the past couple weeks though.. Would be nice if we can get acouple more good storms before the end of Monsoon season. There has only been 1 really "good" storm over the house so far this year, no matter what the airport's rainfall totals.

We ..might.. drop back to the 90-99f range in another 10-15 days. Maybe trade the 76-85f nights for some 65-70f lows at that time also, finally.

 

[sonoranfans]

Living and working in Berkeley I felt the heat and I have no AC in my apartment.  It really hasn't been a hot summer till this past week.  It actually seemed cooler than last summer, very rarely used a fan to stay cool. I dont think we even hit high 80's at all till this past week.  Its been a cool year spring on, but this changes that situation, still feels a bit warm today.  Harvey threw a heat wave at the west it seems.