California Heat Wave

[osideterry]

While my family in Kansas City is complaining about how Summer never came, we are having a late surge of serious heat with humidity.

Check out these (Oceanside Airport) numbers for the past 2 weeks:

Aug 22 83F

Aug 23 82F

Aug 24 83F

Aug 25 91F

Aug 26 96F

Aug 27 100F

Aug 28 95F

Aug 29 96F

Aug 30 96F

Aug 31 88F

Sept 1 86F

Sept 2 95F

Sept 3 96F

Sept 4 86F (unofficial)

Keep in mind I live 4 miles and 4 degrees hotter inland. Did I mention the humidity? And the lack of air conditioning?

[MattyB]

Here's some numbers from Lemon Grove and La Mesa fire stations

08/26/09 94

08/27/09 100

08/28/09 99

08/29/09 101

08/30/09 92

08/31/09 90

09/01/09 89

09/02/09 91

09/03/09 101

09/04/09 90

[Tyrone]

At least you haven't got a 115 or 116 in there.

Tyrone

[epicure3]

It has been hot and humid for me with temps in the mid 80s during the day (84-87F) and nights 68-70F. Great growing weather but no air conditioning. Soil temp is 73 in the darkest, coolest part of my yard about 18" down.

[happ]

Los Angeles\ Pasadena

8-23: 90F

8-24: 90F

8-25: 95F

8-26: 97F

8-27: 103F

8-28: 101F

8-29: 103F

8-30: 101F

8-31: 98F

9-1: 95F

9-2: 97F

9-3: 98F

9-4: 98F

Nights between 65F-75F

[PalmGuyWC]

I guess Californians don't talk much about the weather when its been nice. It's been picture perfect in N. Calif. the last few weeks with low 80's to 90's during the day and many nights above 60F. A little nippy this morning at 57F. The days are getting noticeably shorter and the sun seems a little softer, and the shadows are getting longer. I'm already wondering what winter has in store for us.

Dick

[JEFF IN MODESTO]

Here in MooooDestooo...

Still feels like summer, but the days are getting shorter and it cools off faster at night.

Temps for the first 5 days of the month...

9-1: 96f/62f

9-2: 98f/70f

9-3: 102f/70f

9-4: 95f/62f

9-5: 87f/57f

Jeff

[KMartin]

We are breaking the "heat" Monday and Tuesday with a return of moisture in the monsoonal flow by mid and end week, along with elevated temperatures again.

[happ]

I was surprised that it was still above 90F today but September is normally quite warm [just another summer month]. Hope we get some rainfall later this week, Kevin.

[KMartin]

If the cutoff low positions where it shows now, the connection will suck moisture from the tropics too far north, rendering in still dry conditions for Southern California. We need the low to be a bit further south, and maybe even open to a small open wave trough before it hits.

It is a cutoff, so anything can happen. I might throw the in the cards scenario on that one.