What is your current yard temperature?

[Tyrone]

We reached 34.4C today. At 8.30pm it’s just above 16C and the lightening and thunder are closing in. No fire tonight. 

[Silas_Sancona]

99F at 7:38PM after adding another 110/ 110+ high to the years' crazy tally, both here and in downtown PHX.  Both are the hottest readings ever recorded in October  -for now at least..  More possible 110's in the forecast for -at least downtown  before next week arrives.

A few " surprise " < ..Not really, if you've followed forecast thoughts from the AZ WRF >  weak showers that managed to roam parts of town / S. Cen. AZ before fully dissipating.  One large cluster of stronger storms currently headed west across the desert down by Ajo atm as well.



Tucson also broke another record as well..  






Heat wasn't restricted to the low deserts here either..  Numerous records fell across parts of CA today as well, including the eye -popping 117F recorded in Palm Springs.




More records from the San Diego NWS:





Los Angeles NWS:   Woodland Hills at 113?  Wow!





A little surprised more records weren't hit around the Bay Area, though 100F in San Jose, at the start of October,  is an accomplishment.

Around 2:35PM our time, there were a even few neighborhoods near San Francisco sitting at / above 100F  and 3 stations  -in the typically cool n' soggy < at times > Santa Cruz Mountains, of all places, that exceeded 110.










Since it is looking hotter in many of the same areas out there tomorrow,  will be interesting to see what records might be broken.



Here, story is the same :  Nuthin' but 100 / 100+ in the current forecast here until  -at least-  next Thursday ( 10 / 10 )

[sandgroper]

A rainy, windy cold top of of only 17c today, quite a contrast to the bright sunny top on Tuesday of somewhere around 30c, I didn't check the temperature on Tuesday.  Not to worry I'll take this any day over the 40c + days of summer.

[Silas_Sancona]

Another day  ..You know the drill. 

Not as bad here today 96 currently ( at 6: 24PM ) after reaching 105F.  Giving the streak a brief break,  PHX only topped out at 108F ..which was still a record.   






Yuma did it again today too...




At one point thru the afternoon, it was actually COOLER here,  ..and in PHX,   than in parts of the S.F.Bay Area / South Bay..  I didn't catch the " top out " numbers, but a few neighborhood stations in the old neighborhood out there exceeded 110.








Officially, San Jose tacked on another record.. I can't recall ever seeing anything above 102F in October out there.




SKEW -T' reading this morning  told the story of just how hot the atmosphere was over the Bay Area.










There was also one point today a few of the hotter spots around San Francisco hit 105F before pulling back later in the afternoon.




As for us?  ....Excessive heat warnings are now extended until  ..Sunday evening..  It now looks like PHX has a chance of reaching / exceeding 110 Friday - Sunday as well..   Also hearing hints that 100 / 100+ heat may extend out thru -at least-  the 15th / 16th..  Which, if that happens < And my math is correct >, may break the # of total days/yr. at /above 100.

At this rate,  Why not go for 105 on Halloween.. Melted Pumpkins vs. Smashed Pumpkins anyone??


Tucson / other areas down there stay toasty as well.. 70's atop Mt. Lemmon ( about 9K ft Elv. ) is hot for October as well.





A fitting thought.. LOL.




...Awaiting record data -if any-  from both the Los Angeles and San Diego NWS,  which i'll add if/when posted.


Also included today is a look at the valley - wide average  for Monsoon 2024,  per data from the Maricopa County Flood Control District ( MCFCD ) .. 

Pretty bad, though better than both last year and 2020...  🤷‍♂️   " Glass half full "  kind of irony i suppose, lol.  Full Monsoon Season wrap up soon.

[Tyrone]

12 hours ago, sandgroper said:

A rainy, windy cold top of of only 17c today, quite a contrast to the bright sunny top on Tuesday of somewhere around 30c, I didn't check the temperature on Tuesday.  Not to worry I'll take this any day over the 40c + days of summer.

Absolutely miserable day here today with a top of 15C very windy and sideways rain nearly all day. At 5pm it was 10C. Absolutely frigid. We haven’t had such a rotten day since the winter of 2023. Since last Friday we’ve had around 70mm of rain which is the wettest few days of the entire calendar year. 

[Silas_Sancona]

Hot, but could be worse.. 106 at 5:08PM..  Toasty but out of the 100's back in San Jose ( upper 80's - lower 90's across the South Bay atm )


Staying toasty here / Warm out there thru the weekend..   That said / Core of Phoenix aside  ..could the end of the 100 / 100+F's FINALLY be in sight??  We'll see. 



While Downtown PHX may stay warmer than here, mornings are definitely back in the preferred zone.



After a warm weekend, temps should pull back to the normal / slightly warmer than normal range around San Jose / South Bay by midweek as well..




Looking at the current CFS / ECMWF weekly forecasts, we'll see if any break in the heat ahead sticks, or is just a temporary reprieve.

Unless a surprise batch of moisture sneaks into the state / region,   ..Stayin' Dry..

[Silas_Sancona]

Toasty here ..Toasty there ..The story of the Weekend across AZ and CA..

90F currently ( 7:37PM ) after reaching 109 in the hood.

While breaking records isn't anything new lately,  the record shattered today in PHX is quite a whopper..  Not only is today's 113 a monthly / " latest in the year " record, the previous record goes back  to  ....1917   That is what  ....107 years? 




Records from Tucson, from yesterday.. Waiting on today's records.



Thinking about the bigger picture, these kinds of warm seasons keep up,  we're not going to have ANY  pre- 1980 or 90 records left to break.




Lotz'a records locally,  and across CA today    ...and yesterday..























While the Excessive Heat products have been extended again ( ...No shocker there ) until -at least-  Tuesday,  overall heat will start to back down  ..by a whisker or two..  thru the week.

That said, still looking at 99 / 99+ by the 15th.

[Silas_Sancona]

A warm -for October- 86F at 10:11PM w/ a few clouds around..  Not too bad otherwise.

Heat hangs on thru the rest of the week ..but is showing signs of finally backing off as we start next week as some troughs passing well to our north start chipping away at the persistent ridge overhead. 


If it holds, could we in the mid 80s / possible lows in the lower 60s  ...by next weekend???     Time shall tell.



Regardless, warmer than average lean seems to hold thru the longer term forecasts, w/ maybe another round of heat rolling in after the possible cool down next weekend.  We'll see..