Holy crap... it's 103 degrees in Santa Clara, CA right now.

[lapfog_1]

This is unreal.

[TahitiNut]

1. It's 103 deg. in Los Gatos, too. That's insane!

In 15 years in the valley, I never saw greater than about 96 deg. Unfreakingreal. I'll bet the fountain in Ceasr Chavez Plaza is popular with the kids right now.

SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY
INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
MONTEREY BAY/NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL
VALLEY-
129 AM PDT SUN JUL 23 2006

...BAY AREA HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TO SHATTER RECORDS...

...ALL TIME RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE BROKEN IN SAN JOSE...

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA CONTINUES TO SIZZLE UNDER AN UNUSUALLY
STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. MANY LOCATIONS SHATTERED
THEIR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SATURDAY...SOME FOR THE SECOND DAY
IN A ROW. MOST BAY AREA RESIDENTS FELT THE TEMPERATURE CLIMB ABOVE
100 DEGREES...WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING 110 DEGREES OR ABOVE IN THE
INTERIOR VALLEYS. A REMOTE FIRE WEATHER REPORTING STATION NEAR
BRADLEY IN SOUTHERN MONTEREY COUNTY REPORTED A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF
120 DEGREES SATURDAY. LITTLE TO NO RELIEF IS EXPECTED INLAND ON
SUNDAY...SO MORE RECORDS WILL LIKELY FALL.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT WERE
BROKEN SATURDAY...

NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR JULY 22

SITE HIGH THIS AFTERNOON PREVIOUS RECORD
--------- ------------------- ---------------
KENTFIELD 105 101 IN 1916
SAN RAFAEL 108 95 IN 1954
MOFFETT FIELD 101 89 IN 1954
NAPA 107 105 IN 1917
OAKLAND (DOWNTOWN) 94 82 IN 1974
OAKLAND AIRPORT 98 87 IN 1954
SAN JOSE (DOWNTOWN) 103 99 IN 1917
SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT 97 89 IN 1954
SAN FRANCISCO (DOWNTOWN) 87 81 IN 1917
GILROY 109 106 IN 1996
MONTEREY 88 84 IN 1954
SALINAS 88 76 IN 2005
SANTA CRUZ 92 (TIE) 92 IN 1945


FOR THE LAST TWO NIGHTS...SUNSET HAS BROUGHT LITTLE RELIEF TO THE
DISTRICT. A HUMID AIRMASS ALOFT HAS COUPLED WITH OFFSHORE FLOW TO
PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM FALLING MUCH DURING THE EVENING HOURS.
THIS HAS RESULTED IN SOME OF THE WARMEST NIGHTS IN BAY AREA HISTORY.

IN FACT...ON SATURDAY JULY 22...SAN JOSE REPORTED THEIR WARMEST
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR ANY CALENDAR DAY SINCE
TEMPERATURE RECORDS BEGAN BEING KEPT IN 1893.

NEW ALL TIME WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD

JULY 22 2006 PREVIOUS
SITE LOW TEMPERATURE ALL-TIME RECORD
--------- --------------- ----------------------
SAN JOSE 74 73 (LAST SET 7/25/1974)


NEW JULY WARMEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS

[msongs]

7. 113 here yesterday, cooled off to 102 today - ah, early winter

in riverside ca. but it gets that hot here almost every year at least once, so not that unusual.

highest temp here in the last 25 years = 117. now that is hot, didnt have any AC in those days.

Msongs
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[Sapphocrat]

11. You have A/C?

Can you tell me what that's like? I mean, is it, like, you don't want to kill yourself by 9:00 every morning? LOL

[karlrschneider]

2. We had a week of 103+ here in OK until yesterday

it cooled all the way down to 90. :eyes:

[japple]

6. Yup, same thing in GA and with high humidity. Thank dog for A/C

is all I can say.

Today, we've had a pleasant 89 degrees, with clouds and a breeze.

[Jazzgirl]

22. Feels pretty good here in the DFW metro at about

the same karlrschneider. I thought we had died and gone to heaven since it cooled off so much....15 degrees is A LOT when it was 107 earlier in the week and now about 91.

JG

[karlrschneider]

26. Yep I know, have friends in Dallas who I talk with often (I used to

fly the company plane down there 2 or 3 times a week until they closed the branch office just south
of Addison)

Just recalled a story on the local news Friday, a kid got 3rd degree burns when she sat down on a
metal slide at a playground! Kids (and maybe lots of adults) don't realize how terrifically hot
stuff like that can actually get in the blazing sun! :-(

[blonndee]

25. Thank goodness it finally cooled down.

I've been outside a lot the last couple of days. I hate being cooped up, and that's how it had been for the last week!

90 actually felt nice!

[RB TexLa]

3. nice cool 87 in North Dallas

:)

[Skittles]

19. f***ing humid as HELL just north of north Dallas!

:(

[MzNov]

4. Have you gotten any numbers for Redwood City? nt

[TahitiNut]

10. 100° in Redwood City with 29% humidity

http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/USCA0926.html

[EFerrari]

5. Oh no. My mom is in the San Jose foothills. Out here by

the SF beach, it's hot. That's already wrong.

:(

[Gormy Cuss]

21. 112+ here (east of the tunnel, SF East Bay)

At least inland most of us have some A/C because hot days happen
but this stretch of weather is unreal.

[EFerrari]

27. I don't know how you all do it..

It feels a little like an alien planet.

[tularetom]

8. 109 in the SJ Valley foothills

plus we just had a grass fire that came within 25 feet of our property line. Looks line a pile of old fence posts by our neighbor's driveway spontaneously combusted.

[Sapphocrat]

9. Howdy, neighbor!

Weather service says it's 94 in Los Altos, but its readings have seemed off a lot all week. My trusty outdoor, in-the-shade thermometer currently reads 102, at 3:52pm.

I'm about to lose my mind with the heat. This must be what it's like to wear a rubber bodysuit. In a sauna. In the Amazon jungle. While being burned at the stake.

I feel like Lois Nettleton in the "Midnight Sun" episode of "The Twilight Zone."

[maveric]

12. Its cooled down to 94 in La Mesa.

Down from 103 yesterday.

[Erika]

13. 104 today in Boise, Idaho

Our "low" last night was 76.

[depakid]

14. 104 outside Portland Oregon

with no AC....:grr:

[Arugula Latte]

17. I'm roasting here in Portland w/out AC, too.

I'm not acclimated to heat after more than a decade in the NW ... :(

[Viva_La_Revolution]

20. whiner...

It's already dropped to 103. :crazy:






:hi:

[postulater]

15. 74 degrees here in Milwaukee

Being a block from Lake Michigan keeps us cool nearly all summer. We use our central air about ten or fewer days per year.

[lies and propaganda]

16. 114 million degrees, Phx

it dropped to 105 at midnight last night.

downright pleasant.

[Jazzgirl]

23. LOL!

I was in Phoenix a few weeks ago. It got up to 112 one day. It didn't feel like it does in the DFW metro though. You would sweat and it would instantly evaporate. Weirdest thing I ever experienced! I did have a helluva time touching the steering wheel in the car though....

JG

[lies and propaganda]

28. yeah, im a Louisiana native and Im convinced there

is no real difference btwn a dry heat and a humid heat.

They both suck away at your will to live and thats all i need to know.

[tandot]

18. 117 degrees in Rocklin, CA (17 miles NE of Sacramento)

all air-conditioners are sold out everywhere :(

[yorgatron]

24. i'm near hwy 85 + hwy 101

my outside thermometer says 110! :wow: