Record breaking heatwave coming to California (Anaheim, Woodland: statistics, smog, activity)

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by saibot

Either I got used to it really fast, or it wasn't as hot on Thursday as Wednesday. Yesterday seemed like a regular summer day, hot yes, but nothing out of the ordinary. The fact is that the whole summer up to this point was unusually mild.

Well it definitely didn't break records across our state in spite of the dire prediction in the title. Not even close.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by joosoon

"Record breaking heatwave coming to California"


{cites data from Nevada, Arizona, Utah, North Dakota, Oregon and Montana}


Ummm, ok.

Ummmm, he also cited data from California. And it’s hot.

[joosoon]

But is it record-breaking? And where? How about more than just a couple cherry picked specifics. It's not like there isn't TONS of data for this.

Saying it's 'hot' in September is like saying water is wet. Yep. Sure is.

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by joosoon

But is it record-breaking? And where? How about more than just a couple cherry picked specifics. It's not like there isn't TONS of data for this.

Saying it's 'hot' in September is like saying water is wet. Yep. Sure is.

It turned out not to be as bad as the original forecast. Today in my area it was supposed to get up to 107° but it won't be that hot. Thankfully.

I'm still in awe of how these meteorologists are able to predict what the temperature will be ten days out. Even they get it wrong sometimes but, for the most part, they're pretty spot on.

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by joosoon

But is it record-breaking? And where? How about more than just a couple cherry picked specifics. It's not like there isn't TONS of data for this.

Saying it's 'hot' in September is like saying water is wet. Yep. Sure is.

Apparently yes. Including in your favorite town, Sandberg:

Heat records set in San Fernando, Antelope valleys at start of prolonged heat wave
Wednesday, August 31, 2022 9:23PM
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As a brutal, extended heat wave bears down on Southern California this week, temperature records were already being set Wednesday - and the hottest days are still ahead.

Several weather stations in the San Fernando and Antelope valleys marked new records for the date, according to the National Weather Service.

Woodland Hills on Wednesday set a record for the date at 112 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was 111, set in 1998.

Burbank hit 112, passing the previous record of 108 for the date that was set in 2017. That was also a record high for the entire month of August in Burbank. The previous record was 111 set on Aug. 26, 1944. The hottest temperature Burbank has ever recorded was 114, in September 2020 and July 2018.

Lancaster hit 109, tying the record set in 1948.

The small community of Sandberg, located in the mountains of northwest Los Angeles County, recorded a temperature of 100, breaking the previous record of 98 set in 2017.

Yep. Sure are (records being set.)

[Tulemutt]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

It turned out not to be as bad as the original forecast. Today in my area it was supposed to get up to 107° but it won't be that hot. Thankfully.

I'm still in awe of how these meteorologists are able to predict what the temperature will be ten days out. Even they get it wrong sometimes but, for the most part, they're pretty spot on.

Yep. I stopped joking about the weather forecasters some years ago. Mind-boggling near accurate compared to when we older folks were in our youth planning picnics, eh?

[JGC97]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Yep. I stopped joking about the weather forecasters some years ago. Mind-boggling near accurate compared to when we older folks were in our youth planning picnics, eh?

True! The only predicting I ever did was look at the sky in the morning or evening and predict what the weather will be. Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky in the morning, sailor's warning.

[tikkasf]

send some heat here......marine layer looks socked in here once again......western half of SF

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by Tulemutt

Yep. Sure are (records being set.)

You're talking about a very small patch of real estate overall in the state of California. That was my point. It's less than 100 miles from Burbank to Lancaster (which btw *didn't* set a record on Wednesday). This isn't difficult to understand.

[joosoon]

Originally Posted by HereOnMars

It turned out not to be as bad as the original forecast.

Yep. Definitely cooled a little here yesterday. The weekend looks like hell as of the moment, but that's subject to change. Nothing "record breaking" though, especially for September. There's a quote in local news from NWS San Diego from their twitter account. It says it was 100f in Rancho Bernardo (north county) on Wednesday and, more to the point of this being an anomaly, it continues and says "{t}he last time we hit 100 was October 1, 2020".


As others have said, these are the hot months for certain areas. We had a relatively mild August. Then again, we've had triple digit days here up to Halloween in the past. California weather is pretty diverse. It's a big state with lot's of microclimates in case nobody noticed.