Monday, April 20, 2009

Record Heat in California

Image (click to enlarge): Surface temperature at 4 pm PDT, from Unisys

Temperatures from the upper 80s into the upper 90s and low 100s set a number of daily temperature records in California on Sunday. At Santa Ana, the high of 101° broke by 10° a record that had stood for over 50 years. Records began in Santa Ana in 1916. The high of 94° in downtown Los Angeles broke a 95-year-old record, and beaches in the area were packed. Record temperatures are expected to continue into the early part of this week.

Among the preliminary reports from the National Weather Service:
 A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 83 SET IN 1986.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES
CALIFORNIA TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 92 SET IN 1914.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 97 DEGREES WAS SET AT LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 88 DEGREES SET IN 1986.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT SAN GABRIEL TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 1999.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT U.C.L.A. TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 84 DEGREES SET IN 1999.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT CAMARILLO TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1958.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 96 DEGREES WAS SET AT OXNARD TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET IN 1958.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 87 DEGREES WAS SET AT SANTA BARBARA AIRPORT
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET IN 1958.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 94 DEGREES WAS SET AT SANTA MARIA TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 91 DEGREES SET IN 1938.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES WAS SET AT PASO ROBLES TODAY.
THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 93 DEGREES SET IN 1950.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 93 DEGREES WAS SET AT MODESTO CA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 90 SET IN 1950.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 92 DEGREES WAS SET AT STOCKTON CA
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 91 SET IN 1950.

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES WAS TIED AT SACRAMENTO
EXECUTIVE AIRPORT CA TODAY. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 89 SET IN
1950.

THE FOLLOWING SITES BROKE OR TIED THEIR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
FOR THIS DATE

SITE TODAY`S HIGH PREVIOUS HIGH / YEAR

SANTA ROSA 90 88 / 1907
NAPA 91 88 / 1950
SAN FRANCISCO 88 83 / 1992
OAKLAND MUSEUM 88 83 / 1992
OAKLAND AIRPORT 85(TIED) 85 / 1950
MOFFETT FIELD 88 84 / 1992
SAN JOSE 90(TIED) 90 / 1950
GILROY 95 84 / 1999
MONTEREY* 90 80 / 1992
SALINAS 96 84 / 1986
SALINAS AIRPORT 96 85 / 1992
SANTA CRUZ 90(TIED) 90 / 1906

*RECORDED AT OFFICIAL COOPERATIVE CLIMATE STATION.
HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
IN MONTEREY WAS 83 FOR THIS DATE.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT FRESNO/YOSEMITE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THIS
AFTERNOON WAS 93 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET
BACK IN 1950.

OTHER RECORDS ESTABLISHED TODAY INCLUDE MERCED AIRPORT WITH 92
DEGREES...MADERA AIRPORT AT 92 DEGREES...AND HANFORD AIRPORT 92.
THESE ALL BROKE RECORDS THAT WERE SET IN 1999...HOWEVER THESE ARE
RELATIVELY NEW CLIMATE STATIONS WITH ONLY 11 YEARS OF RECORDS.

...HIGHEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON APRIL 19...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

EL CAJON 95 92 IN 1999 SINCE 1979
LAGUNA BEACH 89 84 IN 1999 SINCE 1928
LA MESA 95 91 IN 1999 SINCE 1934
SANTA ANA 101 91 IN 1958 SINCE 1916
RIVERSIDE UCR 99 95 IN 1958 SINCE 1924
VISTA 93 TIED 93 IN 1999 SINCE 1962
WILD ANIMAL PARK 96 93 IN 1999 SINCE 1979
LINDBERGH FIELD ASOS 91 85 IN 1914 SINCE 1850
FULLERTON APT ASOS 100 93 IN 1958 SINCE 1948
ONTARIO APT ASOS 96 91 IN 1980 SINCE 1951
RAMONA APT ASOS 91 90 IN 1999 SINCE 1974
RIVERSIDE APT ASOS 97 96 IN 1939 SINCE 1927


...HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS BROKEN OR TIED ON APRIL 19...

LOCATION NEW RECORD OLD RECORD PERIOD OF RECORD

BEAUMONT 54 51 IN 1992 SINCE 1948
LA MESA 60 TIED 60 IN 1997 SINCE 1934

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the record at Santa Ana. Can you say UHI & bad siting?

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/20/another-weather-is-not-climate-story-some-new-record-highs-in-california-but-wait-for-the-punchline/

CapitalClimate said...

If it's bad siting, why did it take 51 years to jump 10° above the old record? Do you actually think it magically appeared in that location yesterday?

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