Heat wave los angeles 2017

          The heat broke a year-old record in Los Angeles, as the National Weather Service reported the temperature hit 96 degrees on Saturday.

        1. Monday: A heat wave moves into Southern California, more sexual harassment accusations in Hollywood, and a record climb up El Capitan.
        2. Downtown Los Angeles hit degrees, Long Beach , Burbank and Oxnard , according to the National Weather Service, all new highs for.
        3. Was officially California's hottest on record (and much of the Labor Day heatwave actually fell out outside of the formal June-August definition of “.
        4. Temperatures will peak Friday and possibly shatter records, with highs in Downtown LA expected to top degrees.

          5. Downtown Los Angeles hit degrees, Long Beach , Burbank and Oxnard , according to the National Weather Service, all new highs for..

          2017 hottest summer in California history

          2017 brought extraordinary summer heat to California.

          While record-breaking early-season heatwaves largely spared the immediate coastal areas (but brought endless weeks of searing triple-digit heat to interior areas), extreme temperatures extended all the way to the beaches over the past couple of weeks.

          The late summer and early autumn months are traditionally warmest of the year in coastal California, as the marine layer tends to become suppressed and offshore winds occasionally allow hotter air to encroach from the east.

          But the late August and early September heatwave that California just endured was on an entirely different level than those historically experienced–breaking (and, in many cases, shattering) temperature records of all kinds.

          Countless daily (and monthly) temperature records were set statewide, and this heatwave continued the already record-breaking streak of 100+ degree days across much o