- Santa Barbara reached 86 degrees Wednesday, matching a daily temperature record set in 1977, while several surrounding communities set new all-time daily highs.
Santa Barbara tied a 49-year-old temperature record Wednesday, reaching 86 degrees and matching the mark set in 1977, according to the National Weather Service Los Angeles office.
The reading was one of several daily records broken or tied across the region as a heat wave gripped Southwest California.
Elsewhere, Oxnard hit 92 degrees, breaking its previous record of 86 set in 2015, while Camarillo reached 90, topping the same 2015 mark…