Daily temperature records around California continued to be set this week as an unusual October heat wave broiled the state and stymied firefighters’ efforts to get blazes in Southern California under control.
Though the current heat wave peaked on Wednesday, the outlook going into the weekend doesn’t bring much relief, according to the National Weather Service. It will cool between 4 and 8 degrees Thursday across the Southland but still remain warmer than average for this time of year.
“Hot temperatures will come roaring back Saturday,” the Weather Service’s Oxnard office said in a Thursday morning forecast. “This heat wave will not be as severe as the last few days but will still be warm enough to justify the excessive heat watches for the valleys and mountains.”
In the last two days, daily heat records have fallen across the state.
On Wednesday, it reached 111 degrees in Woodland Hills, breaking the previous record of 109 degrees set in 1991. At Palmdale Airport, it was 105 degrees, eclipsing the old record of 101 degrees set in 2020. Inland, temperatures reached 110 degrees at Lake Elsinore, breaking its record of 106 degrees set in 2012.