Record-breaking temperatures in Pacific Coast areas
Temperatures have risen to record levels across parts of California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia over the past few days.
California’s Bay Areas, such as Oakland, experienced record temperatures on Thursday with a high of 98F (36.7C) breaking the previous record for that day of 87F (30.6C). Both San Francisco and San Jose also broke records. Woodland hills (southern California) hit a new record on Friday with a high of 101F (38.3C).
In Oregon triple digit temperatures sent folks scrambling to the beaches for relief on Thursday. Brookings Harbour residents turned up the air conditioning, hit the beach or fled to the Chetco River to escape 101F (38.3C). It was the highest temperature recorded in Brookings in May since records began in 1931. The previous record high for May was 99F (37.2C) in 1943.
An unseasonably strong area of high pressure over the eastern Pacific has brought these high temperatures and low humidity air to the area. The weather conditions were expected to continue through the weekend, and on Saturday the National Weather Service issued a heat advisory.
The Weather Service expects temperatures to slide back down to the nineties early in the new week as the air moves in from the sea rather than the land. Temperatures however will still be above average.
