Fnord wrote:
111°F (43.9°C) in Lake Forest, Orange County, California at 20:52 UJT on 2018/07/06.
All-time temperature records set throughout Southern California, including Los AngelesQuote:
As predicted, new daily, monthly and all-time record highs were set throughout Southern California on Friday because of to a monster heat dome sprawled over the region.
The temperature at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) soared to 111 degrees, the hottest temperature ever recorded there. The scorching temperature surpassed the previous record of 109 degrees set Sept. 20, 1939, the National Weather Service reported. Records at UCLA date back to 1933.
While the temperature at UCLA set an all-time record, the temperature in downtown Los Angeles, which hit 108 degrees, fell short of its all-time mark of 113 from September 2010. Still, the 108-degree reading crushed the July 6 daily record of 94, set in 1992.
In addition to UCLA, other locations that set all-time record highs in Southern California include:
Hollywood Burbank Airport, which hit 114 degrees.
Van Nuys Airport, which hit 117 degrees.
Ramona, which hit 117 degrees.
Santa Ana, which hit 114 degrees.
Riverside, which hit 118 degrees (tying record from 1925).
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