A warm Labor Day weekend is expected across Southern California with a more extreme heat wave expected this week, forecasters said.
A high temperature record that stood for 131 years in downtown Los Angeles was broken on Saturday as the region suffered a scorching heat. The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that the temperature downtown hit a record high of 98 Fahrenheit degrees (36.6 degrees centigrade), beatin...
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The intense heat has heightened the risk of wildfires due to dry brush, wind, and low humidity. To help residents cope with the heat, the city and county of Los Angeles have set up cooling centers. For updates and locations, visit ready.lacounty.gov/heat/ or call 211. The city of Los...
Kittell said the extent and length of Southern California’s marine layer will slowly start to diminish as the heat wave progresses, with Los Angeles County valleys seeing more sunshine by Thursday and Friday afternoon. But overall, the moist, low clouds will...
between coastal areas and inland valleys, deserts and mountains, especially in Southern California, said Rose Schoenfeld, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Oxnard. Much of the Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego county coasts haven’t experienced the effects of this heat wave, due to a ...
LOS ANGELES, July 9 (Xinhua) -- About 140,000 residents living in the northwest of Los Angeles were cut power service from Saturday evening to Sunday Morning, when the city was baked by a high temperature hit record. The power outrage was initiated by an electrical incident at the Los Ang...
Los Angeles is experiencing more heat waves, an event defined by 3 consecutive days above 32.2 C (90 F) in Los Angeles, and also more extreme heat days, defined as days above 32.2 C (90 F). These numbers have increased by 1.72 C (3.09 F) per century and 22.8 per century occurrences...
LOS ANGELES-While the official start of fall is just weeks away, September is off to a scorching start in Southern California with a brutal heat wave set to last over the next several days. The peak of the heat wave is expected Tuesday through Friday with forecast highs to reach the 80s...
LOS ANGELES - After the departure of "June Gloom," it appears "July Fry" is in full force. Tuesday marked the beginning of a days-long heat wave in Southern California with temperatures expected to rise going into the weekend. It's the second heat wave of the season after the first ...