Posted on 09/28/2010 8:47:32 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
How hot was it? The National Weather Service's thermometer downtown reached 113 degrees for the first time since records began being kept in 1877 — and then stopped working. The record highs follow a summer of record lows.
It was so hot Monday that it broke the all-time record — and the weatherman's thermometer.
The National Weather Service's thermometer for downtown Los Angeles headed into uncharted territory at 12:15 p.m. Monday, reaching 113 degrees for the first time since records began being kept in 1877.
Shortly after that banner moment, the temperature dipped back to 111, and then climbed back to 112. Then at 1 p.m., the thermometer stopped working.
The weather service office in Oxnard rushed an electronics technician 60 miles southeast to the USC campus to repair the thermometer, which is actually a highly sensitive wire connected to electronic equipment. Because of the snafu, officials said it's possible Monday's temperature actually was hotter than 113 — but they might never know.
For meteorologists who cover a region sometimes mocked for its lack of weather, the record was met with great excitement. They figured it would be hot, with the mercury hitting around 108 or 109, but they didn't quite expect that an all-time record would be topped.
Downtown L.A. was not the only place that set records. Long Beach tied an all-time record of 111. Other cities didn't break all-time records but registered new highs for the day. They include Burbank (110), Woodland Hills (111), Oxnard (100), El Cajon (109) and Indio (109).
It wasn't lost on weather aficionados that the record heat came after a summer of record low temperatures.
"Five days ago, we saw some of the lowest daytime temperatures we've seen in 50 years. And today was a once-in-a-century day,"
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They should move to Phoenix. It was only 106 here yesterday.
RE: They should move to Phoenix
They won’t... Arizona is under boycott by Los Angeles.
September is typically our hottest month so no surprise here.
No. The colder than usual summer is proof of global climate change. The unusually hot day is proof of global climate change. And the September snows? I think you can guess the explanation there too. Gore is right. Always. And the only solution is to raise taxes and give the Obama Regime more power over our lives.
“They won’t... Arizona is under boycott by Los Angeles.”
LA boycotted us for our stance on immigration. We fight back by sending them some of our heat. And with record heat comes record electricity usage. And from where does LA buy its electricity? ARIZONA!!! We win!
That person shouldn't drive through parts of the southeast where the Kudzu covers everything on the side of the road.
The BS is getting to the chest wader level!
Its been well over 113 in LA basin so many times that I wonder how stupid they think we are.
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25 degrees here in southern Alaska, Snow predicted for later today.
One day does not make a trend. We haven't had a really hot summer since the rolling blackout days of 2001-2002. "June gloom" lasted all summer this year.
In September 1955 the temperature in Los Angeles reached 111-113 F.
No Christmas card from AlGore for you.
Yes. I’m old enough to have been there! It was worse in the Valley.
It was 113 at my house but I’m used to it, I kept my interior below 80, it must have been heck for some of those unprepared people in LA.
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