Heat wave reaches ‘the tail end’ in Southern California
(CNN) — It’s hot and sunny in the Santa Monica Mountains and it’s been so hot so long that the sun has only reached the end of its cycle on Earth.
The latest heat wave to hit California is hitting the Southern California coast.
The temperature outside the coast is about 84 degrees. Inside, it is much more.
The National Weather Service’s Los Angeles Division says that as of 8:18 p.m. Monday night the temperature hit 98 degrees.
The hottest spot in Los Angeles County, as of 8:22 p.m., the temperature hit an astonishing 111 degrees.
Temperatures reached 90 degrees on the coast of Los Angeles County, according to CNN affiliate KTLA.
But it doesn’t get any hotter. The temperature outside is expected to get to a high of 79 degrees today. It’s expected to reach 80 degrees by Wednesday. The temperatures here will be 90 degrees later in the day. They’ll be 90 degrees again at home.
The current temperatures are the highest for a single month since January, CNN reports. It’s also the highest temperature ever recorded in Southern California so far in this century.
This week is not only a record high, it’s the hottest and hottest week since records began in Los Angeles County, according to the weather service.
The heat wave is not expected to break until at least Monday, according to the Weather Service.
The high temperatures, in addition to the record high temperatures, have made it difficult for law enforcement and health authorities to get their hands on water and air conditioning units before the heat wave actually hits.
“We are seeing the effects now … so that is causing a little bit of a slowdown,” said Lt. David Bales, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
“If we get an extremely hot day when the temperature exceeds 99 degrees
