[californiadisasters] REMARKABLE FACTS ON THE HEAT OF NOV. 3 & 4

STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND WEAK OFFSHORE FLOW BROUGHT SOME REMARKABLE 
 HEAT TO THE COAST OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NOVEMBER 3 AND 4. ON RARE 
 OCCASIONS OFFSHORE EVENTS PRODUCE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES AT THE 
 COAST RATHER THAN INLAND. 
  
 AT SAN DIEGO LINDBERGH FIELD THE TEMPERATURE WAS HOVERING IN THE MID 
 90S AT 1 PM ON 4 NOVEMBER WHEN AN EAST BREEZE KICKED IN AND PUSHED 
 THE TEMPERATURE UP TO 100 DEGREES AT 2 PM. THE FOLLOWING HOUR THE 
  WIND SHIFTED...COMING FROM THE NORTHWEST AND THE TEMPERATURE FELL TO 
 95 AT 3 PM. THIS 100 DEGREE READING WAS A RECORD FOR THE DATE AND 
 FOR ANY DATE IN NOVEMBER. THE OLD NOVEMBER RECORD WAS 97 DEGREES 
 WHICH OCCURRED ON 4 NOVEMBER 1976 AND 1 NOVEMBER 1966. THIS IS 
  REMARKABLE CONSIDERING THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH LESS THAN 11 HOURS OF 
 DAYLIGHT.
 
 IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST TIME LINDBERGH FIELD HAD HIT 100 DEGREES SINCE 
 25 SEPTEMBER 1989...MORE THAN 21 YEARS AGO. ON ONLY 26 DAYS IN 
  RECORDED HISTORY HAS DOWNTOWN/LINDBERGH FIELD IN SAN DIEGO REACHED 
 100 DEGREES...AND MOST OF THOSE HAVE OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER. THE ALL 
 TIME HIGH OF 111 DEGREES HAPPENED DURING A SEPTEMBER SANTA ANA EVENT 
 DURING A WARMER TIME OF YEAR ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1963.
  
 THE 101 DEGREE READING IN SANTA ANA ON 3 NOVEMBER EQUALED THE 
 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER...WHICH 
 OCCURRED ONLY ONCE PREVIOUSLY ON 1 NOVEMBER 1966.
 
 THE 96 DEGREE READING IN LAGUNA BEACH ON 4 NOVEMBER EQUALED THE 
  SECOND HIGHEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THE 
 HIGHEST NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE ON RECORD OF 100 DEGREES OCCURRED ON 3 
 NOVEMBER 1950. THE MINIMUM OF 78 DEGREES WAS THE HIGHEST IN NOVEMBER 
 HISTORY SMASHING THE OLD RECORD OF 69 DEGREES. IT WAS ALSO THE THIRD 
  HIGHEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD.
 
 IN RIVERSIDE IT IS LIKELY THE HIGHEST NOVEMBER TEMPERATURE RECORD 
 WAS BROKEN...BUT TEMPERATURES FROM THE TWO OFFICIAL RIVERSIDE 
 CLIMATE STATIONS ARE NOT RECEIVED ON A DAILY BASIS. HIGH 
  TEMPERATURES ON NOVEMBER 3 AND 4 OF AROUND 100 DEGREES WERE REPORTED 
 BY OTHER RELIABLE INSTRUMENTS IN RIVERSIDE. THE HIGHEST NOVEMBER 
 TEMPERATURES ON THE OFFICIAL CLIMATE RECORDS ARE 98 AND 99.
 
 NOVEMBER HEAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS NOT UNHEARD OF. THE HIGH 
  TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR THE ENTIRE NATION DURING THE MONTH OF 
 NOVEMBER IS 106 DEGREES AT CRAFTONVILLE (A NOW EXTINCT VILLAGE NEAR 
 YUCAIPA AND REDLANDS) ON 12 NOVEMBER 1906.
 
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 MM/JT

Source: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/total_forecast/getprod.php?wfo=sgx&sid=SGX&pil=PNS
 

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