Record-breaking heat wave expected to extend stay in the West

Scorching heat in the West produced record temperatures Friday and is expected to linger through the weekend in some regions.

SAN DIEGO — Scorching heat in the West produced record temperatures Friday and is expected to linger through the weekend in some regions.

Hollywood Burbank Airport in the Los Angeles area matched its all-time high temperature with a reading of 114, according to the National Weather Service in Oxnard, California, which set its own record high for the date of 99.

Downtown Los Angeles tied its record high for the date at 111, it said. Santa Ana (113) and Newport Beach (95) in Orange County and Ramona (114) in San Diego County set new records for the date, weather service numbers show.

The weather service office in Phoenix said the 93-degree morning low temperature recorded at Sky Harbor International Airport was the warmest for any September day on the books.

In Yuma, Arizona, where records date to 1878, the desert town posted a high of 109 on Friday and thus bested its last streak of consecutive days with highs above 100 degrees, reaching 100 days of triple-digit highs this summer, the Phoenix office said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/record-breaking-heat-wave-expected-extend-stay-west-rcna170022

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