Good Tueday evening, Central Coast!
What a HOT St. Patrick's Day! Wow!
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties saw dangerous, record-breaking heat today.
San Luis Obispo soared to 97°F, a new all-time record high for March. (Record keeping is a shorter period of time, but 90 was the old record for March)
Santa Maria soared to 95°F, tying its all-time record high for March.
Santa Barbara also hit a daily record high of 91°F.
Paso Robles hit 93°F on Tuesday, which is a tie for the all-time record high in March and was a new daily record.
The extreme heat is expected to last through Friday, with highs staying 20–30 degrees above normal and very warm nights.
In this extreme heat:
- Stay hydrated
- Avoid strenuous outdoor activities
- Check on neighbors, especially seniors and kids, and make sure your pets have fresh, cool water
Conditions should start to cool over the weekend. Coastal low clouds and fog are possible, but no heavy rain is forecast for the rest of March.
Stay safe during this extreme heat!
From the National Weather Service in Los Angeles, located in Oxnard:
It was certainly a record-breaking day today, with all our official climate stations (13 in total) breaking their
calendar day record for March 17, and 9 stations reached or broke their all-time hottest temperature for the entire month
of March. With the record fanfare out of the way, this is just the start of a dangerous heat wave. While temperatures at the coast
should drop some over the next few days as the weak offshore flow from today turns neutral, valleys and mountains will be just as
hot if not hotter, for each of the next 3 days as they were today.
Below are the low temperatures and high temperatures expected for Wednesday. Records are likely again!
Stay cool and stay hydrated, Central Coast!
-Jim
