RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
530 PM PDT FRI JUL 6 2018

...MANY RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET ACROSS
SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA TODAY...

THE FIRST TABLE BELOW INDICATES NEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
FOR THIS DATE, THE PREVIOUS RECORD AND THE YEAR IN WHICH IT
WAS ORIGINALLY SET.

A FEW STATIONS SET HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE ENTIRE
MONTH OF JULY, AND TWO STATIONS, BURBANK AIRPORT AND VAN NUYS
AIRPORT, SET NEW ALL-TIME RECORDS. THESE ARE DISPLAYED IN
THE SECOND AND THIRD TABLES.

**************NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR JULY 6TH*****************

                      NEW        PREVIOUS
                     DAILY        DAILY
                    RECORD        RECORD
                   FOR  7/6      FOR  7/6       YEAR
                   --------      ----------     ----
LOS ANGELES CO:

L.A. DOWNTOWN        108            94          1992
L.A. AP               92            88          1957
LONG BEACH AP        109            93          1998
UCLA                 111            89          1942
BURBANK AP           114           103          1976
VAN NUYS+            117            99          2017
WOODLAND HILLS       117           106          1976

VENTURA CO:

CAMARILLO AP         101            87          2011
OXNARD NWS            95            85          1981

SAN LUIS OBISPO CO:

SAN LUIS OBISPO AP^  102            86          2011


*************NEW RECORDS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY****************

                         NEW         PREVIOUS
                        RECORD       RECORD FOR
                      FOR JULY         JULY        DATE/YEAR
                      ---------      ----------   -----------

VAN NUYS AP+             117           112        JUL 22 2006
BURBANK AP               114           112        JUL 22 2006
LONG BEACH AP            109           107        JUL  1 1985
UCLA                     111           103        JUL 10 1959
CAMARILLO AP             101            96        JUL 31 1930


********************NEW ALL-TIME RECORDS**********************

                        NEW           PREVIOUS
                      ALL TIME       ALL TIME
                       RECORD         RECORD        DATE/YEAR
                      --------       ---------     -----------

VAN NUYS AIRPORT+        117            114        JUN 20 2016
BURBANK AIRPORT          114            113        SEP 12 1971
UCLA                     111            109        SEP 20 1939


+ PERIOD OF RECORD IS ONLY 24 YEARS
^ PERIOD OF RECORD IS ONLY 22 YEARS

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But Friday July 6 was a day for the record books. As previously reported by LBREPORT.com, the National Weather Service monitor at LB Airport recorded a blistering 109 degrees at 2:25 p.m. (with blessedly low 13% humidity)...and the temperature remained between 108 and 109 degrees at LGB for over three hours.

The LB Airport air temperature hit 108 degrees at 12:45 p.m. where it remained until 2:20 p.m. with the exception of one five-minute period between 12:50 p.m. and 12:55 p.m. At 2:20 p.m,, the temperature reached 109 degrees again before sliding back to 108...where it remained until 3:20 p.m., when it hit 109 degrees again. The temp fell back to 108 at 3:30 p.m. and remained there until 3:53 p.m., when it dropped to 105 degrees. At 5:30 p.m., it was still 102 degrees.

Temps tend to be cooler toward the shore; the National Weather Service predicted 100 in 90802, and 101 in 90803. Humidity as recorded at LGB remained in the teens as temps topped out.

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