Southern Californians also posted competing photos
on Facebook and Instagram of their soaring thermometers as the last day
of spring brought summerlike temperatures to the region.
Burbank and Glendale, just north of downtown Los
Angeles, soared past 100 degrees by midday, the weather service said.
Burbank saw a record 107 degrees.
The heat was no help to firefighters who had to
work to put out a wildfire in a Los Angeles neighborhood, where densely
packed homes were briefly in danger.
Further northwest in the San Fernando Valley, some
thermometers were reading close to 110 degrees, and Palm Springs in the
inland desert hit 116.
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Southern California, (even Los Angeles and San Diego) often see temperatures above 100 degrees and 115 degrees isn't unusual at all on a year to year basis.
What is unusual here is that this is happening in June which usually ( in most places) doesn't go above the 90s if that. 100 degree temperatures are common in places like Palm Springs from June through October most years. However, temperatures this high this early even there are really troubling. If it can be 123 degrees now what is it going to be in August through September in Palm Springs 125 to 130? These are temperatures you cannot necessarily survive very well if you are just walking around in this temperature even without humidity.
If you were in a tropical place at these temperatures basically most people would be dead without air conditioned suits, ice in their hats or other personal cooling devices if they were walking around regularly in 130 degrees anywhere on earth.
However, remember, your brain won't work right in these temperatures so find a way to keep your head cool because if your brain stops working and you need to make survival decisions, basically you are already dead in these temperatures.
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