Updated, 8:10 p.m. Tuesday
You're starting to think the drought didn't really go away, aren't you?
Forecasters say the Bay Area will experience a brief but dramatic change to more typical February weather beginning Wednesday.
Our prolonged February spell of sunny, dry weather broke records for a second straight day Tuesday from Richmond down to San Jose and beyond.
Location | Tuesday's high | Previous record | Old record set |
---|---|---|---|
Salinas | 86 | 80 | 1977 |
Monterey | 83 | 73 | 2013 |
Oakland Museum | 82 | 75 | 2015 |
San Jose | 80 | 78 | 1930 |
Mountain View | 78 | 73 | 1977 |
Richmond | 77 | 75 | 2015 |
Oakland Airport | 76 | 73 | 1977 |
San Francisco Airport | 72 | 69 | 2007 |
Oakland's 82 degrees on Tuesday smashed the record of 75, set just last year. Salinas, Mountain View and Oakland Airport all bettered records set in 1977. If you've been here a while, you'll remember that as the second winter of a drought that was, until the current one, considered the most severe in California's modern history.