Two Central Coast cities break heat records — and one stood for 112 years
After a cold snap last week, two Central Coast cities broke daily high temperature records on Tuesday.
Santa Maria reached 85 degrees, breaking the 112-year-old record of 84 degrees set back in 1910, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey and the National Weather Service.
And San Luis Obispo saw temperatures rise to 86 degrees, three degrees higher than the record last set back in 2013.
The hot weather comes in sharp contrast to the record cold temperatures the county experienced during the last week of February.
As recently as Saturday, Paso Robles hit a new daily record low temperature of 25 degrees. Thursday, Feb. 24, was the coldest day — with the La Panza area measuring a low temperature of 15 degrees.
“We’re in a bit of a whiplash weather pattern,” Lindsey said.
The warm weather is expected to last through Wednesday, although it’s not forecast to be as hot as Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
Then, a nice relief from the ongoing drought conditions may come on Thursday.
A chance of rain is expected to bring up to three-quarters inch of precipitation to the county over Thursday and Friday, the National Weather Service and Lindsey said.
