Central Coast sweats through record-high heat wave

Scorching temperatures throughout San Luis Obispo County led to a matched record high in one Central Coast community and a new record in another.

San Luis Obispo reached 104 degrees, which equaled the record high in 2010 for Sept. 26, while Santa Maria topped out at 101, setting a new record from its 1921 mark of 100, PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey said.

Temperatures along the coast hit 101 in Cambria and 97 in Los Osos, as well as 89 at the Morro Bay Harbor and 92 at the Point San Luis Lighthouse, Lindsey noted on his Twitter feed.

Lindsey said that temperatures will remain toasty Tuesday, but they will cool significantly later in the week as a marine layer moves in. San Luis Obispo’s highs are forecast to drop to the 70s, and highs in Paso Robles will dip to the 80s from Monday’s high of 102, which wasn’t a record.

Meanwhile, the season’s first rains could come Oct. 6, though forecasting projections are too far out to be sure, Lindsey wrote on Twitter.

This story was originally published September 26, 2016 at 5:43 PM with the headline "Central Coast sweats through record-high heat wave."