SLO smashes heat record with ‘highest winter temperature ever’
Friday certainly didn’t feel like a typical winter day.
As temperatures rose across the entire county, Cal Poly recorded its highest ever daily winter temperature, smashing the previous record, according to PG&E meteorologist John Lindsey.
Lindsey tweeted Friday afternoon that temperatures reached 93 degrees Fahrenheit at Cal Poly’s weather station — busting a previous record of 90 degrees set on Jan. 16, 2014.
“The warmest winter temperature ever recorded at Cal Poly happened today,” he wrote on Twitter, noting that it was the hottest high recorded for the months of December, January or February.
According to Lindsey, Lompoc also hit a daily high record on Friday, reaching 86 degrees. That surpassed the previous record of 84 degrees in 2014.
Lindsey said the high at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport peaked at 91 degrees on Friday, while Santa Maria reached 84 degrees.
A pattern of fresh to strong Santa Lucia winds are expected to continue through Monday, bringing with them fair and dry local weather, with temperatures ranging from the low 70s to the mid-80s, according to Lindsey.
That dry weather is expected to continue through Jan. 22.
This story was originally published January 15, 2021 at 6:17 PM.
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