Woodland Hills, CA weather report, Tuesday 4-21-09:

[kestrel91316]

3:27 PM - current temp 103.5F

Previous record for this date: 93F in 1998.

Just a little tidbit FYI.

[XemaSab]

1. You're going to hate my ass

but it's only 97 here. :P

[cliffordu]

2. Show off.

lol

[XemaSab]

3. And I thought only hell was hotter than Redding

:P

[kestrel91316]

4. Hell, Palm Springs and Death Valley were only supposed to be 98F.

It's a sad day when I turn out to be living someplace hotter than Death Valley.

[XemaSab]

7. The weather geek in the penlight said NO WAY were we going to have record heat today

Well, it was 96 in 1930, so I guess the man was wrong. :P

[kestrel91316]

9. Yeah, this is what passes for "somewhat cooler". I always know to hold onto

my hat when it gets really hot, because all it usually does next is get even hotter. Last June we had 9 days of pure hell, a full two weeks ahead of its normal onset (and then it's normally only 3-5 days of bad).

[Kittycat]

5. Freezing in Chicago.

I had sleet coming down after picking my son up from school. It's in the low/mid 40's right now, but is going to drop to 37 tonight.

It is spring, right?

[Richard D]

6. I was there then.

Whew, I was thinking I'd never experienced heat like that in April. Guess no one ever had. Beating a record by over 10 degrees is scary, especially in April.

[LSparkle]

8. Last night at around 6:30 it was still 101F in West L.A. ...

but only 92 in Studio City. Very strange, sweltering weather
we're having here in SoCal. (No, I'm not going to say it ... )

[kestrel91316]

10. Yeah, it only dropped down to 70 here last night, not enough to cool

my apartment off. I had to run the ACs half the night.

And I know what you mean - I have half a mind to shift all my breakables onto the floor until it cools off again........

[LSparkle]

12. Ha! I knew some local would get what I meant by the last bit ... n/t

[MindPilot]

11. Yesterday afternoon it was 99 in my back yard around 5:00

Good thing that Global Cooling scare turned out to be a hoax! :D

[katanalori]

13. Hello Kestrel91316!

I live in Woodland Hills too! and yes, it is HOT - just talked to my brother who is in my hometown of Appleton, WI - he said it SNOWED this morning. I really wish I had a swimming pool right now.

[kestrel91316]

14. That's so funny - my sister and BIL are in Whitefish Bay, WI!

I love how the weather bimbos were crowing about how today was gonna be cooler than yesterday, only 95. Morans. When it gets hot, the forecast is always 10 degrees low - I think they don't want to admit even to themselves how bad it can get here.

[XemaSab]

15. Redding update:

85 degrees, 100% overcast with BIG clouds.

Hmm....

[Systematic Chaos]

16. Las Vegas is currently 88.8 degrees (per Weatherbug)

The humidity is 5%, making the dew point just 11 degrees and the ambient temperature more like 82.

"But it's a dry heat!!"

:P

[XemaSab]

17. 84 with 35% humidity

Not so dry here.

[kestrel91316]

18. We're about 20 degrees cooler today. THANK GOD.