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Temps could hit 129 in Death Valley as state broils
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Temperatures in Death Valley could hit 129 degrees this weekend as a ridge of unusually high pressure moves into California, bringing an extended period of high heat and fire danger, forecasters said.
Death Valley’s all-time record of 134 degrees set a century ago was not likely to fall, National Weather Service meteorologist Reid Wolcott said Wednesday. That still stands as the highest air temperature ever recorded in the world, but any reading approaching 130 degrees is significant, Wolcott said.
“It’s only hit 130 in Death Valley a handful of times,” he said. “We’ll be keeping an eye out.”
The weather service posted excessive-heat watches and warnings beginning Friday for many Southern California mountain and desert areas, extending up the Eastern Sierra to the Bishop area.
Forecasters said that by Friday, highs topping 100 degrees are likely over some Southern California coastal valleys and at lower elevations in the mountains, while the hottest interior valleys could see temperatures near 110.
The San Joaquin Valley also will be very hot, and warming will extend up the coast to north of San Francisco.
Forecasters say it’s possible the heat spell could extend to the Fourth of July holiday.
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