San Francisco8win gaming, where even the postcards feature fog, rarely sees temperatures over 90 degrees. Even more rarely does the coastal California city see such temperatures in October.
But on Tuesday, San Francisco hit 94 degrees. On Wednesday, it hit 95.
The heat has prompted officials to issue an excessive heat warning through Friday and to encourage residents to go to cooling centers, public pools and to hop on the ferry, which offered free rides. Just inland of the city, temperatures climbed well above 100 degrees this week.
Heat index forecast for…This is a phenomenon known locally as “second summer,” said Dylan Flynn, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in California, who noted that early fall was generally when San Francisco sees its highest temperatures. “But this one is more extreme,” Mr. Flynn said in a phone interview.
“It’s very rare to be in the 90s at all in San Francisco. But in October, it’s even more rare,” he added. The last time it was above 94 degrees in October in the city was 1996.
The heat started to relent on Thursday, when temperatures in San Francisco dropped into the upper 80s, according to the National Weather Service. While the city is expected to continue to gradually cool off in coming days, very hot weather is expected to last through the weekend in much of the Bay Area.
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