![]() ![]() ![]() Officials recommend learning the signs of heatstroke and other heat-related illnesses, staying hydrated and taking time to adjust when outside temperatures are high. Heat waves are the deadliest weather-related disasters in the U.S., and are especially dangerous for people who live or work outside, and for people with cardiovascular or respiratory diseases. are continuing to see dangerously high temperatures in July. Oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the extra heat in the atmosphere generated by human-caused warming. That's dangerously hot for some marine species, including coral. One of many hotspots is in the Gulf of Mexico, where water temperatures in some areas hovered around 90 degrees Fahrenheit this week. This June was the hottest month ever recorded for the world's oceans. Oceans are trending even hotter than the planet as a whole. The last eight years were the hottest ever recorded, and forecasters say the next five years will be the hottest on record. This June is just the latest reminder that heat-trapping greenhouse gasses continue to accumulate in the atmosphere and disrupt the planet's climate. Usually, the hottest years on record occur when El Niño is active.īut the main driver of record-breaking heat is human-caused climate change. The cyclic pattern causes hotter than normal water in the Pacific Ocean, and the extra heat alters weather around the world and raises global temperatures. The cloudy conditions that have persisted in the Los Angeles area for weeks are set to continue but could start to dissipate a little after several days. The El Niño climate pattern, which officially began last month, is one reason temperatures are so hot right now. In the U.S., record-breaking heat gripped much of the country including the Northeast, Texas, the Plains and Puerto Rico in June, and another round of deadly heat is affecting people across the southern half of the country this week.Įvery June for the last 47 years has been hotter than the twentieth century average for the month, a stark reminder that greenhouse gas emissions, largely from burning fossil fuels, are causing steady and devastating warming worldwide. Millions of people around the world suffered as a result, as heat waves hit every continent. The average global temperature in June 2023 was slightly hotter than the previous record June, which occurred in 2020. It's the latest temperature record to fall this summer, as the El Niño climate pattern exacerbates the effects of human-caused climate change. Also reaching or exceeding 120 oF were Saugus in Santa Clarita on November 8, 2002, at 126 oF, Palmdale on May 6, 2005, at 122 oF, Hawthorne on July 21, 1999, at 122 oF, and Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, on September 6, 2020, at 120 oF.Last month was the hottest June on record going back 174 years, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This very rare extreme temperature is typically only reached in Death Valley in the California desert. The highest temperature ever recorded among the 16 Los Angeles County weather stations monitored by the Almanac (according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information) was 130 oF at Santa Fe Dam in the San Gabriel Valley, on June 17, 2012, at 3:57 p.m. Source: National Weather Service & National Centers for Environmental Information It tends to clear towards the evening though and night times are mild with daily lows of 60.3 ☏ (15.7 ☌). The temperatures warm to daily highs of 78.1 ☏ (25.6 ☌) and the dry season is in full swing, but the June Gloom morning fog arrives in earnest. * Most current monthly and seasonal normals, recalculated every ten years, were updated on May 4, 2021. Los Angeles weather in June: June weather in Los Angeles is a mixed bag. ![]() Temperature Records for Select Los Angeles County Locations Normal* TemperaturesĪnd All-Time Temperature Records Since 1877 Month Monthly High/Low & Average Temperatures for Downtown Los Angeles Temperature Normals & Records by Day in Downtown L.A. Court & Vital Records from Orange County, CAĭowntown Los Angeles.Postal Zip Code Look-up for Los Angeles County.The Los Angeles Basin - A Huge Bowl of Sand.Can a Volcanic Eruption Occur in Los Angeles?. ![]()
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