California hits record temperatures as heat wave drags on

The heat wave gripping California is breaking records, with multiple cities in the Golden State reporting temperatures at and above 115 degrees Fahrenheit. CBS News Los Angeles reporter Kara Finnstrom has more.
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[@maryoconnell4276]

I live near Palmdale, CA. The highs this week have been between 108 - 114 at my house. People, stay indoors and drink lots and lots and lots of water.

[@allengreg5447]

Drink electrolyte heavy drinks (Powerade, Gatorade, etc.) if you are forced to exercise for some weird reason. How can you tell if water or a sports drink is best? Whichever one tastes best. Your tongue is smarter than you'd think.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

63 degrees in my part of Calif... Sssshhhh... not saying where.

[@rowdyways4228]

The pavement is always hotter 😂

[@A3Kr0n]

How in Hades do people survive in 115F heat?

[@pampoovey3281]

119 in Redding. Yikes. and they get to look at snowy Mt Shasta.

[@brianmclaughlin4419]

Shasta in Summers in the 1970s, 80s were Damn hotter than they are Now.

[@yearginclarke]

@@brianmclaughlin4419 I wasn't born till 85, but being a lifelong resident of the north state, I know Redding has ALWAYS been hot in summers. Nothing new about it.

[@michaelgrabianowski6567]

I'm on the Oregon Coast and it's a beautiful 64 degrees.

[@bargdaffy1535]

Yeah, did you also know there is a huge swath of Cold Water in the Pacific just off the Oregon Coast and nobody can explain why its there? Also it was 110F in Lyton Canada the other day, so explain that one away.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

63 here, Calif...shhh ... not sayin where.

[@phil4208]

We're freezing in upstate new york, it's 90

[@aintchorrollmodel182]

LoL enjoy it, it's warm here in the AZ

[@benevolencia4203]

90°, wow. Yeah, that sucks. The average high temps here near Buffalo is 79° this time of year according to my weather app.

[@user-uj5ly1eq5n]

You don’t even know what “freezing” means 😂

[@d.b.1176]

The payment was 120 degrees, crazy.

[@davidherrera1643]

Hot payment is a threat to our democracy.

[@YourExcellency]

Im in Sacramento. It was 111 degrees for almost a week straight. 🔥 🥵

[@nancyhusseycarter3961]

I am in Sacramento too. San Francisco is supposed to be 68 degrees this weekend. Maybe we should all head to the Bay for a couple of days.

[@chrisoffersen]

Can these still be called “heat waves?” I think this is now just “Summer.”

[@freeheeler09]

Chris, yep! And the only thing that we can count on in terms of summer heat is that every year is going to be much hotter than the last!

[@bargdaffy1535]

You should probably stop "Thinking" as you obviously have no Idea what you are babbling about.

[@xalspaero]

these can be called "record temperatures", and you'll notice that every other year we set new records.

[@chrisoffersen]

@@xalspaero too true

[@user-uj5ly1eq5n]

Yeah it’s summer but is it 100+ degrees in San Diego or Santa Barbara though?

[@sciencehunter]

Something is wrong because it is NOT that hot here. Sure its hot, but current temp in Palm Springs is 107 NOT 124.

[@Teas.Louise]

Palm Springs has broken temperature records one after another in the last week. The city hit 122 degrees on July 8, the hottest temperature ever recorded for that day, according to the National Weather Service. Last Friday, the city broke its all-time high temperature record when it hit 124 degrees.

[@robles9111]

I was in Palm Springs for Fourth of July and it was hot specially Friday. I ended up coming back Saturday couldn’t stand the heat. It was around 118°.

[@yukineswan]

She said the surface of the pavement was 120 degrees, but youre right though

[@travisyarbrough4033]

81 in Long Beach by 605 Fwy. Overcast mornings and going down to 78 for the next few days. Was cool til 11:30 today

[@rumblebudgie2085]

How dare you think critically and for yourself! You must blindly believe what you are told and live in fear!

[@idgaftrick]

I'm terrified to go to the Coachella Valley, and I'm supposed to LOL coming up soon. 124 is crazy. Your ac will barely work no matter what type of car you're driving. It's just too hot to be outside. Wear sunscreen people drink a lot of water, it's going to suck this weekend...

[@roderickcortez138]

It's hot every summer in California. It's 105 today here in Modesto but big deal. The summers are always in the mid 105s.

[@Bonsaibyalan]

So you think a record is a piece of plastic pressed into disc with grooves used to play music.

[@Fat12219]

You can feel the heat 😮 🥵

[@garyssimo]

Just wait 10 years! 135 will be common.

[@norwegianblue2017]

Sure it will

[@trivalentclan-mizar9591]

Just saw a 15 degree jump in temps, sure it was great as it was February in snow country, but instead a whole month with snow as my ancestors saw there was only four days. Rip the ski slopes, snow mobile dealers, and the rest of the winter tourism the area depends on.

[@steven4315]

Honest question for a Californian. How's the grid holding up? I keep hearing that California's grid can't handle heat but I haven't heard any reports of problems.

[@sisutoska4910]

Our grid is doing better than Texas, but PG&E still sucks.

[@Wolfcamp555]

​@@sisutoska4910 What's wrong with the Texas grid?

[@ivannevarez8478]

They say our grid, even if we are using full energy in California that still leaves us about 15-16% our grid can handle. So I think will be alright God willing. California has invested a lot into renewable energy. So we should be all right. Utilities are through the roof now though.

[@freeheeler09]

I still don’t trust PG&E. That monopoly is corrupt too its core. It is ridiculous how much the state allows then to overcharge for electricity.!I’m buying more battery storage so that I can eventually cut the cord to PG&E!

[@jlbueno0611]

Currently a million customers dont have electricity because the grid sucks 😅 and they keep voting for the same guys who never fix anything and blame immigrants while they pocket the money ​@Wolfcamp555

[@ourv9603]

Not hot here, 68F as usual. Im where California and Oregon and the Ocean and the redwoods all come together. !

[@allengreg5447]

Trapped in this relentless oven we call summer, we’re all just meatbags slowly cooking. Every drop of sweat is a reminder that the universe has a twisted sense of humor. Embrace the suffering, because in this heat, we’re all just walking barbecue.

[@NegronJames-yr4lb]

😂😂😂😂

[@NegronJames-yr4lb]

bro thinks hes estar allen poe

[@windnsea03]

60s and 70s on the coast.

[@user-bm6xz6pq5z]

Why is Palm Springs hotter than Phoenix? Is that normal for Palm Springs?

[@jlbueno0611]

Phoenix sits in a valley near the desert , palm springs is open desert

[@theshadedshadow5993]

Abnormal weather patterns globally.

[@travisyarbrough4033]

81 in East Long Beach by 605 fwy. Going down tomorrow also. Warm and sunny with overcast mornings .... Perfect

[@JBoy340a]

Beach is the operative word. We are all jealous.

[@bargdaffy1535]

That is extemely anecdotal information and as such means nothing for an Issue of this Scale and Scope.

[@skypatrol716]

Are they taking ground temperatures again? 😂😂😂😂

[@unvaccinatedamerican9620]

Right off the black top 😂

[@t.c.2776]

I heard it was the rectal temperature of a dead burro they found out in the desert...

[@GuitarWithBrett]

It’s -41c on Mars today

[@sylviewalker7560]

Humans = 98.6°F°...y'all. Wet bulb matters

[@ronniemask5921]

I read a recent study that said that 95F is no longer considered the maximum safe temperature for people who work outdoors. Medical scientists now say that around 87F is the maximum safe temperature for outdoor work. And, yes, Wet Bulb matters. Anyone not familiar with the term should make an effort to understand it. It could save your life!

[@YeaYEA783]

That’s what they get for living in that hell hole 😂

[@julienrockingham-ip4co]

This is for all the homeowners, landowners and parents to figure out

[@user-jd4wk2lk7m]

HATE triple digit heat. Disgusting weather…

[@davidellis5141]

🎶 The Heat 🔥 Is On 🎶

[@JohnnyRestrayned]

immediately heard the song, now stuck in my head

[@ThomasMarolf-bo6lg]

Imagine another 2 degrees C of global warming. Insane weather world wide.

[@letsgobrandon2256]

Bahahahahahaha 😂😂😂 but here in LA it only been on the upper 80s to low 90s. Those areas in the photo are deserts. Bahahahahahaha 😂😂

[@labrat5674]

Try to imagine how the polar bears are feeling…

[@MariaGonzalez-le3fx]

Indio 125. Palm springs 130....

[@rgroppi1305]

Stop chemical trails

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

Breaking all-time records... At least dating back to 1895. Never mind that the Mohave Desert has been around for the last 10,000 years. 🤣

[@IneptSystem]

What does that have to do with anything? Or do you just like hearing yourself spew nonsense?

[@brainchildguru]

@@IneptSystemit’s called chronological perspective, something climate change fear-mongers refuse to acknowledge.

[@muhammad-bin-american]

Okay Mr. Expert.

[@IneptSystem]

@@brainchildguru It's called nonsense. If someone says breaking all time records then they are referring to the time of record keeping. Nowhere in this segment was climate change mentioned.

[@greg2976]

@@brainchildguru 👍👍💯💯

[@michaelWells-ef9bx]

~ Got Clear up 2 ... 77 degrees today ~ perfect

[@robbieogle8622]

Im in Mexico City and its beautiful. 😃

[@mrobanyaki7294]

It's 88 in LA today...yesterday was 98

[@jamesmatheson9624]

The answer is to make an inflatable Mountain that is approximately 2 km high with fans on the mountain to blow cold air to the ground there is an endless amount of cold air in the sky there's just no land connecting it which the inflatable Mountain would act as the land to send the cold air to the ground and if you make the inflatable Mountain 8 km High which is a very big distance it will send air that is approximately -60 to the ground because the fans will make it so that the air stays constant from the upper atmosphere to the ground

[@cub1009]

Hear me out, we need national sun shade that blocks the sun over the USA to reduce temps.

[@betwrixolive9431]

Mr. Burns! Steal any candy recently?

[@bqkmg2037]

Here in Central California it hit 113 to 115 like in Fresno, Visalia and Bakersfield it's getting hotter and longer summers 😢😔🥴😓

[@Ryousure]

Most of riverside was cloudy

[@user-vn5db4dn4q]

Yup it’s hot in California and elsewhere it’s called summer…… what’s the big deal !?

[@roderickcortez138]

We're all gonna die!

[@norwegianblue2017]

It's actually been a pretty mild summer here in San Diego.

[@IbnBahtuta]

Isn't it supposed to be hot there?

[@ronkirk5099]

I usually spend the summer in the far north, but relief is even hard to find even up near the Canadian border. I would never have thought we could make the planet uninhabitable just during my lifetime, but guess what, we're doing it.

[@OmarConstruct]

Its horrible in palmdale for days now

[@Colossus-Tone]

Oh no! Summer! Dun dun dun!

[@roderickcortez138]

I'm so scared! What do I do? Should I turn the air conditioner on????

[@solarforfuture]

regular measurements at taken in the shade.. add 20+ degreezi in direct sun.. WTF. b

[@RobertBroatch-dc5qw]

Asphalt everywhere and millions of cars on them all the time. Crazy

[@sgttim8617]

Here, in N.E. Calli, We have All Four Seasons : June, July, AUGUST, AND WINTER !

[@jasonbrand5762]

We hit 110 with humidity in Texas

[@jlbueno0611]

We hit 118f with humidity here in phoenix .... ✌🏼

[@melissaibrahim7925]

Here at Sunset Beach, CA is only 70 partly sunny. I used to live in Redding in the late 80's and man it was crazy hot back then.

[@Michael9-23-15]

Gee, I have to put my sweater on till about 10? Nice Marine layer in the morning, and mid 80's thru the day. Not bad at all

[@Bonsaibyalan]

And since where you live is he center of the known universe...

[@elr.4780]

So long as the states electrical grid holds up people in California will be fine, okay.

[@scwps23]

Hot as fire and brimstone?

[@DNDBOT]

Geezus Crisp °124 is that the heat index included ? 😢😒🥵🥵🥵

[@JBoy340a]

It's temp in the shade

[@PatrickFoley-vf3lr]

Yet, people still flock to southern California.

[@melissaibrahim7925]

There exaggerating. I live in Sunset Beach (Southern CA) and it was in the 70's today and most every day. Sun doesn't even come out until 2pm bc of marine layer. Inland was a little hotter today when I was in Anaheim it was mid 80's but nothing drastic. These reporters are focusing on desert terrain in So Cal.

[@stephet3683]

They use cities in California that might as well be part of Arizona or Nevada.

[@josebravo834]

Bring it! We need it. Browns can handle it.

[@dacronic1646]

I’m in San Jose and we had 104 last week. It’s getting hotter and hotter every year and heatwaves are lasting longer every year.

[@randyboisa6367]

I have lived in California my whole life for 60 years, its ALWAYS been hot, and no it doesnt last longer and longer, its called summer time.

[@ImoniFatty]

@@randyboisa6367 that’s not true It’s actually getting hotter every year

[@honeybee6184]

San diego CA, i love you❤ 🌤

[@cesarpreciado4285]

Normal summer....

[@user-bp6zq9mi3r]

Prayers for all the homeless in Los Angeles county you know how hot it is

[@PaulieShortcuts]

It’s okay down here in SoCal, just another summer. Climate extremists are fearmongering en

[@aaronj2296]

Heat wave in West Coast is just normal climate pattern. In the 1930's there was an actual heat wave.

[@dacronic1646]

I live there. It’s getting hotter every year and we never used to have humid hot days. Now they’re common. It’s small changes we’ve seen. Little by little.

[@dozzer009]

Hey Aaron, best not to state opinions as facts. I trust the scientific community more than someone saying “it’s just normal climate pattern”.

[@user-ox8ud9ys9m]

Karma

[@robertbolton9450]

Jesus is able to empathize because he knows exper

[@Jarhead0331]

Climate change! Oh No! Shiver me Timbers!

[@sgttim8617]

HEY .. Let's Watch the Movie: " ♥️🎵WHITE CHRISTMAS"‘ 🎵

[@CrakenFlux]

please don t forget to put water out for the critters !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nope5474]

Sheeeeeepppleeee unite and cry

[@huskibusky]

100 in San Jose today

[@rgroppi1305]

Stop HAARP

[@georgewetzel4380]

Gaza?

[@Michelle-homeless2013]

Think about all no ac homeless 🥵

[@erikolsen6269]

End frequent flying

[@ldwankenobi5618]

☀️🥵

[@Xx-po1fu]

This is new normal temperature for the summer and will probably get hotter in the coming years. Move to Alaska to avoid the heat, your body will thank you.

[@horncanguiowillie867]

👑🎚

[@mopthermopther]

Is there some way to store this heat and release it during the winter ?

[@ImoniFatty]

Yes, in watermelons

[@missrayelyn3045]

It's called solar power

[@EndZionism-km3kw]

Connect heat pipes to ground water

[@robertbolton9450]

1 peter 3 verse 8

[@PatriciaLucious-ll2vm]

That's bucz the 400 yrs r up

[@sycamore2789]

That ended about 2,000 years ago.

[@ss6830]

This is summer in CA. Check the year to year data, we have had MUCH hotter years.

[@tinoyb9294]

Why is there an Aussie on the local LA news?

[@jlbueno0611]

We welcome people from all over the world here ... that's why 🙌🏻🙌🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅

[@universalservicetechust3578]

Jesus is coming back soon, if you haven’t accepted him as Lord and Savior do it quickly 🙏🏼💯

[@Xenoraniumwolf]

"We're seeing record-breaking high temperatures in the summer! The last time we saw such high temperatures was the summer of last year!" 😱 In other news; new studies have confirmed that water is, in fact, wet. More at 11.

[@vonlutz4379]

LMAO..... Bro we here the same record breaking heat waves.

[@Bonsaibyalan]

Simple minds make simple comments

[@t.c.2776]

@@Bonsaibyalan you mean like yours?... 😁

[@Shelly-op1kx]

Lol it looks so lame the way you’ve both been directed to shuffle & fold the papers on the desk so it looks like your so seriously working at your important administrative jobs when all you’re doing is acting. Actors with scripted “anchorman” roles lol.

[@brianmclaughlin4419]

In 1977 there was a Week of 115 degree Highs in Hollywood, Not Palmdale; Hollywood, CA. THERE IS NO Climate Crisis. It's just Summer, People.

[@karlwheatley1244]

"In 1977 there was a Week of 115 degree Highs in Hollywood, Not Palmdale; Hollywood, CA. THERE IS NO Climate Crisis. It's just Summer, People." Thousands of research studies, 40+ years of quite accurate climate models and intensifying climate disasters prove that that the climate crisis is real, urgent, lethal, and we caused it. Yes there have been heat waves and drought and forest fires before, but they are getting measurably WORSE.

[@richyp64]

I live in a blue sanctuary city and I can tell you that our undocumented newcomers are enjoying the AC with zero worries about paying the bill.

[@dozzer009]

Sure you do 🙄

[@ImoniFatty]

BS! This article has nothing to do with immigration If you’re not a Native American, then your ancestors immigrated here

[@Bonsaibyalan]

Don't forget they get EVERYTHING free. They go to the grocery store and a checkout they tell the cashier they are undoced and they just give them the food. They go buy a car and tell the dealer that they have no papers and the dealer just gives them the car. They go buy a house and the realtor says so problem we'll just give it to you. Yep

[@jessedorsettii9988]

Wow. It's actually hot in the dessert in the summer? Who could have guessed? Let's see. Historic average high temperature in Palm Springs for the month of July is 108. That means that it gets hotter. a lot hotter. That's the average since they've been measuring it. Go figure. It's hot in Palm Springs in the summer. This is something we knew since before our great, great, great, great grandparents have been born. I would speculate the natives knew this fact thousands of years ago. But now, it's news. How stupid do they think we are? Don't answer that.

[@unvaccinatedamerican9620]

Not buying it. Solar maximum peaks next year. Plus, its always hot in the summer.

[@Bonsaibyalan]

You don't like weather forecasts?

[@meatgravylard]

It was quite a bit hotter in April, May and into June in the state where I live than any of those places. Hot coffee in the morning and spicy food during the day helps, so does sitting in it and not fighting it until it doesn't hurt any more, which might take a few years but it works.

[@horncanguiowillie867]

Apocalypse 16:9 PDV2017 [9] Alors les gens sont brûlés par une chaleur terrible et ils insultent le nom du Dieu qui a le pouvoir d’envoyer ces grands malheurs. Mais ils ne changent pas leur vie et ils refusent de reconnaître la grandeur de Dieu.

[@JS-tr7oo]

So true! They are so blind!

[@c.a.t.732]

So people have never experienced "terrible heat" before in history? And why does God send great misfortunes, which happen to good and bad people alike? Sounds rather sadistic.

[@newtalking3]

Palm Springs was 125 when I was a kid in the 60s stop making it seem so new

[@Bonsaibyalan]

Yep, one hot temperature 70 years ago is positive proof that the earth is not warming, yep.

[@rumblebudgie2085]

It's called summer. It happens every year.

[@carlgemlich1657]

That's profound.

[@sgttim8617]

NO WAY...!

[@zzRider]

I wish I could see the number of thumbs down your cliche comment gets.

[@The_Ted]

@@zzRider I wish I could see yours...

[@Bonsaibyalan]

Fifteen straight months of record global average temperatures, even in Nov, Dec, Jan, and Feb. Of course we all know why it was so hot during those months, it was summer.

[@kevinlee6672]

I wonder if the desert heat is due to something call summer when the sun is closer to the Earth making the summer temperature in the desert go up🤔. If it's 100 degrees in January then we can freak out!!!!! 🤦🤦

[@BogeyTheBear]

Shows what little you know. Aphelion occurs in July.

[@lorihahn3996]

Normal isn't coming back. The anointed Son is. This is NOT a dress rehearsal.

[@d.b.1176]

Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo

[@JS-tr7oo]

You are sooooooooooooo right! Well said!

[@c.a.t.732]

Jesus has been "coming back" for 2,000 years.

[@roderickcortez138]

@@c.a.t.732 And they'll be saying it for another 2,000 years.

[@alooga555]

It's time to charge electric cars! Right, Governor Newsom?

[@ImoniFatty]

We love our governor. Newsom is awesome! Compassionate unlike the right wing governors who call themselves ‘Christians’

[@ss6830]

Zelensky is the bf you wish you never got involved with 😂 "Just a drop in the bucket" Go find your bucket then!

[@tomhenry897]

Where’s all the Democrats blaming trump

[@jessedorsettii9988]

Yes, it's hot in the summer, plus I think they may be fudging some numbers. Gotta scare you to justify the craziness they want to push upon us.

[@roderickcortez138]

Everyday the news and weather apps say it's gonna be 112 here in Modesto. And everyday the hottest it gets is like 105. Bunch of gas lighting liars.

[@Bonsaibyalan]

They go out with cigarette lighters and put the flame right under the bulb before they take the reading. I know because Santa Claus told me.