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Heat Wave Could Blast More Bay Area Temperature Records Friday
Category: Religion & Spirituality
Duration: 00:00:00
Publish Date: 2026-03-18 21:59:37
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The heat wave roasting much of California, causing people to flock to local beaches, has already broken daily and monthly high-temperature records in cities across the Bay Area — with the week’s hottest days still on the way.

Santa Rosa, San Rafael, San Francisco, Redwood City and Oakland all set new records for Tuesday, and one Peninsula town broke a much larger record set this week. At 93 degrees on Tuesday, Redwood City topped its previous March record of 90 degrees, set on Monday.

Similarly, Oakland beat its 2005 record of 88 degrees, peaking at 89. San Francisco tied for its hottest March day on record, a record previously set in 1952.

Karleisa Rogacheski, a lead meteorologist with the weather service’s Bay Area office, said as long as the ridge of high pressure causing the heat wave lingers over the region, other cities will likely add themselves to the list of all-time March records.

In Wednesday’s daily forecast discussion, meteorologist Dylan Flynn wrote Bay Area residents can expect a “rinse and repeat” of the high temperatures through Friday, with some South Bay cities approaching triple digits. The service has issued a heat advisory through Friday at 8 p.m.

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