Community Corner
Heat Records Broken Left and Right Today
UCLA, Long Beach Airport, LAX, downtown L.A. all saw their highest highs for May 14 smashed to smithereens.
Several record-high temperatures were set today in the Southland,
including:
- 96 degrees at Los Angeles International Airport, breaking the old record of 87 set in 1967
- 99 degrees at downtown Los Angeles/USC, breaking the old record of 96 set in 1890
- 101 degrees at Long Beach Airport, breaking the old record of 93 set in 1970
- 96 degrees at UCLA, breaking the old record of 87 set in 1979 and tied last year
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