San Rafael Breaks Heat Record

SAN RAFAEL, CA – The weather was hot this past weekend in San Rafael – hot enough to break a high temperature record set nearly a decade ago.

With the weekend's high temperatures putting much of the San Francisco Bay Area under excessive heat warnings and advisories, the National Weather Service reported several record- and near-record breaking temperatures, including in San Rafael on Sunday, where the high of 100 degrees broke a record set in 2008. The previous record was 99 degrees.

Healdsburg, at 106 degrees, was the hottest spot Sunday in the North Bay, according to the National Weather Service. Elsewhere in the Bay Area, the East Bay's hottest spot Sunday was Livermore at 107 degrees; on the Peninsula, it was Redwood City at 90 degrees; and in the South Bay, it was Gilroy at 102 degrees.

In addition to San Rafael on Sunday, here are other Bay Area heat records set or tied over the weekend, according to the National Weather Service:

• Calistoga, Napa County: Sunday, 103 degrees, tied record set on Aug. 27, 2008
• Gilroy, Santa Clara County: Sunday, 102 degrees, tied record set on Aug. 27, 1988
• Healdsburg, Sonoma County: Saturday, 105 degrees, tied with record set on Aug. 26, 1944
• Livermore, Alameda County: Saturday, 105 degrees, tied record set on Aug. 26, 1944
• Oakland Airport: Saturday, 84 degrees, tied record set on Aug. 26, 1963
• San Rafael, Marin County: Saturday, 99 degrees, broke previous record of 95 degrees set on Aug. 26, 2008
• San Rafael, Marin County: Sunday, 100 degrees, broke previous record of 99 degrees set on Aug. 27, 2008
• Santa Rosa, Sonoma County: Saturday, 102 degrees, broke previous record of 100 degrees set on Aug. 26, 2008

Maggie Avants contributed to this report.

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