The calendar might say October, but over the weekend, large swaths of California experienced scorching temperatures that felt more like the hottest days of August. In the Bay Area, San Rafael reached 106 degrees on Saturday , far above the previous daily record of 94 degrees set in 2014, in just one example of the temperature records that fell up and down the state this weekend.
In the Coachella Valley, temperatures rose enough to set an ominous new record with statewide implications: The city of Indio reached the “highest, latest” temperature on record in all of California , according to the National Weather Service’s San Diego office. The so-called City of Festivals, home to the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival , reached 116 degrees on Oct. 6, the hottest temperature ever recorded this late in the year anywhere in the state.
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