A cooling trend will bring relief to Southern California Monday after a few days of soaring temperatures that set records for this time of year, forecasters said Sunday.
Daytime highs are expected to be in the 70s for most of Los Angeles and Orange County throughout the week and into next weekend, according to the National Weather Service, with some areas only reaching the upper 60s Monday and Tuesday.
“Today will be the last day of the weekend heat wave. Monday temperatures will come crashing down, with gusty coastal and desert winds in the afternoon and evening,” the NWS said. “Temperatures will drop further Tuesday and drizzle will be possible. Cooler conditions will last through the weekend, with low clouds and fog pushing back into the valleys.”
Highs reached the lower 90s in parts of the valley areas on Sunday, the upper 70s at the beaches and the 80s elsewhere.
Saturday was even warmer, with records for that date set in Burbank (101 degrees), Long Beach (95), Woodland Hills (100), downtown Los Angeles (99) and Anaheim (98).
One person suffered heat exhaustion Saturday while hiking in the Hollywood Hills and had to be hospitalized. Firefighters and paramedics dispatched at 11:11 a.m. to 3824 Mount Lee Drive conducted a hoist operation to extraction the man from the location, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
In Orange County, the Southern Section Division 3 track and field prelims at Yorba Linda High School were paused due to extreme heat as the mercury reached 97 degrees, according to Rich Gonzalez, editor of PrepCalTrack. The meet resumed at 5 p.m., Gonzalez wrote on social media.
In Long Beach, Southern California Edison reported that more than 5,300 customers lost power Saturday afternoon from an outage reported at 9:10 a.m. Power had been restored as of Sunday morning.
At Santa Anita Park, heat protocols were in place for the second consecutive day Saturday, including ice buckets and hoses throughout the grounds. “Additionally, riders will be legged up in the saddling barn, horses will go directly to the track and post parades will be shortened,” track officials said.
The Pasadena Fire Department urged residents to take precautions to prevent fires in dried vegetation in the aftermath of January’s deadly Eaton Fire. People were urged to trim vegetation around their homes, remove dry brush, dead trees and anything that can catch fire within 100 feet of the homes and 10 feet of roadways.