Heat Wave Check: Temps Reach 99 in Downtown

sunburn-0420.jpeg It reached 99 degrees in downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach and Woodland Hills this afternoon, according to the National Weather Service. Going further than that, Fullerton and Palm Springs each broke into triple digits. For the most part, valleys, inland and even some beachside areas remained in the low to high 90s. Today's ultraviolet index level is 10, which means "a fair skinned person could suffer a sunburn in about four minutes if not protected," the Service warns. Stay cool and use that sunscreen!

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Ugh! Just looking at that picture makes me cringe. Sunscreen people!!

Usually when it's hot downtown, SFV is burning up. But today wasn't as bad as I expected. I checked the weather today around 12 and then again at 3, and both were in the low 90s.

But we still have summer to look forward to!

Kill me now, please.

Uhhh... I dont know where YOU were. But in Sherman Oaks and Van Nuys the temps were straight out triple digits! No joke AC was on OVERDRIVE!

I work in Sherman Oaks. The online weather said 94, but I was too much of a chicken to leave my air conditioned office and brave the pavement along Ventura at lunch time. Supposedly it was 100 in Northridge. By the time I got up there for class it was still warm, but I wasn't terribly uncomfortable walking a few blocks at 6:30pm. My house in WeHo was uncomfortable last night though. It takes a while for the house to warm up during the day, and when it does it takes a while for it to cool down. We have 1 window AC and 2 ceiling fans. Thinking of investing in an AC unit for the bedroom this summer.

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