Austin Win, a San Jose resident, sits at a table inside the cooling center setup at Camden Community Center in San Jose, Calif., on June 16, 2021. Win, who usually goes to the library, said that he came to the cooling center instead because of the heat outside. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News)
A few heat records were broken or matched Wednesday across the Bay Area, according to the National Weather Service.
In Marin County, San Rafael reached temperatures of 106 degrees, tying a previous record of 106 in 1980.
Napa reached 103 degrees, beating out the record of 102 degrees in 1980, according to the weather service.
San Jose hit 106 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 96 degrees in 1980 and 2012.
Areas of some Bay Area counties either beat or matched heat records on Oct. 2, 2024. (NWS via BCN)
The weather service cautioned that these readings are preliminary and official data will be had from the National Centers for Environmental Information.
Katy St. Clair got her start in journalism by working in the classifieds department at the East Bay Express during the height of alt weeklies, then sweet talked her way into becoming staff writer, submissions editor, and music editor. She has been a columnist in the East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and the San Francisco Examiner. Starting in 2015, she begrudgingly scaled the inverted pyramid at dailies such as the Vallejo Times-Herald, The Vacaville Reporter, and the Daily Republic. She has her own independent news site and blog that covers the delightfully dysfunctional town of Vallejo, California, where she also collaborates with the investigative team at Open Vallejo. A passionate advocate for people with developmental disabilities, she serves on both the Board of the Arc of Solano and the Arc of California. She lives in Vallejo.
