A heat wave that has led to record-setting temperatures in the Bay Area for mid-March continued Thursday, though slightly cooler weather is expected to arrive by the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

Record temperatures for the date of March 19 had already been set in several parts of the region as of Thursday afternoon, including downtown San Francisco, San Jose, the Oakland Museum of California, San Rafael, Redwood City, Richmond, and Salinas, meteorologist Rachel Kennedy said.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.