"It was so hot Monday that it broke the all-time record
— and the weatherman's thermometer.
The National Weather Service's thermometer for downtown Los Angeles headed into
uncharted territory at 12:15 p.m. Monday, reaching 113 degrees for the first
time since records began being kept in 1877.
Shortly after that banner moment, the temperature dipped
back to 111, and then climbed back to 112. Then at 1 p.m., the thermometer
stopped working.
The weather service office in Oxnard rushed an electronics technician 60
miles southeast to the USC campus to repair the thermometer, which is actually
a highly sensitive wire connected to electronic equipment. Because of the
snafu, officials said it's possible Monday's temperature actually was hotter
than 113 — but they might never know.
For meteorologists who cover a region sometimes mocked for
its lack of weather, the record was met with great excitement. They figured it
would be hot, with the mercury hitting around 108 or 109, but they didn't quite
expect that an all-time record would be topped."
—L.A.
Times
September 27, 2010: To celebrate it being so hot Mike headed for the beach (not
suspecting that it would be the hottest day), coming up with this festive,
posterized version of the Santa Monica
pier.
Photo: Pier—Santa
Monica
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