Heat in Se Kern Cty Desert, California

Heat August 26, 2017 – August 31, 2017 · Se Kern Cty Desert, California

What the National Weather Service wrote

High temperatures were between 106 and 112 degrees at several locations from August 26 through August 31.

The wider storm

A persistent large upper ridge centered over the Great Basin provided the area with an extended period of much warmer than normal temperatures between August 26 and September 3. High temperatures ranged mainly from 106 to 112 degrees at many locations each day between August 26 and September 3 across the San Joaquin Valley, the southern Sierra foothills and the Kern County Deserts while morning lows ranged from the mid 70's to the lower 80's.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 717875. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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