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Excessive Heat in San Diego County Deserts, California
Excessive Heat August 14, 2020 – August 20, 2020 · San Diego County Deserts, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
Portions of the San Diego deserts recorded temperatures of 110 to 120 degrees during this heat wave. Anza Borrego State Park recorded 118 degrees for three consecutive days from the 14th through the 16th.
The wider storm
A large area of mid-level high pressure over the Southwest United States contributed to a long duration heat wave from August 14th through the 20th. Many records were broken with a couple areas receiving impacts from monsoonal thunderstorm activity.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 918531. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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