High-pressure aloft is bringing searing heat to Southern California. Los Angeles hit 113 degrees (45 degrees Celsius) on Monday making it their hottest temperature ever recorded since records began in 1877. This also beat the daily record high set in 1963 by seven degrees.
Temperatures have only been 110 degrees or higher three other times in L.A. The record heat comes on the tails of the The Weather Channel naming Los Angeles as having the 5th worst summer of 2010 for being unusually cool.
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