Cold temperatures continued to grip Northern California on Friday amid a front of arctic air that led to record-setting low temperatures in San Francisco and other cities and a cold-weather advisory in the North Bay.
San Francisco broke a 103-year-old temperature record this week when the city stayed at about 50 degrees, breaking a 1922 record for the same day. But other cities in the area also set records.
Vacaville reported its coldest high temperature in four years when temperatures hit just 44 degrees on Friday, while Sacramento experienced its coldest high, 45 degrees, since December 2022. The towns of Marysville and Oroville also faced cold days, with high temperatures of 43 and 22 degrees, respectively.
The National Weather Service issued a cold-weather advisory Thursday through 8 a.m Saturday for eastern Sonoma County and all of Napa County. Temperatures of 33-36 were forecast with higher elevations dipping to the upper 20s. NWS warned that the conditions are hazardous for the unsheltered population in particular.
The cold won’t last much longer: the National Weather Service is predicting above normal temperatures across all of California next week – but not before a few more days of cold temperatures.
Once the warm front arrives, it could lead to record-setting temperatures in South Lake Tahoe as the National Weather Service predicts four straight days of 60-degree weather or warmer, from Wednesday through Saturday. South Lake Tahoe has only measured five 60-degree December days since 1968, according to historic temperature records.
Down south, temperatures could creep into the 80s, according to Los Angeles area forecasts.
Forecasters were still waiting to see the effect of Tule fog on temperatures in the Bay Area. The thick fog has been enveloping the Central Valley for days, and it could keep temperatures there cooler than normal next week. If the fog spills into the Bay, it could lead to cooler temperatures than are currently predicted.
Meanwhile, places like Antioch, Fairfield, Vacaville, Concord and Benicia will likely remain cold and foggy over the weekend and next week.
This article originally published at Northern California cold leads to record-setting temperatures in these cities.