After an unseasonably early start to hot weather in the Sacramento area, National Weather Service forecasts indicate relief may come soon.
The Bay Area, Central Coast and portions of southwestern California have borne the brunt of the heat wave hitting the state. They are under heat and extreme heat advisories due to warm overnight temperatures.
A forecast by the National Weather Service’s Sacramento office, published Friday, indicated high temperatures in Sacramento would begin to fall over the weekend and into the next work week.
According to weather service data, Sacramento did not hit 90 degrees earlier this week, despite models predicting a chance of the city hitting its earliest-ever day of 90-degree highs. There was still a chance of high heat Friday, with temperatures up to 91 degrees in the forecast.
If temperatures reach that high Friday, it will break a 37-year record of the earliest day exceeding 90 degrees. The last time the record was set was on April 6, 1989, according to weather service data.
Starting Saturday, the highs are predicted to remain in the 80s for the foreseeable future, the NWS forecast said. High temperatures through Wednesday are forecast to hover around 86–88 degrees, and it could drop to around 84 degrees Thursday.
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Camila Pedrosa is a service journalism reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked as a summer reporting intern for The Bee and reported in Phoenix and Washington, D.C. She graduated from Arizona State University with a master’s degree in mass communication.