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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
430 PM PDT FRI MAR 20 2026
..UNUSUAL EARLY SPRING HEAT WAVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA
...MANY OFFICIAL CLIMATE SITES SET NEW MONTHLY TEMPERATURE RECORDS
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH...
...EARLIEST IN THE SEASON 100 DEGREE TEMPERATURES FOR WOODLAND
HILLS EVER RECORDED...
A RECORD STRONG UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BROUGHT AN
UNUSUALLY EARLY SPRING HEAT WAVE ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA FROM
MARCH 17TH THROUGH 20TH. MANY DAILY RECORDS WERE SHATTERED, WITH
NEARLY ALL OFFICIAL CLIMATE STATIONS BREAKING THEIR MARCH
TEMPERATURE RECORDS.
AT WOODLAND HILLS, TEMPERATURES SOARED TO 101 DEGREES ON MARCH 17TH,
REACHING 100 DEGREES OR MORE AT THE EARLIEST POINT IN THE SEASON
EVER RECORDED. THE EARLIEST AND ONLY DATE THIS TEMPERATURE WAS
REACHED PRIOR TO THIS YEAR WAS ON MARCH 26, 1988 WITH 101 DEGREES.
MARCH TEMPERATURE RECORDS AT WOODLAND HILLS GO BACK TO 1950.
TO GET ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE OF HOW STRONG THIS HEAT WAVE HAS BEEN,
WOODLAND HILLS HAS HAD 5 DAYS IN MARCH WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE
100 DEGREES SINCE 1950, WITH FOUR OF THOSE DAYS OCCURRING DURING
THE CURRENT HEAT WAVE.
FOR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, THIS HEAT WAVE PRODUCED 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS
WHERE THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED 90 DEGREES OR MORE. THIS SET A
NEW RECORD FOR CONSECUTIVE 90-DEGREE DAYS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 4 SUCH DAYS IN A ROW FROM MARCH 13-16, 2015.
FURTHER, THERE HAVE NOW BEEN 7 DAYS IN MARCH 2026 WITH A HIGH
TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR MORE AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, SETTING A
NEW MARCH RECORD. THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH A
HIGH OF 90 OR MORE IN MARCH AT DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES WAS IN 2015 WITH
6 SUCH DAYS. TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES DATE BACK
TO 1877.
DURING THE 4-DAY HEAT WAVE, A TOTAL OF 40 DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS WERE BROKEN AND TWO TIED, WITH AN ADDITIONAL 24 DAILY RECORD
HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES BROKEN OR TIED. THERE WAS ALSO A MONTHLY
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT SANDBERG. TWO MORE
DAILY RECORD HIGHS WERE NOTED ON MONDAY, MARCH 16TH AS WELL, AS THE
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WAS BUILDING INTO THE REGION.
THE FOLLOWING TABLES LIST THE DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE
CURRENT HEAT WAVE THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MONTHLY TEMPERATURE
RECORDS ARE HIGHLIGHTED AS WELL.
..RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES
DATE LOCATION HI TEMP OLD RECORD
03/16 BURBANK AP 92 91 SET IN 2004
03/16 WOODLAND HILLS 97 94 SET IN 2007 AND 2004
03/17 LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN 98 94 SET IN 1914
03/17 LOS ANGELES INTL AP 92 91 SET IN 1978
03/17 LONG BEACH AP 99* 95 SET IN 1978
03/17 BURBANK AP 99# 92 SET IN 1978
03/17 WOODLAND HILLS 101 93 SET IN 2004
03/17 UCLA 93 91 SET IN 1978
03/17 LANCASTER FOX FIELD 90 88 SET IN 2007
03/17 PALMDALE AP 90 88 SET IN 2007
03/17 SANDBERG 79 76 SET IN 2007
03/17 CAMARILLO AP 97& 86 SET IN 2019
03/17 OXNARD NWS 96= 85 SET IN 2019
03/17 SANTA BARBARA AP 91 87 SET IN 1947
03/17 SANTA MARIA AP 95< 85 SET IN 1978
03/17 PASO ROBLES AP 93 88 SET IN 1972
03/18 LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN 95 87 SET IN 1997
03/18 LOS ANGELES INTL AP 82 79 SET IN 1988 AND 1960
03/18 LONG BEACH AP 91 86 SET IN 1960
03/18 BURBANK AP 97 89 SET IN 1978
03/18 WOODLAND HILLS 100 92 SET IN 1997
03/18 UCLA 87 84 SET IN 1978
03/18 LANCASTER FOX FIELD 93^ 85 SET IN 2004
03/18 PALMDALE AP 92% 84 SET IN 1997
03/18 SANDBERG 83+ 76 SET IN 2016
03/18 SANTA BARBARA AP 82 (TIED) 82 SET IN 1950
03/18 SANTA MARIA AP 93 83 SET IN 1960
03/18 PASO ROBLES AP 95> 86 SET IN 2004
03/19 BURBANK AP 98 89 SET IN 1997
03/19 WOODLAND HILLS 102@ 96 SET IN 1997
03/19 LANCASTER FOX FIELD 93^ 87 SET IN 2004
03/19 PALMDALE AP 91 90 SET IN 1997
03/19 SANDBERG 83+ 75 SET IN 1997
03/19 OXNARD NWS 85 (TIED) 85 SET IN 1988
03/19 SANTA MARIA AP 88 83 SET IN 1984 AND 1925
03/19 PASO ROBLES AP 94 88 SET IN 1997
03/20 LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN 95 93 SET IN 1997
03/20 BURBANK AP 97 95 SET IN 1997
03/20 WOODLAND HILLS 100 94 SET IN 2004 AND 1997
03/20 LANCASTER FOX FIELD 95 89 SET IN 2004
03/20 PALMDALE AP 94 91 SET IN 1997
03/20 SANDBERG 84 80 SET IN 2015
03/20 SANTA MARIA AP 90 87 SET IN 1931
03/20 PASO ROBLES AP 95 87 SET IN 2004
* SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT LONG BEACH
AIRPORT. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 98
DEGREES SET ON BOTH MARCH 26, 1988 AND MARCH 25, 1988.
# SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT BURBANK
AIRPORT. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 98
DEGREES SET ON MARCH 26, 1988.
@ SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT WOODLAND
HILLS (PIERCE COLLEGE). THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORD WAS 101 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 26, 1988 AND MARCH 17, 2026.
^ BOTH MARCH 18TH AND 19TH SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD
FOR MARCH AT LANCASTER FOX FIELD. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH
TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 91 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 22, 2004 AND MARCH
31, 1966.
% SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT PALMDALE
AIRPORT. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 91
DEGREES SET ON MARCH 20, 1997.
+ BOTH MARCH 18TH AND 19TH TIED THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD
FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH AT SANDBERG WITH MARCH 30, 2015 AND MARCH 27,
2015.
& SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT CAMARILLO
AIRPORT. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 94
DEGREES SET ON MARCH 11, 2007, MARCH 28, 2004, MARCH 26, 1988 AND
MARCH 25, 1988.
= SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT OXNARD NWS.
THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 94 DEGREES SET ON
MARCH 12, 2026, MARCH 11, 2007, MARCH 26, 1988 AND MARCH 25, 1988.
< TIED THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT SANTA MARIA
AP WITH MARCH 14, 2015 AND MARCH 26, 1988.
> SET THE MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT PASO ROBLES
AP. THE OLD MARCH MONTHLY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD WAS 93 DEGREES SET
ON MARCH 17, 2026 AND MARCH 27, 2015.
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..RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES
DATE LOCATION LOW TEMP OLD RECORD
03/17 BURBANK AP 63 60 SET IN 2015
03/17 WOODLAND HILLS 59 57 SET IN 1964
03/17 SANDBERG 60 58 SET IN 2007
03/17 OXNARD NWS 64 62 SET IN 1978
03/18 LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN 63 62 SET IN 2015 AND 1994
03/18 LOS ANGELES INTL AP 63 61 SET IN 1978
03/18 BURBANK AP 64 61 SET IN 2015
03/18 UCLA 67 62 SET IN 2015 AND 1966
03/18 SANDBERG 64* 57 SET IN 2004
03/19 LOS ANGELES INTL AP 62 60 SET IN 1978
03/19 BURBANK AP 64 59 SET IN 2015
03/19 WOODLAND HILLS 56 54 SET IN 2007 AND 1994
03/19 UCLA 63 (TIED) 63 SET IN 1960
03/19 PALMDALE AP 53 (TIED) 53 SET IN 1995
03/19 SANDBERG 62 59 SET IN 1996
03/19 OXNARD NWS 59 56 SET IN 2015
03/19 SANTA BARBARA AP 58 56 SET IN 2016
03/19 PASO ROBLES AP 50 (TIED) 50 SET IN 2023
03/20 LOS ANGELES INTL AP 63 60 SET IN 1978
03/20 LONG BEACH AP 63 (TIED) 63 SET IN 1978
03/20 BURBANK AP 65 59 SET IN 1990
03/20 WOODLAND HILLS 56 55 SET IN 1990
03/20 SANDBERG 68** 59 SET IN 1997
03/20 OXNARD NWS 57 (TIED) 57 SET IN 1995
* SET MONTHLY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR MARCH AT
SANDBERG. THE OLD RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
MARCH WAS 62 DEGREES SET ON MARCH 14, 2017, MARCH 14, 2013 AND
MARCH 16, 2007.
** PENDING RECORD HIGH MINIMUM. IF VERIFIED WOULD SET A NEW MONTHLY
RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE. THESE TEMPERATURES ARE MIDNIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT PST OR 1 AM TO 1 AM PDT.
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