“Second Summer” breaks records in the Bay Area

San Francisco is currently experiencing what locals call the “second summer,” also known as the early fall season, when the Northern California city is typically at its hottest. “But this one is more extreme,” says a meteorologist New York Times— so extreme that it is reaching near record highs, and heat records are being broken in other parts of the Bay Area. “It’s very rare to even be in your 90s in San Francisco. But in October it is even rarer,” says the meteorologist. The temperature reached 95 degrees on Tuesday – the hottest day of the year, according to the city Guardian– and an excessive heat warning is in effect until Thursday.

Although the record high for October 1st in San Francisco in 1980 was 97 degrees, a record high for that date Was CBS News reports that it set Tuesday just south in San Jose, where the temperature reached 100 degrees, and just east in Livermore, where the temperature reached 103. A number of other cities in the region recorded temperatures above 100 degrees, with officials warning of “a significant threat to property or life,” including the risk of heat-related deaths or wildfires. Even after the heat warning expires, high temperatures are expected until the weekend. (More stories from San Francisco.)