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gvwireCome Saturday, Fresno’s temperature is expected to hit 100 degrees for the 36th time this year.
But until then, residents will enjoy a cooldown. According to The Weather Channel, today’s high will be 92 degrees, followed by 90 on Thursday and 95 on Friday.
The National Weather Service in Hanford tells us that Fresno averages 36 100-degree days annually.
So, it’s a good bet that Fresno will beat the average in 2020. The Weather Channel forecast calls for 100-degrees or higher temperatures Saturday through Tuesday.
After that, expect a long run of sub-100 degree highs.
The Fresno record for most 100-degree days is 63 in 1984, a year when a killer heatwave baked the southwestern United States.
The year with the fewest century-mark temperature days? That would be 1956 when the thermometer reached 100 in Fresno just 15 times.
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