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As heat waves go, the one thatโs hitting Fresno this week is kind of boring โ unless you donโt have air-conditioning and/or you work outdoors, in which case you should prepare to break a sweat.
Mondayโs forecast high is 105 degrees, the start of an eight-day stretch of triple-digit temperatures thatโs fairly typical for the region at this time of year, said meteorologist Andy Bollenbacher of the National Weather Service in Hanford.
โItโs nothing record-setting, but itโs pretty hot,โ Bollenbacher said.
Last summer, on the other hand, was record-setting, when Fresno had its hottest-ever July, second-hottest June, and third-hottest August.
According to National Weather Service historical records, there were 69 days of triple-digit temperatures last year, the most in over 70 years. There were 23 days when the mercury climbed to 105 or hotter and five days at 110 or hotter.
By this time last year there had been 25 days of triple-digit temperature, compared to 13 so far this year.
Not So Hot
The difference, says Bollenbacher, is the high pressure ridge thatโs sitting above the Valley and holding the hot weather โlike a pressure cooker.โ
Last yearโs ridge was much stronger and spread as far as the Pacific Northwest, he said: โThe ridge weโre seeing now is not as consolidated as the ridge last year. Itโs not as large and strong.โ
Hence, itโs hot, but not as infernally hot as last year.
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