Wednesday’s record-setting temperature of 111 in Madera, Hanford, and Bakersfield, and Fresno’s nonrecord high of 110, could be the hottest temperatures we’ll see for a couple of weeks at least, National Weather Service meteorologist Stephen McCoy told GV Wire on Thursday.

The mid to upper 90s forecast for early next week will be more typical for this time of year, and still plenty hot, but after the record-setting heat of July any kind of cooldown “feels like fall now,” he joked.

What can we thank? Another low-pressure trough moving in from the Pacific Northwest will push aside the high-pressure dome that’s been parked overhead, slowly lowering daily highs for the remainder of this week and into early next week, McCoy said.

Thursday’s and Friday’s forecast high for Fresno is 105, followed by 104 Saturday, 103 Sunday, 99 on Monday, 97 on Tuesday, and 98 on Wednesday, he said.

Cooler Nights Coming

The lower daytime highs will also mean lower overnight lows that could drop down to 69 by early Tuesday morning, McCoy said.

And more good news: The longer-range forecast for Fresno looks to maintain high temperatures in the mid to upper 90s for at least two weeks, he said.

The first days of school could see temperatures more typical for this time of year and not in the triple digits, McCoy said.

But he warned that even though temperatures in the next few weeks won’t be as extremely hot, the heat and dried vegetation have raised the potential for wildfires to ignite. “So certainly fire weather is still somewhat of a concern.” he said.

Fresno’s triple-digit high temperatures on six of the first seven days of August have raised the average temperature to 89 degrees, about six degrees above normal.