'We reached 121 degrees (F) in Woodland Hills, California.' Los Angeles County recorded its highest-ever temperature on Sunday.
The record temperature was at Woodland Hills, according to Dave Bruno, senior meteorologist for the National Weather Service. "We reached 121 degrees in Woodland Hills, California. That is the highest-ever temperature at a station, beating 119 degrees on July 22, 2006," Bruno told CNN Sunday.The 121° high temperature at Woodland Hills official site was also the highest official temperature ever recorded in L.A. County as well as Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties.
— NWS Los Angeles September 6, 2020 The temperature is also the highest recorded in the Los Angeles County warning area, which includes Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, a tweet from the National Weather Service Los Angeles said Sunday. California sets new record for land torched by wildfires"Woodland Hills is the last place to get the effects of sea breeze. It's tucked in the west corner of the San Fernando Valley," Bruno explained.
— NWS Los Angeles September 6, 2020 Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency ahead of the heat forecast this weekend, with the goal of alleviating heat-induced demands on the power grid. An alert was issued to California residents to conserve power between 3 and 10 p.m., when demand is highest.Sunday, the US Department of Energy said it was exercising emergency federal powers in California as the state's electrical grid is strained by the high heat and damage from wildfires.
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