1970 - Afternoon highs of 103 degrees at Long Beach, CA, and 105 degrees at the Los Angeles Civic Center were the hottest since September records were established in 1963. Fierce Santa Ana winds accompanying the extreme heat resulted in destructive fires.
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Day: Patchy fog before 7am, then patchy fog and a slight chance of rain showers between 7am and 9am, then a chance of rain showers and patchy fog between 9am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Northeast wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. North wind around 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind 1 to 7 mph.
Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 2 to 6 mph.
Day: A slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Night: A slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Day: A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.
Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
Fri's High Temperature
105 at Death Valley, CA
Fri's Low Temperature
23 at Walden, CO
Hometown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 556 (down from 668 at the 2010 census). The community is located along the Kanawha River on West Virginia Route 62. Hometown has six streets that intersect at one street. There is an elementary school. The red house on the left in the photo was constructed for Thomas M. Brown and Ella Mae Criner Brown in the early 1920s, and was the first house built at Hometown.
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