Californians who use iPhones got quite the scare when they checked their weather app’s 10-day forecast on Thursday morning, which showed some extremely high temperatures for the first Saturday of July.
The first week of July is slated to be a hot one, with cities in California’s interior reaching above 100 degrees, but the forecast for Saturday, July 6, shows unbearable temperatures hovering around 120 degrees for some places.
Sacramento is no stranger to reaching around 110 degrees, but the July 6 forecast shows 119. Fresno’s forecast says 121 and Bakersfield’s shows 120.
Coastal cities, which don’t really ever reach those numbers, are still showing much higher-than-average temperatures for that day.
San Diego’s forecast hovers between 74 and 80 degrees for the next 10 days, save for July 6, which shows 90. San Francisco residents may suffer in their abnormal 79 degrees for that date.
Although these are some extreme highs, it appears only iPhone Weather apps are showing these numbers and it could be a glitch that will be corrected. The company says it gets its weather information from more than a dozen sources.
However, other apps and websites show temperatures that appear more normal. It’s also important to mention that the 10-day forecast is never precise and that the temperatures change as the date approaches.
The National Weather Service’s station in Hanford also chimed in about the chances of 120-degree temperatures, saying that the probability of that happening in the area is 0%.
Climate scientist Daniel Swain said on Thursday morning that there are early signs of a potential major heatwave around the Fourth of July holiday, with possible record-breaking heat centered around Northern California.
July and August are traditionally the hottest months of the year, and even if the July 6 temperatures do not reach as high as what’s displayed on Thursday morning, it’s still going to be a hot stretch in the days around the Fourth of July.
Sergio Robles
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