El Cajon is hot spot for nation UNION-TRIBUNE November 17, 2008 Where was the hottest spot in the nation yesterday? Palm Springs? Death Valley? No, it was El Cajon at 96 degrees. HOT STUFF: HIGH TEMPS YESTERDAY 95° Coronado 92° Imperial Beach 93° Santee 93° San Marcos 91° Kearny Mesa 91° Del Mar 90° Fallbrook Understandably, it also was a record for the date in the city, surpassing a high of 87 set in 2002. Two other records were set and one tied in the county yesterday: Oceanside Harbor hit 87, beating a record of 83 in 2002; the Wild Animal Park beat its highest minimum temperature record with a low of 68, which shattered the previous record of 51 in 1987; and San Diego tied a 1912 record with its high of 86. The hot conditions are forecast to continue today, although not as warm as yesterday. The National Weather Service warned of “elevated fire danger” throughout much of the county. El Cajon's predicted of high for today is 88. The coast should see mid-70s today; inland valleys, high 80s; mountains, high 70s; and the desert, mid-80s. More cooling is forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday, and winds should diminish. For dinner, got a coupon off of the frig door, we got in the car (I wanted to go in the Mustang with the top down, but Brian said no, the car is too dirty to drive), went to Santee and got “Gotta Love It"s at Cold Stone, buy one get one free. I wanted coffee and chocolate ice cream with a Heath bar mix in, but they didn’t have any coffee. Got vanilla instead, not as good. Brian got chocolate and mint with hot fudge.
I think a mix of peanut butter and chocolate ice cream with a Butterfinger mix in would be good.
But anyway, it was hot here yesterday. Hottest spot in the nation.
So much for that nasty winter I thought we’d have.
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