Will Central California actually reach 120 degrees? ABC30 meteorologists weigh in

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- If you've checked the Weather app connected your telephone recently, you mightiness person noticed that Central California is forecasted to scope implicit 120 degrees connected Saturday, July 6.

According to ABC30 Meteorologists Kevin Musso, Christine Gregory and National Weather Service Hanford, that volition not happen.

Data shows that the highest recorded somesthesia successful Fresno was 115 degrees connected July 8, 1905.

The closest it got to breaking that grounds was 114 degrees connected July 11, 2021.

According to NWS Hanford, each parts of the Valley person a 0.0% accidental of reaching 120 degrees. Only China Lake has a accidental astatine 2.2%.

The probability of a forecast precocious of 120 degrees successful Fresno is truthful debased for adjacent Saturday due to the fact that of the uncertainty that goes into a forecast requiring variables that are perpetually changing from time to day.

As the time grows closer, the assurance of what the somesthesia volition really beryllium volition spell up.

For the clip being, the Valley is getting a flimsy interruption from the triple-digits until Saturday, with an extended agelong forecasted for the commencement of July.

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