The Bay Area is setting and matching temperature records as November winds down and a punishing statewide drought continues.
Parts of the East Bay, North Bay and Peninsula bettered or equaled record-high temperatures on Sunday, nearly three weeks after the region’s last widespread rainfall. The National Weather Service Bay Area recorded a record-setting 73 degrees in downtown Oakland, as well as record-matching temperatures at San Francisco International Airport (70 degrees; first set in 1995) and Salinas Airport (79 degrees; first set in 1935).
High temperatures are expected to remain between the mid-60s and mid-70s in much of the Bay Area through Wednesday, with an expected high of 76 degrees in San Jose that day. Temperatures are projected to drop, albeit slightly, over the rest of the week, with a chance of rain entering the forecast next Monday.
The Bay Area has, since the start of October, experienced much more rainfall than normal, but don't hold your breath hoping for more much-needed wet weather moving forward.
Matt Mehle, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, also told KCBS Radio earlier this month that its forecasts indicated the Bay Area isn’t in for "an overly wet winter." As it stands right now, the agency expects only a slight chance of rain across the Bay Area on Dec. 6.
All nine Bay Area counties are experiencing extreme or exceptional drought, the two most severe conditions as determined by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Water restrictions are slowly rolling out across the region, following Gov. Gavin Newsom's declaration of a statewide drought emergency last month.
