Even though it's only March, record-setting temperatures have been hitting the West Coast and are likely to continue through the weekend.
It's expected to be 96 degrees in Phoenix on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service, while temperatures in the San Francisco Bay Area have been climbing all week.
The earliest that it's been 96 degrees in Phoenix was on March 16, 2007, while the average first day occurrence of that high temperature is April 14, dating back to 1991, per the NWS.
If it does reach 96 degrees on Saturday in Phoenix, it'll be just shy of the 100 degree record for the date. The cause of the rising temperatures are likely due to a high pressure system coming into the area.
"It's common through this time of year where we are still in the spring time, we are in a bit of a transition season," a weather service spokesperson told AZ Central.
San Francisco broke their record on Monday for the hottest March 21, reaching 79 degrees, three degrees higher than the previous record, per KGO.
There were also record temperatures in nearby cities like Santa Rosa, where it was 89 degrees on Tuesday, breaking the previous record of 86 degrees from 1926, according to the National Weather Service Bay Area.
Downtown Oakland hit 85 degrees on Tuesday, shattering the previous record of 77 degrees for March 22 that was set in 1984.
