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How hot is it, L.A.? We’re breaking records; show us your misery

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A surfer jumps into the water in Venice next to the pier.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
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Puffy clouds drift over downtown Los Angeles.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Teri Griffith of Garden Grove wipes her brow and fans herself in the stands before a Los Angeles Angels game in Anaheim.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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A woman carries her shade with her near Nicole Maloney Oomo’s art installation in Little Tokyo.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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Necmettin Tekin plays in a fountain at Hollywood and Highland complex on the sixth day of a heat wave.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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West Los Angeles College cross-country runner Tawuan Cargill dumps water over his head after running amid high temperatures at the Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Students walk in the shade at Cal State Fullerton during the sixth day of a heat wave.   (Christina House / For the Times)
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Visitors take pictures of one another against clouds at Hollywood and Highland.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
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Max Badder soars high in the heat at the Van Nuys Pedlow Skate Park.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
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A huge thunderhead dwarfs a sailboat near the Angels Gate entrance to Los Angeles Harbor.   (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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The Rose Bowl Aquatic swim teams practice in the heat at the Pasadena facility.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Oswaldo Escobar, of Los Angeles, finds shade while taking in the view of downtown from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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The setting suns sets clouds aglow as they pass over the Los Angeles skyline.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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A youngster walks to school across the railroad tracks at Broadway and Slauson as the early morning sun drenches the roadway at the beginning of another scorcher.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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The sun sets off the Palos Verdes Peninsula after a day of record-setting hot temperatures throughout Southern California.  (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Brannigan Cheney picks up his son Atlas, 2, after cooling off in the shade on the grounds of the George C. Page Museum in Los Angeles.  (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
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A construction worker takes a long drink from a insulated jug while taking a break at The Village, under construction at Westfield Topanga in Woodland Hills.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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A man pumps gasoline at a Canoga Park station where a temperature gauge reads 114 degrees.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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Paddle boaters enjoy the spray from the water fountain on Echo Park Lake.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
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Sign spinner Orlando Reyes points cars to a Thousand Oaks Blvd. massage business under the hot sun.   (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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Rosalind Goings, 2, joins others playing in the fountain at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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Yoshawn Smith pauses for a minute to take a selfie with his son, Dario Smith, 2, as they play in the Grand Park fountain on Monday.  (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
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Children in Boyle Heights cool down in a 30-foot blow-up swimming pool at a birthday party on Sunday.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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Daisy Dukes, a 3-year-old standard poodle, spends the morning cooling down during a surfing lesson at Huntington Dog Beach on Sunday.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)
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Sandra Figueroa, left, and her sister Elizabeth try to beat the heat at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena while shopping at the monthly flea market on Sunday.  (Christina House / For The Times)
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A man has a large section of the left field bleachers to himself as the heat kept many away from Angels Stadium for the game against the Houston Astros on Sunday.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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Stacia Watniarski of Riverside cools off while the Angels play the Houston Astros in Anaheim on Sunday.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)
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People get in an early Friday morning workout outside the Pasadena Rose Bowl.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
By Joseph Serna
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As Southern California continues to suffer through a stifling heat wave, forecasters say residents should prepare to suffer a little more. In downtown L.A. and Long Beach today, temperatures could hit 97 degrees and tip over 100 in Burbank, according to David Sweet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Woodland Hills could see the local record of 106 degrees set in 1989 tied or broken by the end of the day, he said. On Sunday, the San Fernando Valley community -- which has suffered through some of the hottest weather in the area -- tied its record of 107 degrees set in 1971, according to the weather service.

Other record-setters:

  • Camarillo, 91 degrees, beating its previous record of 88 in 1971.
  • El Cajon tied its 1979 record of 102.
  • Over at the coast, Laguna Beach blasted an 86-year-old heat record. The community hit 89 degrees, 2 degrees hotter than in 1928.

Even where records weren’t being set, the heat was still far above normal, Sweet said. All across Southern California, temperatures were about 15 degrees above average. And there’s no relief expected until Wednesday and into the weekend, according to the meteorologist.

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The first eight months of 2014 were the warmest on average in California’s history since record-keeping began in 1895, federal scientists announced last week. The average temperature was 62.6 degrees in California over the time period, coming in at 1.1 degrees hotter than the previous high and more than 4 degrees warmer than the 20th century average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported.

L.A. Now wants to know how hot it is where you are. Tweet us @LANow, send us photos of your thermometers, let us know how you’re keeping cool as we weather this latest heat. We’ll gather your responses for a new post.

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Joseph Serna is the deputy editor of culture and talent at the Los Angeles Times and helps oversee its career training and recruitment efforts.

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