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SoCal heat wave: Where temperatures have tied, broken records

A surfer jumps into the water in Venice next to the pier.
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A surfer jumps into the water in Venice next to the pier.   (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
Puffy clouds drift over downtown Los Angeles.
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Puffy clouds drift over downtown Los Angeles.   (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Teri Griffith of Garden Grove wipes her brow and fans herself in the stands before a Los Angeles Angels game in Anaheim.
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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)
A woman carries her shade with her near Nicole Maloney Oomo's art installation in Little Tokyo.
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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)
Necmettin Tekin plays in a fountain at Hollywood and Highland complex on the sixth day of a heat wave.
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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)
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.
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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)
Students walk in the shade at Cal State Fullerton during the sixth day of a heat wave.
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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)
Visitors take pictures of one another against clouds at Hollywood and Highland.
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Visitors take pictures of one another against clouds at Hollywood and Highland.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Max Badder soars high in the heat at the Van Nuys Pedlow Skate Park.
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Max Badder soars high in the heat at the Van Nuys Pedlow Skate Park.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)
A huge thunderhead dwarfs a sailboat near the Angels Gate entrance to Los Angeles Harbor.
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A huge thunderhead dwarfs a sailboat near the Angels Gate entrance to Los Angeles Harbor.   (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
The Rose Bowl Aquatic swim teams practice in the heat at the Pasadena facility.
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The Rose Bowl Aquatic swim teams practice in the heat at the Pasadena facility.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Oswaldo Escobar, of Los Angeles, finds shade while taking in the view of downtown from Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area.
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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)
The setting suns sets clouds aglow as they pass over the Los Angeles skyline.
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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)
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.
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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)
The sun sets off the Palos Verdes Peninsula after a day of record-setting hot temperatures throughout Southern California.
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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)
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.
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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)
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.
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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)
A man pumps gasoline at a Canoga Park station where a temperature gauge reads 114 degrees.
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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)
Paddle boaters enjoy the spray from the water fountain on Echo Park Lake.
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Paddle boaters enjoy the spray from the water fountain on Echo Park Lake.  (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Sign spinner Orlando Reyes points cars to a Thousand Oaks Blvd. massage business under the hot sun.
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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)
Rosalind Goings, 2, joins others playing in the fountain at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.
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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)
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.
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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)
Children in Boyle Heights cool down in a 30-foot blow-up swimming pool at a birthday party on Sunday.
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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)
Daisy Dukes, a 3-year-old standard poodle, spends the morning cooling down during a surfing lesson at Huntington Dog Beach on Sunday.
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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)
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.
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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)
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.
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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)
Stacia Watniarski of Riverside cools off while the Angels play the Houston Astros in Anaheim on Sunday.
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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)
People get in an early Friday morning workout outside the Pasadena Rose Bowl.
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People get in an early Friday morning workout outside the Pasadena Rose Bowl.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times staffer Amy Hubbard
By Amy Hubbard
Deputy Editor, Fast Break Desk Follow

September’s heat wave has affected almost every corner of Southern California in recent days, but the map below shows some of the hardest-hit hot spots.

On Monday, Thermal lived up to its name but failed to break its record for the date, set in 2000. Meanwhile, heat champ Woodland Hills broke a 25-year-old record by 1 degree. Sandberg, at 96, topped its record from 1995. Camarillo tied a record of 90 from 2012. Newport Beach beat its record for the day from 1997, but its September average is 72, so that comfortable coastal temperature is par for the course.

Sunday’s hot spots were Santa Barbara at 87; it hadn’t seen that kind of heat since 1959. That’s 10 degrees hotter than the city’s average temperature for September. In Camarillo, the 1971 record fell; Laguna Beach topped its record from 2000. El Cajon tied its 2012 heat record of 102.

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Amy Hubbard

Amy Hubbard is a deputy editor on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. She’s worked in a range of departments at The Times since 1993, including as copy chief for daily Calendar, Travel, Books and the AM Copy Desk; SEO chief; morning editor on the Metro desk; and assistant newsletters editor. In 2015, she began a four-year stint at personal finance website NerdWallet, where she was the Banking editor. Hubbard is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia, School of Journalism.

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