The Bay Area is expected to see its eighth consecutive day of heat Monday as temperatures were forecast to remain in the 90s and 100s.
Though there will not be record-breaking heat as there was on several days last week, temperatures are expected to come within just a few degrees of previous records.
“We’re really trying to keep our guard up,” said Nicole Sarment, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service, adding that there are heat advisories in effect everywhere except the coast.
Temperatures on Sunday broke records in 10 Bay Area cities, including San Francisco and Oakland, where highs hit 98 and 100. San Jose broke record highs every day last week except Saturday, Oct. 5 — with temperatures soaring to 106 on Tuesday through Thursday.
On Monday, San Jose was forecast to hit 93 degrees, while Gilroy could reach 102 and Morgan Hill could reach 100. On the Peninsula, San Mateo was expected to have a high of 93.
In the East Bay, Fremont was forecast to rise to 90, but the more inland cities of Pleasanton and Livermore can expect to reach 100 degrees. Concord may reach 102, with Brentwood and Antioch trailing at 101 and 100, respectively. Walnut Creek could hit a high of 102 degrees.
Even the coastal cities of Oakland and San Francisco are nearing 90, with forecasts of 89 and 87.
“I would say [this is] normal in the sense of this time of year [is] typically when we start to lose our marine layer,” Sarment said. “But I would say the unusual part is how long it lasted.”
Later this week, temperatures will begin to get “less hot,” Sarment said, with forecasts for Tuesday expecting temperatures about five degrees cooler. There is even a chance of rain across the Bay Area on Friday and Saturday, Sarment added.
