Historic Heat Wave Hits California
September 26, 2022
A heat wave lasting several days made history for California. On September 5-9, the state, especially Central Valley experienced the highest temperatures of 115 degrees, a record breaking heat wave for Californians.
Some schools during that week even canceled or let students out early from school. A lot of sports events were postponed or canceled and practices were later in the day or canceled. This was difficult for many students who play on a sports team, especially the football teams because students only had their first week of football. They had to adapt to temperatures and shorten practice times.
Assistant girl’s tennis coach, Mr. Jackson “JT” Barcellos said the heat affected his team. He said, “The plan of attack for practice was changed severely in length. We had to take more breaks and delay practices.”
Californians also received a warning on their phones about conserving energy because the state power grid was at capacity. This worried a lot of people because how were they going to stay cool indoors minimizing electricity in 115 degree heat.
This heat wave was caused by a “heat dome.” A heat dome is a lid of atmospheric pressure trapping the hot air over California. The heat wave was the most modern historic heat wave in recent history. Many records were broken in several west coast states, as well as into Montana and North Dakota areas during this time period.
This affected our high school by classrooms were filled at lunch for cold air, PE was indoors, and it was miserable for all students walking to and from school or around campus from class to class during the heat wave.
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Pamela • Dec 15, 2022 at 12:15 pm
I wasn’t aware that a record was broken for the heat wave in California. I was however aware that there was a warning alert sent to everyone from their phones. I didn’t always live in Los Banos. I was used to the cold weather from where I was so I found it really difficult to adapt to the weather in Los Banos. A heat wave can really affect people physically and mentally. I say this from experience. I had several headaches and felt dizzy all the time. I always wanted to sleep and avoid going outside in the scorching heat, this however was a worse idea since it’s hotter inside the house than outside. Also the air tends to be way too humid making it difficult to breathe.
Mia Llanez • Dec 15, 2022 at 9:02 am
That heat wave was very intense! When walking around school, it was very dreading and thankfully as a junior, I did not have PE this year. As a varsity cheerleader, I remember practices being postponed and sport events getting canceled. I hope to never have another summer this hot again!