A rare heat wave has taken hold of the San Francisco Bay area and residents have decided to laugh through the sweat by creating memes and sharing their misery over social media.
This time of year is typically called ‘Fogust’ as it would normally carry with it a cloudy chill for San Fran, but temperatures are soaring, with highs of 115 south of the city.
People of Frisco had mixed emotions about the soaring temperatures and showcased their reactions to the heat wave on various social media platforms.
File photo: Boy plays in a fountain as record breaking heat bears down on San Francisco
Dark Knight movie meme felt appropriate for this San Francisco dweller
‘The sun sucks’ meme courtesy of Beavis and Butthead
The outpouring of emotions over the heat wave was not lost on this Twitter user
Karl The Fog notes he’s out as the temperatures soar in San Francisco
This Instagram user shows that even animals need some help cooling off
The weather service said Friday on Twitter the mercury hit ‘an incredible 106 degrees!’ shortly before 4pm.
The previous all-time record high in downtown San Francisco was 103 degrees, set on June 14, 2000.
The city’s previous record for September 1 was 90 degrees, set in 1950.
An excessive heat advisory was in effect through Monday night for interior valley and higher elevations in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dozens of cooling centers are opening throughout California and schools plan to let students out early as temperatures soar from a heat wave expected to last through the Labor Day weekend.
Forecasters say some cities in the San Francisco Bay Area are expected to see triple-digit temperatures.
The extreme heat and light wind combined with vehicle exhaust are prompting officials to ask Bay Area motorists to limit their driving to reduce pollution.
The scoreboard in centerfield reminds fans to stay hydrated during a baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday
‘I’m eventually going to hell’ this Twitter user shares as the temperatures sore in San Fran
Maybe it actually is that hot. But everyone has an opinion on the weather
This ‘Airplane’ movie meme illustrates how many residents feel during a San Fran heatwave
‘I don’t trust windows! I only trust apps’
This Twitter user is just generally unprepared for such a turn of weather
Officials say smoke from at least a dozen wildfires burning in Northern California is drifting into Bay Area skies and contributing to the unhealthy air.
The National Weather Service says an excessive heat advisory remains in effect through Monday night for interior valley and higher elevations in the Bay Area.
Vineyards moved their wine harvest to the cool of night and transit trains slowed for fear that some of the hottest weather in San Francisco Bay Area history would warp rails Saturday, as stifling temperatures and the smoky pall of wildfires marked an unofficial end to summer across the U.S. West.
San Francisco, meanwhile, set a heat record for Thursday before noon, hitting 94 degrees. By mid-afternoon, it was 101 in the coastal city – hotter than Phoenix.
With an all-time high of 106 on Friday, it became just the third time since the 1870s that San Francisco had back-to-back triple-digit days.
The region was so hot that officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system ordered trains to slow down on rails that were exposed to sun, expecting the heat would expand and possibly shift the metal track slightly, spokeswoman Alicia Trost said.
The weekend also broke heat records in wine counties north of San Francisco, where Labor Day for some vineyards marks the start of the busy grape harvest.
‘We had been hoping for a mellow season,’ Kat Doescher, senior winemaker at Madrone Estate Winery outside Sonoma, said shortly after sunrise.
She inspected the chardonnay grapes that workers had harvested overnight under lights. ‘But I look at the forecasts, and I see a heat wave that’s not getting any cooler.’
Other vineyard managers fretted over how best to soothe and when to pick their own heat-stressed grapes.