Can it get any hotter? On this day, Fresno scorched to a new daily record temperature

It was the hottest July 11 ever in Fresno history, according to the National Weather Service in Hanford.

The high temperature at Fresno Yosemite International Airport was recorded at 114 degrees, establishing the daily record for Fresno.

Fresno’s previous record was 110 degrees, last set in 1961.

Sunday started off scorching, hitting 100 degrees in Fresno as early as 11 a.m.

That prompted forecasts of Fresno setting a heat record.

The previous all-time mark of 110 degrees was set in 1896, matched in 1897 and equaled again in 1961, according to National Weather Service records. The Weather Service projected a 68% chance that the record would fall Sunday, with a predicted high of 113.

Sunday’s temperatures also set or matched all-time records elsewhere in the Valley.

In Hanford, the 112 degrees tied its daily record that was set reached in 1905.

And in Merced, 110 degrees also tied the city’s daily record initially logged in 1959.

One potential issue there was in tracking the temperature’s rise: Several sites across the country that provide weather updates at fixed intervals stopped providing new information across some areas of the U.S. early Sunday including the Eastern Mid-Atlantic, Northern Texas and Central California.

That didn’t stop Mother Nature.

When Fresno hit 100 it marked the 10th time in 11 days in July that the high has been in triple-digits – it got to only 99 on July 6.

It was the third day iin a row at 110 or higher.

The all-time high for Fresno is 115 degrees, on July 8, 1905, according to the Weather Service.

Heat at dangerous levels is expected to remain in Central California through the first part of next week.

The NWS on Sunday morning extended an excessive heat warning for areas below 5,000 feet through 9 p.m. Monday and in the desert areas in Kern County through 8 p.m. Tuesday.

This story was originally published July 11, 2021 at 2:22 PM.