Amy Graff,SFGATE

Feb. 8, 2022

https://www.sfgate.com/weather/article/Winter-heat-wave-hits-San-Francisco-Bay-Area-16841049.php

Call it California living — beachweatherin February.

Record-breaking temperatures are heating up Northern California this week with afternoon highs expected to be 10 to 20 degrees above normal, the National Weather Service said. Temperatures in the mid- to upper 70s will be widespread by mid-week and some locations including the beach in Santa Cruz are likely to break into the 80s.

“We have an extreme forecast index and this event is on the higher end of being a rare occurrence for us,” said Brooke Bingaman, a meteorologist with the weather service’s Monterey office.

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The warmest day of the week will be Thursday when San Francisco is forecast to top out at 75 degrees and the…