Salinas Valley heat breaks record .  A statewide heat wave didn’t spare Monterey County on Monday. The Salinas airport recorded a high of 102 degrees, breaking the 1970 record by one degree.

Downtown Salinas was 101, just shy of its 1970 record of 102. The previous night’s low was just 46 degrees.

King City missed its record by one degree as well — 108 degrees in 1906. Temperatures are expected to gradually cool this week.

Downtown Los Angeles hit the highest temperature ever recorded since record keeping began in 1877: 113F

This heat puts many of the plants in shock, potentially damaging quality. There could be long term effects including burn on the leaf, bruising on berries and discoloration in broccoli and cauliflower.  There is some hope that this heat wave will be short lived and Salinas Valley temperatures will be back to normal later this week.

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