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Climate Change Impacts Explained in Real Time
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Publication Date February 9, 2016 | San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area basks in record heat

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Photo: NWS
Photo: NWS

Several Bay Area cities broke temperature records for the day during a mid-winter heat wave that continued Tuesday, but San Francisco came just one degree short of tying its record, forecasters said.

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