Global warming causes record cold temperatures again. </sarcasm>
This month is the coldest February in downtown Los Angeles in nearly 60 years, with the average high temperature at 60.6 degrees as of Sunday. That’s a full 8 degrees below the normal average temperature, the National Weather Service said in a news release announcing the record lows.
It hasn’t been this cold since 1962, when the average high temperature for the month in downtown L.A. was 59.8 degrees, the weather service said.
February is coldest in Los Angeles in nearly 60 years
The last time the mercury was consistently this low was in 1962, and temperatures are a full 8 degrees below normal, the National Weather Service says.