In the words of that immortal bard Irving Berlin: “We’re having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave.”
Seriously, though. After yesterday’s scorcher, all bets are off in terms of record-breaking. DTLA’s temperature on Monday rose to 95 degrees, breaking the record previously held since 1980 by one degree. While today’s heat is looking and feeling less intense, Angelenos can prepare themselves for a few sultry months of pre-summer before June Gloom hits. Until then, celebrate the hot weather with this classic paean to unseasonable humidity: