Tropical Storm Kay breaks records in Southern California

Alexandra E. Petri, Christian Martinez – Yesterday 8:09 AM

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Rain and heat records in parts of Southern California were broken Friday as Tropical Storm Kay helped firefighters battling a huge fire near Hemet.

Despite high wind and rain, people take in the stormy weather Friday morning at Imperial Beach Pier. (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)© (Eduardo Contreras / San Diego Union-Tribune)

According to the National Weather Service, 5 inches of rain fell in Mt. Laguna in San Diego County. Other mountain areas in San Diego including Julian got 4 inches of rain, with less than in inch falling along the coast.

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Several spots in Los Angeles County, including Los Angeles International Airport, Long Beach Airport and downtown L.A., saw new daily rain records, but the amounts were fairly small. Long Beach, for example, recorded 0.20 inch, breaking the old daily record of 0.02. LAX also set a new daily heat record (102 degrees) along with several other locations such as Oxnard and Santa Barbara Airport.

The storm system was expected to continue affecting Southern California through the weekend, but with less rain and somewhat cooler temperatures compared with Friday. It caused scattered power outages across the region.

Kay was about 130 miles off the coast of San Diego on Friday evening, and meteorologists were surprised the storm had maintained so much of its strength as it moved into the chilly waters near California.