At 113 degrees, downtown L.A. hits all-time record high [Updated] | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times

It's not just you. Monday turned out to be the hottest day ever recorded -- at least in downtown L.A.

At 12:15 p.m., the weather station at USC hit the 113-degree mark, breaking the old all-time high of 112 set on June 26, 1990.

It makes Monday the hottest day ever since records in downtown L.A. started being kept in 1877, said Stuart Seto of the National Weather Service.

Seto said the record was impressive, "especially after such a cool summer."

We're in the upper 80s (F) right now in Monterey, easily the hottest day all year. Kind of wishing I could blow off the rest of the day's work and take a standup paddleboard out on the bay (though it is still shark season, so I'm a bit wary of actually doing it).

And the world will live as one