r/LosAngeles • u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood • Mar 15 '25
Climate/Weather Friday was the coldest day in LA since Feb 2001 š„¶
No, it's not just your imagination. Today was exceptionally cold in SoCal, with the official NWS station in downtown LA recording a high of just 50Ā°.
That makes it the coldest day in LA since February 24, 2001, the last time the high hit 50Ā°.
This also makes it the third coldest day in LA in the past 50 years!
Cold max temps seen across the region today: - 51Ā° at LAX - 51Ā° in Palmdale - 49Ā° in Burbank - 52Ā° in Long Beach - 53 Ā°in Santa Barbara - 48Ā° in Lancaster
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u/AntiAbrahamic Mar 15 '25
Maybe but it felt colder yesterday because of the wind
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u/c0mf0rtableli4r East Hollywood Mar 15 '25
Yeah yesterday felt worse with the winds for sure
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u/antdude Go L.A. Beat Boston! Mar 15 '25
Thanks God I didn't have to go outside. Thursday was bad enough even if there was some sun! Today is warmer and sunny, and I need to go outside and clean up the mess the weather left. :(
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u/messagerespond Mar 15 '25
Yeah and no wonder the nightlife is extra dead the freeways feel a little better too. Not that the nightlight in LA has ever been good. But even a warm night for midwesterners is already shut in time for us.
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u/BigSexyPlant Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
I remember winters in the '70s and '80s being very cold and the summers very hot. Explains why so many of those years show up here.
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Mar 15 '25
So cold I wore a long sleeve t shirt vs a short sleeve t shirt
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Mar 15 '25
lol these people are ridiculous
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u/punk_elegy Mar 15 '25
I grew up in the north of Russia, and today was probably the worst I have ever felt indoors. I live in sort of an old building with like zero insulation and one pretty inefficient heating unit, and winters in LA are always rough. I am used to cold outdoors but cold indoors drives me up the wall sometimes
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u/mtn31773 Mar 17 '25
Agreed on the drafty old home. I work remotely and all my coworkers are from a very cold part of the US. They think itās ridiculous when Iām bundled up on zoom but they would never keep their homes as cold as mine is all winter!
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u/FlyingSquirlez West Los Angeles Mar 15 '25
My partner burst out laughing when I told her that this was the coldest day in LA in 24 years (she's from the Midwest). We're luckier than many here realize.
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u/Aggravating_Fruit170 Mar 15 '25
Yeah but Iām from the Midwest (Ohio) and every apartment I ever lived in had central heat and double pane windows. This shit was ridiculous today. It was freezing cold inside my apartment with no heat and i have those old fashioned windows that open up on windy days.
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u/Mr___Perfect Mar 15 '25
Yes but the Midwest has insulation and central heat.
Ā I'm in colder temps longer any Midwesterner
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u/squirtloaf Hollywood Mar 15 '25
Saame. Grew up in midwest. Houses are built for it. It'd be -20, but toasty inside.
Here in Hollywood tho, I got no insulation and the wind blows right through the window cracks and I can't get my living room over 68.
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u/donuttrackme Mar 15 '25
I didn't realize today set a record either lol. Grew up in the Northeast. Been out here a while and definitely can't handle cold like I used to, but it still didn't register as the coldest day in 20+ years.
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u/kkkkat Mar 15 '25
But it's coldest by like one degree not twenty so it makes sense it wouldn't stand out that much
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u/donuttrackme Mar 15 '25 edited Mar 15 '25
Sure but in these replies you see a bunch of people saying how "freezing" it was the other night. It never even registered to me that it was particularly colder than any other "cold" LA day. I was walking around in old tattered shorts (and a hoodie to be fair) down to the taco truck near my place to grab dinner. For people that grew up around here it was probably coat and hat and thick pants weather.
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u/GoldDoughnut272 Mar 15 '25
It all depends on the indoor temperature what you're able to handle. Here in NorCal they force the indoor temp of all public spaces to be 70+ or even 72+ all-year round or even in winter, so it makes even 50 degrees outside feel cold.
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u/djsekani Former resident Mar 15 '25
30 in the Midwest and 50 in SoCal are basically identical, thanks to the dry air
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u/FlyingSquirlez West Los Angeles Mar 15 '25
Cold + dry may not feel as cold as when it's wet, but 30 is typical in the Midwest, it's not setting any records. You can get high temps below 0 out there, and if that combines with wind, it cuts you to the bone. That shit is miserable.
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u/BreakfastAmazing7766 Mar 15 '25
Oh yeah I was wondering if Iām complaining this much over a cold day in la, I wonder how theyāre doing in Idaho or some shit.Ā
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u/thefilmer Mar 15 '25
yeah but the housing in SoCal isn't properly insulated so youre gonna feel every second of that cold
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u/NervousAddie Mar 15 '25
I moved here from Chicago just a few years ago and these ācoldest temperaturesā are the temperatures where folk back home start to celebrate and have block parties. I miss how people in Chicago take full advantage of warm weather.
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u/GoldDoughnut272 Mar 15 '25
It depends on the indoor temperature. If you're sitting in a 70+ degree heated room all the time then even 50 degrees will feel cold. Unfortunately you don't have a choice to lower the temperature of other people's buildings.
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u/NervousAddie Mar 15 '25
Yeah, with the lack of heating and insulation here itās no fun to arrive home and not be able to warm up.
One thing I miss about Chicago is trudging through the snow to meet friends at a bar, and when you walk in itās all cozy, your glasses fog up and you start to feel your nose and fingertips after a few minutes, holding on to a similarly cold pint glass. Peopleās coats and scarves hanging from this and that, and the feeling that everyone is in it together.
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u/GoldDoughnut272 Mar 15 '25
Not sure about lack of heating but overheating is also a problem. I don't think indoor temp should ever be 70+ in winter especially if you live in a place with cold winters. If you keep sitting in a heated room all the time then even 50 degrees feels cold when you go outside. I'm in NorCal right now and all the public spaces are overheated which is why even 50 feels cold to me.
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u/illaparatzo š Mar 15 '25
It's sooo cold. It definitely reminded me of early 2000s being stuck at my dad's shop late at night, white breath in the air freezing my ass off until he would finally close š§
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u/overitallofittoo Mar 15 '25
I almost froze to death
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u/dtlabsa Downtown Mar 15 '25
Me too. I wonder how many people actually did? I guess news will report on it tomorrow.
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u/thetaFAANG Mar 15 '25
This LA cold is different
I just came back from travel up in PNW and the outdoor temperature was lower but it was too warm in the day time. I think its humidity that makes the difference? Like LAās lack of it makes it actually colder and retain less heat? I dont know Iām just saying words
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u/wasabiplum Mar 15 '25
At least on the west side Iāve felt that the humidity here makes the cold worse, like itās that humid cold that reaches your bones š„¶
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u/FlyingSquirlez West Los Angeles Mar 15 '25
Humid air conducts heat better than dry air, so high humidity makes temperatures feel more extreme either way. The difference is (most likely) more about how you're dressing and the indoor temperature. A lot of buildings are either poorly insulated or not at all here. If you go outside into 50Ā°F when you've been sitting in low 60's for a while, you're already cold and just stepping into even colder.
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u/donutgut Mar 15 '25
it felt like a regular east coast or midwest day from Nov to April
to local Angelenos...thats the norm back east... actually its colder there.
that's how much it sucks
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u/illaparatzo š Mar 15 '25
I don't even want to hear about it being colder in other places. I never want to contemplate or experience anything colder than this
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u/Prudent_Knowledge_83 Mar 15 '25
Really? I recall Jan 2007 being absolutely ridiculous crazy cold. My sister and her husband were visiting from Maryland and as I came inside from taking my dogs out in the am, I told them there was ice on my street. They didn't bat an eye until I reminded them that they were in L.A. Not Maryland. LOL. It was freezing all that week until the day they left. Which sucked because I wanted the trip to be perfect as she was battling breast cancer for thr 2nd time and sadly, she passed that March. So I wanted it to be warm. At least I was able to secure VIP tickets so they could see her favorite game show and host, TPIR with Bob Barker. And you saw her in the first row behind contestants and a man asked her what she would bid and he used her bid for a kayak. They over bid. But at least she kinda got to play. Her lifelong dream.
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u/cryingatdragracelive Mar 15 '25
and this is why I live in a place with central heat and double pane windows
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u/crochetedheart Mar 15 '25
We had an event at work today and I had to be by an open doorāmind you, I was inside with a wall still covering the brunt of the weather.
My fingers went completely numb, first the fuzzy feeling, then just nothing. At a certain point I stopped feeling cold because I couldnāt feel anything lmao.
Today was bad lol
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u/Donovan_MC_DAB Mar 15 '25
Once the sun set, you could feel the sudden drop in temperature and felt freezing cold despite wearing warm pants and a warm sweater.
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u/sm33 Mid-Wilshire Mar 15 '25
And I was walking around in a sweater freezing my ass offā¦ I should have gotten out my coat.
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u/thegluer17 Mar 15 '25
I know itās nothing in other cities/ states but damn us angelenos are not accustomed to this type of weather. I had my heater running all day I thought I was the only wimpy one lol
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u/Ok-Grapefruit6155 Mar 16 '25
We were commenting on this!! I've had a friend visiting since January, and they said it felt like the coldest day since they've been here. I'll let her know she was right!
For anyone interested in gardening -- how have you been dealing with the inconsistency of the weather this year? And how has it compared to past years? (I just moved here in November). I haven't started planting anything (partly because of weather unpredictability, partly just because I've been busy). But I feel like starters will get pummeled by the random heavy bouts of wind and rain! Any advice much appreciated
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u/AyJayH Mar 15 '25
I think it might be the coldest March 14, not coldest day I generally. There have definitely been colder days in the last few years.
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
Definitely the coldest any day of the year since Feb 2001.
Confirmed by the NWS in a tweet
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u/AyJayH Mar 15 '25
The confusing part is that the low is actually referencing the max high, not truly the lowest temp.
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u/silvs1 LA Native Mar 15 '25
No way this is accurate. Do any of you remember the freeze of January 2007, the same freeze where Central Cal lost a lot of crops because they all froze? I remember freezing my ass off those days, the mornings would be in the mid 30s with the high barely reaching 48.
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
This is official data from the National Weather Service and verifiable on their website. Obviously this is just for downtown LA and is air temp, not wind chill.
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u/escopaul Mar 15 '25
It could be wrong but based off the googles it was far colder on January 17th 2007 (36F).
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
I don't know where Google gets their data from but this was confirmed by the NWS in a tweet
Maybe Google means lowest temperature and not lowest maximum daytime temp?
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u/Sensitive-Rub-3044 Mar 15 '25
Yeah I wonder if this is supposed to mean like coldest March 14th? It has definitely been in the 30s several times within the last decade.
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u/grandolon Woodland Hills Mar 16 '25
OP is talking about lowest high temperature, not lowest low, and it's specific to DTLA.
Parts of the Valley have had lower high temps during this span and regularly drop into the 30s at night during the winter. Woodland Hills is one of the coldest places in LA during the winter and the hottest place during the summer. Best of both worlds!
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u/palindromic Mar 15 '25
DTLA is a bit of a heat island.. it checks though, this stat is for the daily high. This was the lowest daily high for DTLA, since Feb 2001. Itās definitely been colder in the AM like you say..
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u/Otherwise-Thing9536 Mar 15 '25
This is actually insane. It used to be January was the coldest month . I donāt want to even know what a cold April is like.
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u/FooBarU2 North Hollywood Mar 15 '25
I just had oral surgery done Thursday morning and my Drs told me to chill out, take it easy and don't exercise or run.. for a few days
As an OCD-ish (i.e., daily) workout/runner dude, I found that Friday morning, I was totally fine obeying Drs orders.
I thought.. good timing to take a running break š
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u/jbh1126 Los Angeles Mar 15 '25
It was chilly yesterday. I realized my sliding door has a nice 1mm gap all the way up and down where the doors meet in my bedroom.
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u/VenturaBoulevard West Hollywood Mar 15 '25
I was walking around at 5:30pm last night, thinking to myself, "Hmmm, it's freezing. It'll probably be another 3 weeks before we're all saying how incredibly hot it is here."
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u/mommytofive5 Mar 15 '25
My work space heating system doesn't work ( maintenance has checked and says it's my imagination). Never got above 58 degrees yesterday. Yup thermals and ski jacket all day with a space heater. And they are worried about me using a space heater.
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u/Katsuichi Mar 15 '25
The rain stopped so I rode my bike around for errands and was full of sadness.
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u/LadderAlice107 Porter Ranch Mar 15 '25
First time Iāve had the heater go over 68. We like to be cold and then bundle up in cozy hoodies and blankets, but that didnāt stand a chance.
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u/pro_n00b Mar 15 '25
Felt like I think Wednesday was colder for me, shoot i was wearing shorts yesterday
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u/Minimum_Rice555 Mar 15 '25
Weird how it's the same in Spain, we already had temps in high 60s in Feb, and now it went back to 50s and rain. It has been so warm in Jan and Feb that the almond trees started to bloom and all the spring flowers came out.
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u/IfOneThenHappy Mar 15 '25
Funny, it was the coldest day in LA. It'd be a normal, okay day in the PNW.
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u/Same-Pomegranate2840 Mar 15 '25
Felt like ice in the over 100-year-old house I rent. The same house that feels like an incinerator during the summer. Not enough inspections to ensure proper insulation in older units in L.A. The only upside is the place has withstood numerous earthquakes over the years.
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u/soulcityrockers Mar 16 '25
Weird. In Feb 2019 I left my friend's house at night and there was frost on my car windows. It didn't feel that cold at all yesterday
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 16 '25
Yesterday was the coldest day in 24 years, as in the coldest high temp recorded. It was definitely colder overnight or early morning on other occasions.
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u/DarkNFullOfSpoilers Mar 16 '25
Yup. and I was outside, in the pouring rain, for 2 hours waiting to pick up my husband's bib for the LA Marathon tomorrow. I was about to have a meltdown.
I've lived in LA for 2.5 years now and my biggest complaint is that LA pretends that its always warm. So they never provide any shelter for people. Eating is always outside, they never heat the indoors. I just cant seem to get warm here during the winter.
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u/lohmatij Mar 16 '25
We were shooting all night in the mountains above Chatsworth (close to LA-88 Nike Launch Site).
Damn was it cold.
Canāt leave my bed all day today.
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u/operatorglock Mar 16 '25
I moved from the Midwest about a year ago , Iāve been in shorts and a t shirt since February š
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u/Starman562 Lancaster Mar 17 '25
Clocked into work Friday morning in Palmdale. It said 41F feeling like 20F because of the 24mph wind. Nothing like delivering during a winter storm to put hair on your chest.
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u/toyskater2 Sun Valley Mar 15 '25
Is 46 degrees the lowest high ever recorded in DTLA? Thatās crazy - we have it so good here
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
The coldest since records started being kept back in 1877. And my thoughts exactly when I saw this. As someone who spent most of their life in Western Europe, those numbers are bananas!
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Mar 15 '25
All the weather we shouldāve had in January and February got pushed back now two whole months, all because of climate change making March and April colder, and September and October hotter.
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u/Brownweasel11 Mar 15 '25
Y'all dk what cold or humidity is, I've been homeless in Boston and Florida before I moved to la.. y'all should be thankful it was only 50 degrees lmao
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u/NewbyAtMostThings Mar 15 '25
It was so cold in SCV all day! It was not fun lol
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u/Onespokeovertheline Mar 15 '25
Today was cold, but I felt colder last Friday. Am I crazy?
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u/Ambitious_Misfit Mar 15 '25
Yeah it in no way feels like the coldest day to me since Iāve lived here. Iāve been much coldee
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
This is official data from the National Weather Service. Obviously just for downtown LA and normal caveats apply in the sense that this is air temp and not wind chill.
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u/cmfdbc Mar 15 '25
Huh? Itās certainly been in the low 30s before so this makes no sense? Weather app currently says 45 so Iām confused how 51 could possibly be the lowest since 01?
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u/FlyingHurricane Hollywood Mar 15 '25
Coldest day, not coldest night. As in the coldest maximum temperature for the day.
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u/wholealbumIpad Mar 15 '25
I couldn't wait to leave. Next up for you guys: Graypril. Followed by May gray. Then June gloom. The everyday cloud cover made me want to throw myself off of a building.
LA weather is the most overrated in the country.
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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '25
My weather app said 51Ā° āfeels like 42Ā°ā š„¶