On this day in…
1998: It was 123° at Thermal, 119° at Borrego Springs and 118° at Palm Springs.
1995: A heat wave started on this day and ended on 7.29. It was 123° at Palm Springs on 7.28 and on 7.29. On this day it was 120° in Coachella, 113° in San Jacinto, 112° in Riverside, 111° in Banning, Moreno Valley, and Sun City, and 110° in Yucaipa.
1987: A tornado touched down in Twentynine Palms.
1934: It was 117° in Riverside, the highest temperature on record.