OAKLAND (CBS SF/BCN) – The San Francisco Bay Area set three high temperature records Wednesday and more broken records could be coming soon as meteorologists forecast more summer-like weather.

Record highs were recorded in Oakland at 78 degrees, breaking the 74 set in 2006; in Salinas, where it was 83, breaking the 2018 record of 81; and Richmond tied the record 75 set in 1988.

Expect more to be broken this week as a strong ridge of high pressure remains in place, according to the National Weather Service. On Tuesday, the service said San Francisco was on its way to its second-longest winter dry spell in the city's history.

Thursday afternoon, the Bay Area office of the National Weather Service tweeted that San Jose had already set a new record for the date with a temperature of 76 degrees. That broke the old record of 73 degrees from 2016.

Later Thursday, the National Weather Service added in a tweet that temperatures in Oakland and Redwood City hit record highs set back in 1988. San Jose also broke a record set back in 2016.

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