Temperatures could drop to 21 degrees by Wednesday

Inland Ventura County, temperatures reached above 68 degrees Fahrenheit on Sunday, but the heat is expected to ease over the next few days and temperatures could drop to above 70 degrees Fahrenheit across the county on Wednesday and Thursday.

Highs are expected to drop 3 to 5 degrees on Monday, to 100 to 104 degrees, said Carol Smith, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. Tuesday will be “significantly cooler,” with highs inland dropping to the high 80s to high 90s, she said.

Temperatures on Sunday reached 106 degrees in Simi Valley and up to 105 degrees in Thousand Oaks, she said Sunday afternoon.

In Fillmore, it was 41.6 degrees, in Santa Paula it was 41.6 degrees, she said. In Ojai and the Ojai Valley, it was 39 to 41.6 degrees.