Excessive Heat — Tucson Metro Area, Arizona
June 18, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A three-day stretch of very hot temperatures resulted in four heat-related fatalities and at least 19 heat-related illnesses in southeast Arizona, all of which were reported in Eastern Pima County. Out of three men who were hiking the Ventana Canyon Trail Sunday, June 19th, two died of heat stroke, although one was not found until Tuesday. The third man suffered heat-related injuries but survived. A woman died of heat stoke that same day hiking Finger Rock Trail. Her companion was airlifted to a hospital for treatment of heat-related illness. Also on that same day, a woman walking the city's Loop walking and biking trail succumbed to heat stroke near Interstate 10 and Irvington. Tucson International Airport recorded its third hottest day ever and the warmest day since 1994 with a record se
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.