Excessive Heat — Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona
July 22, 2016 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Strong high pressure developed across south central Arizona, including the greater Phoenix area, during the day on July 22nd leading to excessive heat over the lower deserts. The official high temperature at Phoenix reached to 112 degrees. The heat proved to be deadly; according to a report from local broadcast media a 12 year old boy was rushed to the hospital after losing consciousness from heat stroke or heat exhaustion during an afternoon hike. The boy had been hiking at the Apache Wash trailhead located about halfway between Deer Valley airport and Cave Creek. The boy later died. An Excessive Heat Warning had been in effect for the area since noon, continuing on and into the next day.
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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.