Excessive Heat — Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona
June 19, 2017 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Strong high pressure aloft developed over the desert southwest and this lead to a prolonged period of excessive heat across the central Arizona deserts during the second half of June 2017. High temperatures each day routinely reached or exceeded 112 degrees, occasionally breaking records in the process. An Excessive Heat Warning was issued for the greater Phoenix area; it ran for 10 consecutive days starting on Saturday June 17. The most significant heat occurred in a 7 day stretch beginning on Monday June 19 when the mercury at Phoenix hit 118 degrees, setting a new record. 119 was hit the following day. The long stretch of dangerous heat claimed 2 victims; on Friday June 23rd, local sheriff's deputies responded to a welfare check at the Palmas Del Sol East retirement community in Apache
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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.