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Excessive Heat — Joshua Tree Np East, California
September 4, 2020 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
An excessive heat event occurred over Labor Day weekend. Afternoon temperatures reached up to 115-122 degrees across the area and morning lows only fell to around 80 degrees. The hottest day of the entire 2020 heat season occurred on the 5th. In Joshua Tree National Park, three individuals set out on a hike around noon on the 5th in the Turkey Flats area. One of the hikers, a 20 year old male, became unconscious and one of the others called authorities for immediate aid at 1900 PDT. Temperatures were still over 100 degrees well into the evening. Park authorities located the hikers around 2330 PDT and administered CPR to the unconscious hiker, but were unable to revive him. The hiker was later pronounced dead at around 0900 PDT on the 6th with the cause of death being heat-caused. The other
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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.