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Heat — Northern San Joaquin Valley, California

May 15, 2008 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Northern San Joaquin Valley

Event narrative (NOAA)

The temperature at Stockton Airport reached 100 degrees, breaking the previous daily high temperature record of 97 degrees set in 2006. The temperature at Modesto Airport reached 101 degrees, breaking the previous daily high temperature record of 98 degrees set in 2006.||A 17 year old pregnant farmworker collapsed from heat exhaustion at 1430PST on May 14th while pruning at a vineyard east of Stockton, in the town of Farmington. The high temperature at Stockton Airport that day was 93 degrees, and the heat index was lower than the temperature, well below heat advisory criteria. She later died in a hospital, on May 16th.

Other notable heat events in California

E Central S.J. Valley · July 16, 200630 killedSe S.J. Valley · July 16, 200616 killedSan Bernardino County Valley/The Inland Empire · July 21, 200610 killedSan Mateo · June 14, 20006 killedSonoma/Marin Counties · August 15, 19964 killedSanta Clara Valley Including San Jose · September 4, 20224 killed

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.

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