Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
—
Area
Polk
Event narrative (NOAA)
Record high temperatures were felt for four days in a row from October 8th through October 11th at the Lakeland Linder Airport. The high temperature was 95 degrees each afternoon from the 8th through the 10th and 94 degrees on the 11th. This record heat combined with afternoon dew points in the 70s to allow for heat indicies of 100-110 for a few hours each afternoon. As a result, one person in Davenport died on October 9th from heat stroke after working outside all day and then playing basketball that evening.
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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.