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Heat — Southeast Middlesex, Massachusetts
July 5, 2013 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A 45 year old mail carrier died as a result of heat illness on July 6th. Temperatures in the area had climbed above 90 for the 3rd day in a row on the 5th, when the mail carrier was found and transported to the hospital. The high humidity levels resulted in heat indices above 90 degrees for the daylight hours and heat indices above 96 degrees for 8 to 9 hours beginning at 11am. The event start time indicates when heat indices climbed to 100 degrees and the event end time is the time at which he was found collapsed. He was pronounced dead the following morning at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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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.