Heat — Tohono O Odham Nation, Arizona
June 22, 2018 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
Well above normal temperatures occurred in southeast Arizona on June 22nd and 23rd. Temperatures as hot as 108 degrees occurred at Ajo, Picacho and Safford Airport with 107 at Sasabe (record) and Sells and 106 at Tucson International Airport and Green Valley. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for two adults, one west of Ruby in Santa Cruz County on the 22nd and another on the Tohono O'odham Nation in southwest Pinal County on the 23rd.
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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.