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Heat — San Diego County Valleys, California
June 23, 2024 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
A hiker likely passed away from heat stroke off Nighthawk Trail on Black Mountain. Medical examiner is determining exact cause. At 700 am the temperature was 76F with a dewpoint 64F, wind southeast below 5 mph and relative humidity 67 percent at the base of Black Mountain and 93F at the summit of 1558 feet MSL. At 915 am the summit was 98F (SDHGPA site) and then the wind shifted to the west and gusted to 16 mph with a sea breeze lowering the temperature to 86F at the summit by 1100 am. At 1100 am, the base temperature was 84F and humidity at 58 percent. The highest temperature measured at the base was 86F at 1010 am per SDGE Rancho Penasquitos. Media reported a distress call to her family at 1008 am by the hiker saying she was very hot and she needed water. The hiker was separated from a l
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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.