Alert archive / Excessive Heat Warnings
Excessive Heat Warnings in the United States, 2023
607 excessive heat warnings in 2023. Each alert counts once, however many counties it covered. The archive of excessive heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Excessive Heat Warnings by state
Each state shaded by its count. Tap a state for its own archive.
- Excessive Heat Warnings
- 607
- Busiest month
- August304 excessive heat warnings
- Busiest day
- August 11, 202323 excessive heat warnings
Over time
By month
By state
Every state and territory, with the alerts that covered any part of it. Each state’s page lists every one of them.
- Texas209
- Louisiana95
- Arkansas88
- Puerto Rico67
- Mississippi64
- Oklahoma58
- Florida48
- California30
- Alabama29
- Kansas28
- Missouri21
- Arizona21
- Georgia20
- U.S. Virgin Islands13
- Indiana11
- Illinois11
- Tennessee10
- Iowa10
- New Mexico9
- Kentucky8
- Minnesota8
- Nebraska8
- Nevada7
- Wisconsin6
- Ohio6
- North Carolina5
- South Dakota5
- Washington4
- Virginia3
- Oregon3
- Maryland3
- Idaho2
- South Carolina2
- District of Columbia2
- Utah2
- New Jersey2
- New York1
- Pennsylvania1
- Michigan1
- West Virginia1
1 more states
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.