Heat, S Ventura T X S
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- S Ventura T X S forecast zone
Heat in California, August 3 to 6, 1997
The combination of clear skies and weak offshore flow produced record heat across Ventura and Los Angeles counties. High temperatures ranged from the 90s at the coast to around 110 in the inland valleys.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOX wrote it up.
The combination of clear skies and weak offshore flow produced record heat across Ventura and Los Angeles counties. High temperatures ranged from the 90s at the coast to around 110 in the inland valleys. Above normal relative humidity combined with the high temperatures to produce heat indices ranging from 102 to 116.
Event by event
8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Ventura County Mountains
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Mountains forecast zone
Heat, Ventura County Coast
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Coast forecast zone
Heat, Ventura County Interior Valleys
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Ventura County Interior Valleys forecast zone
Heat, Los Angeles County Valleys
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Valleys forecast zone
Heat, Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Mountains Excluding the Santa Monica Range forecast zone
Heat, Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County Coasts Including Downtown Los Angeles forecast zone
Heat, X Sw Los Angeles
- When
- August 3, 12:00 PM PST to August 6, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- X Sw Los Angeles forecast zone
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Arizona, August 3 to 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, August 3, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Vermont, August 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5609930, 5609931, 5609932, 5609933, 5609934, 5609935, 5609936, 5609937.