Heat, Kern Deserts
- When
- July 24, 8:30 AM PST
- Where
- Kern Deserts forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Heat in California, July 24, 1998
While the temperature was not high on July 24, there had been a stretch of days from the 16th through the 20th that were quite hot in Central California, including the Kern Deserts. Record delays in reaching triple-digit temperatures occurred this year in Central California (records for the latest 100-degree occurrence were reset to July 16th in both Fresno and Bakersfield ...
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 HNX wrote it up.
While the temperature was not high on July 24, there had been a stretch of days from the 16th through the 20th that were quite hot in Central California, including the Kern Deserts. The fatality was reported on 7/24/98 but death occurred sometime earlier in the week (when warmer).Record delays in reaching triple-digit temperatures occurred this year in Central California (records for the latest 100-degree occurrence were reset to July 16th in both Fresno and Bakersfield ... eclipsing records of the 6th and 5th in Fresno and Bakersfield, respectively). However, the onset of the "normal" summer temperatures began in earnest in mid-July with 9 of the last 15 days of the month 100 deg.F. or greater.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Kern Deserts | 1998-07-24 | 86 | Male | Permanent Home | Direct |
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 Flood and Heavy Rain in Utah, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Nevada, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 24, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, July 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 24, 1998
- Heavy Rain in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5649112.