Heat, Coastal Chatham
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Chatham forecast zone
- Reported by
- ARPT EQUIP(AWOS,ASOS)
Heat in Georgia, June 1 to 30, 1998
Temperatures were well into the 90s and occasionally exceeded 100 degrees throughout the month with heat indices near 110 degrees on several days. Rainfall was well below normal across southeast Georgia which caused the area to approach the incipient drought stage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 CHS wrote it up.
Temperatures were well into the 90s and occasionally exceeded 100 degrees throughout the month with heat indices near 110 degrees on several days. Rainfall was well below normal across southeast Georgia which caused the area to approach the incipient drought stage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
15 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Inland Chatham
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Chatham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Coastal Liberty
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Inland Liberty
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Liberty forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Coastal Bryan
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Bryan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Coastal McIntosh
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal McIntosh forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Inland Bryan
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Bryan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Inland McIntosh
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland McIntosh forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Heat, Candler
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Candler forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.403, -82.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Evans
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Evans forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.157, -81.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Effingham
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Effingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.367, -81.341 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Jenkins
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Jenkins forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.793, -81.963 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Screven
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Screven forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.751, -81.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Long
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Long forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 31.753, -81.746 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Tattnall
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Tattnall forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 32.046, -82.058 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heat in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 19, 1998
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Flood in California, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in South Carolina, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 1 to 2, 1998
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, June 1, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, June 1, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5650140, 5650141, 5650142, 5650228, 5650229, 5650230, 5650231, 5650232, 5650233, 5650234, 5650235, 5650236, 5650237, 5650238, 5650239.