Heat in Missouri, July 16 to 21, 1998

Name: Heat in Missouri, July 16 to 21, 1998
Start: 1998-07-16T08:00
End: 1998-07-21T23:59
Location: Missouri

July 16 to 21, 1998 · NWS EAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Jackson

When: July 16, 8:00 AM CST to July 21, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Coordinates: 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures climbed into the 90s for six straight days from July 16-21. Numerous hospitals in Kansas City reported treating heat related illnesses during this period. The temperature at the Downtown Kansas City airport reached 100, 102 and 101 degrees on July 19, 20 and 21 respectively with afternoon heat indices between 110 and 115 degrees. An 89 year old woman died in her home at the 4500 block of Forrest Avenue as a result of the heat.

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, Jackson	1998-07-21	89	Female	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

Every storm in Missouri in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Missouri, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5656086.