Heat, St. Louis
- When
- September 4, 11:00 AM CST to September 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis forecast zone
- Injuries
- 9 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 38.641, -90.443 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Missouri, September 4 to 7, 1998
High temperatures in the lower to middle 90s created one of the warmest Labor Day weekends in some time across the St. Louis area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 13
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LSX wrote it up.
High temperatures in the lower to middle 90s created one of the warmest Labor Day weekends in some time across the St. Louis area. 9 heat related injuries were reported in St. Louis County with 4 in the City of St. Louis.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, St. Louis (C)
- When
- September 4, 11:00 AM CST to September 7, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis (C) forecast zone
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 38.627, -90.198 (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 Oklahoma, September 4, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, September 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, September 4, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in California, September 4 to 9, 1998
- Funnel Clouds in Florida, September 4, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 4 to 7, 1998
- Heat in Arkansas, September 4 to 5, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 4, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1998
- Flood in Arizona, September 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, September 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, September 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: 5669061, 5669062.