Heat in Arizona, January 1 to 31, 2003

Name: Heat in Arizona, January 1 to 31, 2003
Start: 2003-01-01T00:00
End: 2003-01-31T23:00
Location: Arizona

January 1 to 31, 2003 · NWS FGZ · 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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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
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, Western Mogollon Rim

When: January 1, 12:00 AM MST to January 31, 11:00 PM MST
Where: Western Mogollon Rim forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 35.839, -111.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

January 2003 was the warmest January on record for Flagstaff since records began in 1898. This month had an average temperature of 37.2 degrees (7.5 degrees above normal) which breaks the old warm record of 37.0 degrees set in 1986. The normal average temperature for the month of January is 29.7 degrees. January 2003 was also the 6th driest on record. Normally, Flagstaff would receive 2.18 inches. This month, only 0.14 inches were recorded. This is 2.04 inches below normal.

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 Arizona in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, January 2003

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: 5338234.