Heat, Philadelphia
- When
- June 25, 12:00 PM EST to June 26, 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Philadelphia forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Pennsylvania, June 25 to 26, 2005
A pair of hot and humid days in Philadelphia claimed the life of an 86-year-old woman in Philadelphia. She was found dead on June 27th on the second floor bedroom of her home with no fans or air conditioning and just two windows open.
Where it happened
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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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A pair of hot and humid days in Philadelphia claimed the life of an 86-year-old woman in Philadelphia. She was found dead on June 27th on the second floor bedroom of her home with no fans or air conditioning and just two windows open. The highest temperature at Philadelphia International Airport was 90 degrees on the 25th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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, Philadelphia | 2005-06-27 | 86 | 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
- Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 25, 2005
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 25 to 26, 2005
- Flooding in Iowa, June 25 to 26, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, June 25, 2005
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Iowa, June 25, 2005
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 25, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 25, 2005
- Lightning Strike in New York, June 25, 2005
- Wildfire in Washington, June 25 to 28, 2005
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Maine, June 25, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 25, 2005
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 2005
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: 5455272.