Heat in Arizona, July 9 to 24, 2006

Name: Heat in Arizona, July 9 to 24, 2006
Start: 2006-07-09T08:00
End: 2006-07-24T08:00
Location: Arizona

July 9 to 24, 2006 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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.

Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Greater Phoenix Area

When: July 9, 8:00 AM MST to July 24, 8:00 AM MST
Where: Greater Phoenix Area forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

South Central Arizona, specifically the low Sonoran desert that included the Phoenix metropolitan area, experienced excessive heat for 16 consecutive days, beginning July 9 and ending July 24. Numerous record high temperatures were set during this period. Phoenix Sky Harbor airport had four consecutive days with record highs...118 on the 21st, 116 on the 22nd, and 114 on the 23rd and 24th. The Maricopa County Department of Public Health issued a subsequent report of 50 deaths caused by the excessive heat, 15 deaths were related to the excessive heat, and 10 deaths remained under investigation as of September 2006.

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, July 2006

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: 5521998.