California, 2006

Heat in California, July 22 to 24, 2006

July 22 to 24, 2006 · NWS MTR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A large dome of High Pressure brought hot conditions to the SF Bay Shoreline - with a moist southeast flow keeping temperatures unusually warm overnight. High temperatures reached as high as 103 degrees with low temperatures at night only falling into the lower 70s.

Where it happened

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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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MTR wrote it up.

A large dome of High Pressure brought hot conditions to the SF Bay Shoreline - with a moist southeast flow keeping temperatures unusually warm overnight. High temperatures reached as high as 103 degrees with low temperatures at night only falling into the lower 70s.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 2:00 PM PST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 2:00 PM PST, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:00 AM PST, 9 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN FRANCISCO CA
600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

CAZ006-505-508-509-512-514-515-517-231300-
BIG SUR COAST-SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS AND LOS PADRES NATIONAL FOREST-
SAN FRANCISCO-
COASTAL NORTH BAY INCLUDING POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE-
SAN FRANCISCO BAY SHORELINE-SAN FRANCISCO PENINSULA COAST-
SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS-
MONTEREY BAY/NORTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/HOLLISTER VALLEY AND CARMEL
VALLEY-
600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE COASTAL AREAS OF THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AND MONTEREY BAY AREAS...SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS AND THE
SANTA LUCIA MOUNTAINS

.DAY ONE...SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

CAZ506-507-510-511-513-516-518-231300-
SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY/ARROYO SECO AND LAKE SAN ANTONIO-
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO COUNTY AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY
INCLUDING PINNACLES NATIONAL MONUMENT-NORTH BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
NORTH BAY MOUNTAINS-EAST BAY INTERIOR VALLEYS-
EAST BAY HILLS AND THE DIABLO RANGE-
SANTA CLARA VALLEY INCLUDING SAN JOSE-
600 AM PDT SAT JUL 22 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NORTH AND EAST BAY VALLEYS
AND HILLS...SANTA CLARA VALLEY...SOUTHERN SALINAS VALLEY AND THE
MOUNTAINS OF SAN BENITO AND INTERIOR MONTEREY COUNTY

.DAY ONE...SATURDAY

VERY HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES OF 106 TO 112.

* HEAT ADVISORY......SEE WWUS76 KMTR - NPWMTR FOR DETAILS *

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HEAT
INDICES REACHING BETWEEN 105 AND 110 DEGREES.

A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT SUNDAY.

* HEAT ADVISORY......SEE WWUS76 KMTR - NPWMTR FOR DETAILS *

OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

W PI

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, San Francisco Bay Shoreline

When
July 22, 2:00 PM PST to July 24, 6:00 PM PST
Where
San Francisco Bay Shoreline forecast zone
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
37.561, -121.980 (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

More

Every storm in California in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in California, 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: 5526333.