California, 2006

Heat in California, July 8 to 9, 2006

July 8 to 9, 2006 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A period of seasonally hot weather affected the Northern San Joaquin Valley and several records were tied or set. - On July 8th, the temperature reached 103 degrees.

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 STO wrote it up.

A period of seasonally hot weather affected the Northern San Joaquin Valley and several records were tied or set. At Stockton Airport, a daily maximum temperature record was tied.- On July 8th, the temperature reached 103 degrees. This tied the previous daily record of 103 degrees set in 1961.At Modesto Airport, a new daily maximum temperature record was set and one was tied.- On July 8th, the temperature reached 102 degrees. This tied the previous daily record of 102 degrees set in 1985.- On July 9th, the temperature reached 106 degrees. The previous daily record was 105 degrees set in 1961.

Event by event

1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras

When
July 8, 12:00 AM PST to July 9, 11:59 PM PST
Where
San Joaquin T Nw/Stanislaus/X Sw Tuolumne/Sw Calaveras forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

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: 5514489.