Heat, Atchison
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Atchison forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Kansas, July 16 to 20, 2006
Oppressive heat and humidity drove afternoon and early evening heat indices into the 105 to 115 degree range, from July 16th through July 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 EAX wrote it up.
Oppressive heat and humidity drove afternoon and early evening heat indices into the 105 to 115 degree range, from July 16th through July 20th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Doniphan
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Doniphan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Johnson
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.884, -94.822 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Leavenworth
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Linn
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Linn forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Miami
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miami forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Wyandotte
- When
- July 16, 12:00 PM CST to July 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandotte forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.115, -94.764 (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
- Heat in California, July 16 to 27, 2006
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 16 to 31, 2006
- Heat in Kansas, July 16 to 20, 2006
- Heat in Missouri, July 16 to 20, 2006
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 16 to 18, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 16, 2006
- Wildfire in Nebraska, July 16 to 18, 2006
- Heat in Kansas, July 16 to 20, 2006
- Hail in Minnesota, July 16, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 16, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 16, 2006
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 16, 2006
More
Every storm in Kansas in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, 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: 5527281, 5527282, 5527283, 5527284, 5527285, 5527286, 5527287.