Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 18 to 22, 2008

Name: Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 18 to 22, 2008
Start: 2008-06-18T10:00
End: 2008-06-22T20:00
Location: Arizona

June 18 to 22, 2008 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A strong high pressure system over the region resulted in a prolonged period of very hot conditions. while in Yuma a record high of 116 was set on the 20th.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 10
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 PSR wrote it up.

A strong high pressure system over the region resulted in a prolonged period of very hot conditions. In Phoenix, a record high of 115 was set on the 21st...while in Yuma a record high of 116 was set on the 20th.

Event by event

1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Greater Phoenix Area

When: June 18, 10:00 AM MST to June 22, 8:00 PM MST
Where: Greater Phoenix Area forecast zone
Injuries: 0 direct, 10 indirect
Reported by: County Official

A strong high pressure system resulted in record highs across the deserts. Phoenix tied the record on June 21 when the temperature hit 115 degrees. The average June temperature in Phoenix was 93.2 degrees, making it the fifth hottest June on record. In Maricopa County alone, 6 heat-related or heat-caused deaths were attributed to the heat.

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, June 2008

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: 100059.