A baby girl died after being left in a car in Kingman, AZ. The high temperature was 96 degrees, and the temperature inside the car was reported to be over 100 degrees.
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.
The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.
A baby girl died after being left in a car in Kingman, AZ. The high temperature was 96 degrees, and the temperature inside the car was reported to be over 100 degrees.
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
A baby girl died after being left in a car in Kingman, AZ. The high temperature was 96 degrees, and the temperature inside the car was reported to be over 100 degrees.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Northwest Deserts | 2010-09-20 | 0 | Female | Vehicle/Towed Trailer | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, September 2010
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: 251771.