Very hot and humid weather occurred across American Samoa during the second week of February. New record high temperatures ranged from the lower to upper 90s, and heat indices were in the 112 to 118-degree range all six days near the Pago Pago International Airport.
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 ASO wrote it up.
Very hot and humid weather occurred across American Samoa during the second week of February. New record high temperatures ranged from the lower to upper 90s, and heat indices were in the 112 to 118-degree range all six days near the Pago Pago International Airport. There were no medical reports on the impact of the excessive heat.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Very hot and humid weather occurred across American Samoa during the second week of February. New record high temperatures ranged from the lower to upper 90s, and heat indices were in the 112 to 118-degree range all six days near the Pago Pago International Airport. There were no medical reports on the impact of the excessive heat.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 622566.