Arizona, 2017

Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 6 to 7, 2017

June 6 to 7, 2017 · NWS TWC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

The first heat wave of the season was punctuated by high temperatures around 110 degrees in the Tucson Metro area. No heat-related fatalities were reported.

Where it happened

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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 TWC wrote it up.

The first heat wave of the season was punctuated by high temperatures around 110 degrees in the Tucson Metro area. No heat-related fatalities were reported.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 2:45 PM MST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:45 PM MST, 45 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When
June 6, 3:30 PM MST to June 7, 5:30 PM MST
Where
Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures topped out between 108 and 111 degrees in parts of the Tucson Metro area on June 6th and 7th. The highest temperature recorded at the Tucson International Airport during this period was 107 degrees on the 7th.

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

More

Every storm in Arizona in 2017Every state in 2017This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 2017

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 709488.