California, 2018Excessive Heat in California, July 5 to 8, 2018
July 5 to 8, 2018 · NWS PSR · 11 events in 11 counties and zones
A heatwave brought excessive heat warning conditions to portions of southern California.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
A heatwave brought excessive heat warning conditions to portions of southern California.
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 Phoenix, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 4:36 AM PST, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:36 AM PST, 5 hours 24 minutes before
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</html>Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np West
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np East
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np East forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County Southwest
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County Southwest forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Salton Sea
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Salton Sea forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Mountains
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County Southeast
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County Southeast forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County West
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial Valley
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chiriaco Summit
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chiriaco Summit forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Palo Verde Valley
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Palo Verde Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Valley
- When
- July 5, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 9:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- 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.
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- Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 5, 20181 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Wildfire in California, July 5 to 22, 20181 death · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 5, 2018$469,000 · 60 kt wind · 21 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 5, 2018$505,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New Mexico, July 5, 2018$211,000 · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 5, 2018$141,000 · 52 kt wind · 10 events
- Tropical Storm in Guam, July 5, 2018$150,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 5 to 8, 2018$118,000 · 52 kt wind · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2018$66,000 · 56 kt wind · 15 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 5, 2018$67,000 · 1 in hail · 12 events
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: 864837, 864838, 864839, 864840, 864841, 864842, 864843, 864844, 864845, 864846, 864847.