Excessive Heat, Indian Wells Vly
- When
- July 6, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Indian Wells Vly forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Daytime highs ranged between 108 and 113 degrees at most locations between July 6 and July 8.
Excessive Heat in California, July 6 to 8, 2018
A large area of high pressure built into central California from the east on July 6 and brought a hot and dry airmass to the region which persisted through July 8. This produced a period of excessive heat across the Kern County deserts.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 HNX wrote it up.
A large area of high pressure built into central California from the east on July 6 and brought a hot and dry airmass to the region which persisted through July 8. This produced a period of excessive heat across the Kern County deserts. The high weakened on July 9 resulting in a slight moderation of daytime temperatures in the desert areas.
Event by event
2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Se Kern Cty Desert
- When
- July 6, 10:00 AM PST to July 8, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Se Kern Cty Desert forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Daytime highs ranged between 108 and 113 degrees at most locations between July 6 and July 8.
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
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, July 6 to 10, 2018
- Excessive Heat in California, July 6 to 7, 2018
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2018
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 6 to 8, 2018
- Wildfire in California, July 6 to 10, 2018
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 6 to 7, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 6, 2018
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, July 6 to 7, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 6, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 6, 2018
- Flood and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, July 6, 2018
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 6, 2018
More
Every storm in California in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 2018
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: 759246, 759248.