Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np East
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM PST to June 23, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np East forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in California, June 21 to 23, 2018
A heatwave developed across parts of southern California, resulting in excessive heat warning conditions.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 PSR wrote it up.
A heatwave developed across parts of southern California, resulting in excessive heat warning conditions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Imperial County West
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM PST to June 23, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Imperial County West forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial Valley
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM PST to June 23, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Imperial Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chiriaco Summit
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM PST to June 23, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Chiriaco Summit forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Valley
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM PST to June 23, 4:00 AM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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 Arizona, June 21 to 23, 2018
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 21 to 23, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, June 21 to 24, 2018
- Heat in California, June 21 to 22, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 21 to 22, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 21, 2018
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in West Virginia, June 21 to 22, 2018
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 21, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 2018
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 21 to 30, 2018
More
Every storm in California in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 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: 864411, 864413, 864414, 864415, 864416.