California, 2019

Excessive Heat in California, June 10 to 12, 2019

June 10 to 12, 2019 · NWS HNX · 11 events in 11 counties and zones

A large area of high pressure prevailed over California between June 10 and June 12 which resulted in much warmer than normal temperatures across the area during the period. High temperatures generally ranged between 102 and 107 degrees each day across much of the San Joaquin Valley prompting the first Excessive Heat Warning of the season.

The toll

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS HNX wrote it up.

A large area of high pressure prevailed over California between June 10 and June 12 which resulted in much warmer than normal temperatures across the area during the period. High temperatures generally ranged between 102 and 107 degrees each day across much of the San Joaquin Valley prompting the first Excessive Heat Warning of the season. As a result of the heat, emergency cooling centers were opened each afternoon in several municipalities in the San Joaquin Valley during this period.

Event by event

11 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, West Side Hills

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
West Side Hills forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, San Joaquin Confluence

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
San Joaquin Confluence forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Merced and Madera

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Merced and Madera forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Western San Joaquin Valley

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Western San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Foggy Bottom

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Foggy Bottom forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Fresno

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Fresno forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Tulare County

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Tulare County forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Southern Kings County

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Southern Kings County forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Western Kern County

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Western Kern County forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Eastern Kern County

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Eastern Kern County forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

Excessive Heat, Bakersfield

When
June 10, 11:00 AM PST to June 12, 7:00 PM PST
Where
Bakersfield forecast zone
Reported by
Mesonet

Daytime highs ranged between 102 and 107 degrees at most locations between June 10 and June 12.

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

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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: 819429, 819430, 819431, 819432, 819433, 819434, 819435, 819437, 819438, 819439, 819440.