Arizona, 2020

Heat in Arizona, June 12, 2020

June 12, 2020 · NWS PSR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Strengthening high pressure building into the region led to temperatures climbing to 110 degrees in Phoenix on the 12th. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, one heat-associated fatality occurred on this day.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
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 PSR wrote it up.

Strengthening high pressure building into the region led to temperatures climbing to 110 degrees in Phoenix on the 12th. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, one heat-associated fatality occurred on this day.

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 Jun 11, 10:22 PM MST, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 10:22 PM MST, 1 hour 38 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 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Central Phoenix

When
June 12, 12:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
Where
Central Phoenix forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
33.349, -112.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances and location unavailable.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heat, Central Phoenix2020-06-12UnknownDirect

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 990633.