Strong high pressure over the Desert Southwest led to temperatures climbing at or above 110 degrees in Phoenix for several days at the end of the month. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 6 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
Strong high pressure over the Desert Southwest led to temperatures climbing at or above 110 degrees in Phoenix for several days at the end of the month. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 6 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
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 23, 4:15 PM MST, 7 hours 45 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances and location unavailable.
One direct fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances and location unavailable.
Three direct fatalities were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances and location unavailable.
One direct fatality reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances and location unavailable.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-24 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-25 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-26 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-26 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-26 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2020-06-28 | Unknown | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, June 2020
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 990650, 990651, 990653, 990655.