Alabama, 2022Heat in Alabama, June 15, 2022
June 15, 2022 · NWS HUN · 11 events in 11 counties and zones
Temperatures reached the upper 90s with dew points in the middle to upper 70s, resulting in heat index values reaching or exceeding 105 degrees.
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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.
Temperatures reached the upper 90s with dew points in the middle to upper 70s, resulting in heat index values reaching or exceeding 105 degrees.
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 Huntsville, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 8:28 AM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 8:28 AM CST, 32 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Madison
- When
- June 15, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.763, -86.550 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours, peaking briefly at 110 degrees at the Huntsville International Airport.
Heat, Morgan
- When
- June 15, 10:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.454, -86.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Limestone
- When
- June 15, 10:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Limestone forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.810, -86.981 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Colbert
- When
- June 15, 11:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Colbert forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -87.805 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Lauderdale
- When
- June 15, 11:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.901, -87.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Franklin
- When
- June 15, 11:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.442, -87.844 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- June 15, 11:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 34.522, -87.311 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Cullman
- When
- June 15, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cullman forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.132, -86.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for several hours.
Heat, Dekalb
- When
- June 15, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dekalb forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.460, -85.804 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for up to three hours in valley locations.
Heat, Jackson
- When
- June 15, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.779, -85.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for up to three hours in valley locations.
Heat, Marshall
- When
- June 15, 12:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 34.367, -86.307 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The heat index reached and exceeded 105 degrees for up to three hours in valley locations.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 15, 2022$4.8 million · EF2 · 56 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 15, 20222 injured · $2.0 million · EF2 · 21 events
- Heat in Arizona, June 15, 20221 death · 1 event
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 15, 2022$1.4 million · 87 kt wind · 37 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2022$504,000 · 96 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 15, 2022$115,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2022$70,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events
- High Wind in North Dakota, June 15, 202260 kt wind · 12 events
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2022$14,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 events
- Drought in Oklahoma, June 15 to 30, 202211 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2022$15,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- High Wind in Montana, June 15, 202266 kt wind · 9 events
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: 1021584, 1021582, 1021583, 1021578, 1021579, 1021580, 1021581, 1021585, 1021587, 1021588, 1021589.