A strong ridge of high pressure with a 594 dm 500 mb high centered near the Four Corners led to slightly above normal temperatures during the beginning of August. Highs at Phoenix Sky Harbor peaked at 107 degrees on the 2nd, while lows were in the mid to upper 80s each morning.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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.
A strong ridge of high pressure with a 594 dm 500 mb high centered near the Four Corners led to slightly above normal temperatures during the beginning of August. Highs at Phoenix Sky Harbor peaked at 107 degrees on the 2nd, while lows were in the mid to upper 80s each morning. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 12 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 Aug 1, 4:58 PM MST, 2 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Three fatalities (1 direct and 2 indirect) were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
Two indirect fatalities were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
Three fatalities (2 direct and 1 indirect) were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
Two direct fatalities were reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
One indirect fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact location unavailable.
One indirect fatality was reported by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, with their details, such as age, gender, circumstances, and exact 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 | 2022-08-01 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-08-01 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-08-01 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-08-01 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-08-01 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, North Phoenix/Glendale | 2022-08-02 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-08-03 | Unknown | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arizona in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Arizona, August 2022
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: 1148922, 1148924, 1148926, 1148927, 1148929, 1148930.