During the latter part of June, the Southwest was under the influence of a strong ridge of high pressure centered over the southern Plains. This allowed temperatures to climb slightly above seasonal normal values between the 21st through the 26th.
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.
During the latter part of June, the Southwest was under the influence of a strong ridge of high pressure centered over the southern Plains. This allowed temperatures to climb slightly above seasonal normal values between the 21st through the 26th. At Phoenix Sky Harbor, afternoon high temperatures topped out at 108 degrees for several days during this time. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 13 heat-associated fatalities occurred due to this heat event.
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 21, 4:51 PM MST, 9 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.
Four fatalities (2 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.
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.
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.
One direct 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.
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.
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 | 2022-06-21 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-21 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-21 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-21 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-22 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-06-23 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-06-23 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, East Valley | 2022-06-23 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Buckeye/Avondale | 2022-06-24 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Buckeye/Avondale | 2022-06-25 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-26 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-27 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-27 | 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, June 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: 1144180, 1144183, 1144186, 1144187, 1144188, 1144189.