For the end of June, a strong ridge of high pressure set up across the western United States, becoming centered over the Great Basin. This led to temperatures climbing slightly above normal across the Phoenix area, with the afternoon high temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor peaking at 109 degrees on the 29th.
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.
For the end of June, a strong ridge of high pressure set up across the western United States, becoming centered over the Great Basin. This led to temperatures climbing slightly above normal across the Phoenix area, with the afternoon high temperature at Phoenix Sky Harbor peaking at 109 degrees on the 29th. According to the Maricopa County Department of Public Health, 10 heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
Four heat-associated 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.
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 | 2022-06-28 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-29 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-29 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-29 | Unknown | Direct | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-29 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Buckeye/Avondale | 2022-06-29 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Central Phoenix | 2022-06-30 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, North Phoenix/Glendale | 2022-06-30 | Unknown | Indirect | ||
| Heat, Buckeye/Avondale | 2022-06-30 | 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: 1144292, 1144293, 1144294, 1144295, 1144296, 1144297.