Several days of record heat occurred across inland areas from April 6 to 9. Patchy dense fog was reported along coastal areas on the morning of April 7.
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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 SGX wrote it up.
Several days of record heat occurred across inland areas from April 6 to 9. Patchy dense fog was reported along coastal areas on the morning of April 7.
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 5, 7:56 PM PST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 heat, 4 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Anaheim reported a high temperature of 96 degrees on April 6, breaking the previous record of 91 set in 2005.
Carlsbad Airport reported dense fog with visibility 1/4 of less between midnight and 4 AM.
John Wayne Airport (KSNA) reported dense fog with visibility of 1/4 mile or less between midnight and 7 AM.
Santa Ana record a high temperature of 99 degrees, tying the previous record of 99 set in 1989.
Chula Vista reported a high temperature of 91 degrees, breaking the old record of 89 degrees set in 1989.
El Cajon reported a high temperature of 97 degrees, breaking the old record of 95 degrees set in 1899.
San Diego International Airport reported dense fog with visibility 1/4 mile or less between 2 AM and 4 AM.
Trained spotter reports dense fog with visibility of 1/4 mile or less in Huntington Beach at 5:45 AM.
Anaheim recorded a high temperature of 106 degrees, breaking the old record of 96 set in 2014.
Santa Ana recorded a high temperature of 103 degrees, breaking the old record of 94 set in 2014.
San Diego recorded a high temperature of 95 degrees, breaking the old record of 87 set in 2014.
Oceanside Harbor recorded a high temperature of 84 degrees, breaking the old record of 80 set in 1968.
Vista recorded a high temperature of 96 degrees, breaking the old record of 94 set in 1989.
Chula Vista recorded a high temperature of 97 degrees, breaking the old record of 87 set in 2014.
Escondido recorded a high temperature of 102 degrees, breaking the old record of 95 set in 1989.
El Cajon recorded a high temperature of 99 degrees, tying the old record of 99 set in 1989.
San Jacinto recorded a high temperature of 96 degrees, tying the old record of 96 set in 1989.
Idyllwild recorded a high temperature of 84 degrees, breaking the old record of 81 set in 1989.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 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: 1024057, 1024078, 1024079, 1024062, 1024065, 1024076, 1024077, 1024067, 1024068, 1024070, 1024073, 1024075.