Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np West
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in California, September 1 to 7, 2022
An anomalously strong ridge of high pressure over the western CONUS resulted in excessive heat conditions across southeast California from the end of August into the beginning of September. No known heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
Where it happened
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PSR wrote it up.
An anomalously strong ridge of high pressure over the western CONUS resulted in excessive heat conditions across southeast California from the end of August into the beginning of September. No known heat-associated fatalities occurred during this time.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np East
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np East forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County Southwest
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County Southwest forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Salton Sea
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Salton Sea forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Mountains
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Mountains forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County Southeast
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County Southeast forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County West
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial Valley
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chiriaco Summit
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chiriaco Summit forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Palo Verde Valley
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Palo Verde Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Valley
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM PST to September 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, September 1 to 7, 2022
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, September 1 to 4, 2022
- Wildfire in Washington, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 1, 2022
- Drought in South Dakota, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Drought in Nebraska, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Heat in Minnesota, September 1, 2022
- Wildfire in Idaho, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Wildfire in Idaho, September 1 to 30, 2022
- Wildfire in Washington, September 1 to 29, 2022
- Drought in Oklahoma, September 1 to 30, 2022
More
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Sources
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: 1149277, 1149278, 1149279, 1149280, 1149281, 1149282, 1149283, 1149284, 1149285, 1149286, 1149287.