An anomalously high upper level ridge stayed over the region for several days in early September. This led to 2 consecutive days of record high temperatures in the region, with many stations recording triple digit temperatures.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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 BOI wrote it up.
An anomalously high upper level ridge stayed over the region for several days in early September. This led to 2 consecutive days of record high temperatures in the region, with many stations recording triple digit temperatures. There was one recorded fatality from this extreme heat.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple newspapers reported on an infant that died after being left in a hot car in New Plymouth, Idaho on September 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Heat, Lower Treasure Valley | 2022-09-06 | 0 | Female | Other | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1047828.