Excessive Heat and Heat in Wisconsin, June 14 to 15, 2022

Name: Excessive Heat and Heat in Wisconsin, June 14 to 15, 2022
Start: 2022-06-14T10:00
End: 2022-06-15T17:00
Location: Wisconsin

June 14 to 15, 2022 · NWS MKX · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

Persistent southwest winds brought hot and humid conditions to southern WI. Heat index values well over 100 degrees occurred.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 20

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 MKX wrote it up.

Persistent southwest winds brought hot and humid conditions to southern WI. Heat index values well over 100 degrees occurred. Cooling centers were opened in some communities. Two heat related fatalities occurred in Milwaukee.

What forecasters said that day

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 Milwaukee, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 14, 8:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 8:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 8:56 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:01 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

18 excessive heat, 2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Milwaukee

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Milwaukee forecast zone
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 43.022, -87.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 105 to 113 degrees on June 14th and rising into the lower 100's once again on June 15th. Milwaukee County Medical Examiner determined that a 39 year old female and a 89 year old male died from heat related causes. The female was found in her house and the gentleman was found collapsed in his backyard.

Excessive Heat, Racine

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Racine forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.730, -87.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 102 to 114 degrees on June 14th and rising into the lower 100's once again on June 15th.

Excessive Heat, Kenosha

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Kenosha forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.573, -87.840 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 101 to 116 degrees on June 14th and rising again into the lower 100's on June 15th.

Excessive Heat, Ozaukee

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Ozaukee forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.403, -87.891 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 102 to 114 degrees on June 14th and rising again into the lower 100's on June 15th.

Excessive Heat, Waukesha

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Waukesha forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.018, -88.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 102 to 116 degrees on June 14th and rising into the lower 100's once again on June 15th.

Excessive Heat, Washington

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.369, -88.231 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Walworth

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Walworth forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.669, -88.542 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 103 to 116 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Dodge

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.416, -88.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 103 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Fond du Lac

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Fond du Lac forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.754, -88.488 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 103 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Jefferson

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.021, -88.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 101 to 115 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Rock

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Rock forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.671, -89.072 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 102 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Sauk

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Sauk forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.427, -89.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 112 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Columbia

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Columbia forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.467, -89.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 101 to 112 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Dane

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dane forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.067, -89.418 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Green Lake

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Green Lake forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.800, -89.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 107 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Marquette

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Marquette forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.820, -89.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 107 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Green

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Green forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.680, -89.602 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 114 degrees.

Excessive Heat, Iowa

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Iowa forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.001, -90.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 107 degrees.

Heat, Lafayette

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lafayette forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.661, -90.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 100 to 104 degrees.

Heat, Sheboygan

When: June 14, 10:00 AM CST to June 15, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Sheboygan forecast zone
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.756, -87.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat Index values ranging from 99 to 103 degrees on June 14 and rising again into the lower 100's on June 15th.

The people who died

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, Milwaukee	2022-06-15	89	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Excessive Heat, Milwaukee	2022-06-14	39	Female	Permanent Home	Direct

What these are

Excessive Heat: Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Wisconsin in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in Wisconsin, June 2022

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: 1037476, 1037479, 1037480, 1037481, 1037764, 1037765, 1037766, 1037767, 1037768, 1037769, 1037770, 1037771, 1037772, 1037773, 1037774, 1037775, 1037776, 1037777, 1037778, 1037779.