Arizona, 2024Heat in Arizona, September 1 to 4, 2024
September 1 to 4, 2024 · NWS TWC · 4 events in 2 counties and zones
Hot temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal were experienced across much of southeast Arizona September 1-4. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for three individuals, two in the Tucson metro area and one in the desert near Sells.
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- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
Hot temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal were experienced across much of southeast Arizona September 1-4. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for three individuals, two in the Tucson metro area and one in the desert near Sells. Additionally, the Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was a contributing factor in the cause of death for two other individuals.
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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 31, 1:32 PM MST, 20 hours 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 1:32 PM MST, 20 hours 28 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- September 1, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 2 degrees above normal were experienced in the Tucson Metro Area September 1, causing the Minor Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson International Airport topped out at 100 degrees on September 1. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was contributing factor in the death in one individual.
Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation
- When
- September 2, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tohono O Odham Nation forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.501, -111.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 2 degrees above normal were experienced in Sells on September 2, causing the Minor Heat Risk category to be reached. The Sells RAWS reached 101 degrees on September 2. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death in one individual.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- September 3, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 1 degree above normal were experienced in the Tucson Metro Area September 3, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson International Airport topped out at 99 degrees on September 3. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death in one individual and a contributing factor in the death for an individual.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- September 4, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 6 degrees above normal were experienced in the Tucson Metro Area September 4, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson International Airport topped out at 104 degrees on September 4. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death in one individual.
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
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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: 1217060, 1218630, 1217118, 1217119.