Arizona, 2024Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, September 26 to 30, 2024
September 26 to 30, 2024 · NWS TWC · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
Hot temperatures 12 to 16 degrees above normal were experienced across much of southeast Arizona September 26-30 causing record temperatures. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for two individuals, one in Tucson and one in Nogales.
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- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
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- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 12 to 16 degrees above normal were experienced across much of southeast Arizona September 26-30 causing record temperatures. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for two individuals, one in Tucson and one in Nogales. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat contributed in the death for two other individuals in Tucson.
Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- September 26, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 2 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 13 degrees above normal were experienced in the Tucson Metro Area September 26, causing the Major Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson International Airport topped out at 105 degrees on September 26. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was a contributing factor in the death in two individuals.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- September 29, 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 12 degrees above normal were experienced in the Tucson Metro Area September 29, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. Tucson International Airport topped out at 104 degrees on September 29. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death in one individual.
Excessive Heat, Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys
- When
- September 30, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 31.812, -111.318 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hot temperatures about 12 degrees above normal were experienced in Nogales on September 30, causing the Moderate Heat Risk category to be reached. Nogales International Airport topped out at 99 degrees on September 30. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary factor in the death in one individual.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 202421 deaths · $306 million · EF1 · 33 events
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 26 to 27, 20246 deaths · 5 injured · $341,000 · EF1 · 103 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Virginia, September 26 to 30, 20244 deaths · 6 injured · $276 million · EF2 · 46 events
- Hurricane and Tornado in Georgia, September 26 to 28, 20245 deaths · 1 injured · EF0 · 19 events
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 26 to 27, 20244 deaths · 1 injured · 16 events
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Virginia, September 26 to 27, 2024$120 million · 70 kt wind · 11 events
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, September 26 to 27, 20241 death · 1 injured · 29 events
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in South Carolina, September 26 to 27, 2024$10 million · EF1 · 19 events
- Tropical Storm in Florida, September 26 to 27, 2024$650,000 · 20 events
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, September 26, 2024$125,000 · 2 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 26, 2024$20,000 · EF1 · 14 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in North Carolina, September 26, 2024$15,000 · EF1 · 2 events
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1217127, 1217128, 1218663.