After a month of cooler than average for coastal and valleys the first week of June began to heat up. Palm Springs reached its first 110F, topping at 112F on June 6.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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 SGX wrote it up.
After a month of cooler than average for coastal and valleys the first week of June began to heat up. Palm Springs reached its first 110F, topping at 112F on June 6. With the warm up the live fuel moisture and dead fuels dried quickly especially across the mountains and deserts. The Relay fire erupted on June 6, and then the Carmen fire on June 11 in Riverside County. Just south of I-10, the Carmen fire burned 65 acres and destroyed 4 outbuildings.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
High Desert temperatures reached 102 to 105F in the Apple and Victorville Valleys on both June 5 and 6th, 2024.
Palm Springs airport first 110F, reaching 112F.
Anza Borrego State Park reached 108F both June 6 and 7th. Hottest days of the year and greatest HeatRisk (departure from averages).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in California, June 2024
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: 1196426, 1196422, 1196425.