Excessive Heat, Joshua Tree Np East
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Joshua Tree Np East forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in California, June 5 to 7, 2024
A strong ridge of high pressure amplified over the western CONUS during the early part of June, resulting in well above normal temperatures and excessive heat conditions across portions of southeast California. Any heat-associated fatalities that may have occurred during this event are unknown.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 PSR wrote it up.
A strong ridge of high pressure amplified over the western CONUS during the early part of June, resulting in well above normal temperatures and excessive heat conditions across portions of southeast California. Any heat-associated fatalities that may have occurred during this event are unknown.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Salton Sea
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Salton Sea forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial County West
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial County West forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Imperial Valley
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Imperial Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.040, -115.365 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Palo Verde Valley
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Palo Verde Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.392, -115.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Chuckwalla Valley
- When
- June 5, 9:00 AM PST to June 7, 7:00 PM PST
- Where
- Chuckwalla Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 33.744, -115.994 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Excessive Heat in Nevada, June 5 to 8, 2024
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 5, 2024
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5 to 6, 2024
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 5, 2024
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 5, 2024
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 5, 2024
- Tornado in Virginia, June 5, 2024
- Tornadoes in West Virginia, June 5, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 5, 2024
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 5, 2024
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 5, 2024
More
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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: 1297669, 1297670, 1297671, 1297672, 1297673, 1297674.