Excessive Heat, Mayaguez and Vicinity
- When
- August 3, 1:20 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez and Vicinity forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
Mesonet station GW0592 Moca reported 115F, and the heat index remained above 112F for more than 2 hours.
Excessive Heat in Puerto Rico, August 3, 2024
The combination of hot temperatures, high low-level moisture, and a Saharan Air Layer results in dangerous heat levels for people's health, especially in urban and coastal areas.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 SJU wrote it up.
The combination of hot temperatures, high low-level moisture, and a Saharan Air Layer results in dangerous heat levels for people's health, especially in urban and coastal areas.
Event by event
1 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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 and Heat in Arizona, August 3 to 4, 2024
- Cold in California, August 3 to 6, 2024
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 3, 2024
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 2024
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 3, 2024
- Storm Surge and Flash Flood in Florida, August 3 to 5, 2024
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 3, 2024
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 3, 2024
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, August 3, 2024
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 3 to 4, 2024
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 3, 2024
More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, August 2024
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: 1210498.