Virginia, 2024Excessive Heat in Virginia, July 16, 2024
July 16, 2024 · NWS LWX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones
Hot and humid conditions overspread much of the region on July 15 and July 16, resulting in the hottest temperatures of the Summer in 2024. Heat index values reached and exceeded 100 to 110, with daily record high temperatures tied and set.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 and humid conditions overspread much of the region on July 15 and July 16, resulting in the hottest temperatures of the Summer in 2024. Heat index values reached and exceeded 100 to 110, with daily record high temperatures tied and set.
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 Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 16, 9:16 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 9:16 AM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:44 AM EST, 4 hours 16 minutes before
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</html>Excessive Heat, Arlington
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Arlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 38.855, -77.106 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The ASOS at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (KDCA) measured a peak heat index value of 110, with a high temperature of 104F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 110.
Excessive Heat, Fairfax
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfax forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 38.841, -77.291 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The ASOS at Washington Dulles International Airport (KIAD) measured a peak heat index value of 108, with a high temperature of 101F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 110.
Excessive Heat, Stafford
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.421, -77.457 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The AWOS at Quantico Marine Base (KNYG) measured a peak heat index value of 110, with a high temperature of 101F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 110.
Excessive Heat, Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cst and Southeast Prince William/Manassas/Manassas Park forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 38.746, -77.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The AWOS at Manassas Regional Airport (KHEF) measured a peak heat index value of 112, with a high temperature of 99F. The AWOS at Quantico Marine Base (KNYG) measured a peak heat index value of 110, with a high temperature of 101F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 110.
Excessive Heat, King George
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- King George forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.274, -77.156 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 110.
Excessive Heat, Warren
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.909, -78.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The AWOS at Front Royal-Warren County Airport (KFRR) measured a peak heat index value of 106, with a high temperature of 102F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 105.
Excessive Heat, Page
- When
- July 16, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Page forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 38.620, -78.484 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The AWOS at Luray Airport (KLUA) measured a peak heat index value of 105, with a high temperature of 102F. Several mesonets in the county measured peak heat indices around 105.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 20241 death · $4.1 million · EF2 · 34 events
- Sneakerwave in California, July 16, 20242 deaths · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Flood in New York, July 16, 20241 injured · $4,000 · EF1 · 148 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 16, 2024$6.2 million · 1.75 in hail · 17 events
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, July 16, 2024$1.1 million · EF1 · 19 events
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 2024$80,000 · EF1 · 17 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, July 16, 20241 injured · $68,000 · 70 kt wind · 32 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 2024$125,000 · 1 in hail · 22 events
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 16, 2024$160,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 16, 2024$80,000 · 65 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 16, 2024$76,000 · 56 kt wind · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 16, 20241 injured · 1 in hail · 35 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1205066, 1205067, 1205068, 1205069, 1205070, 1205072, 1205074.