Arizona, 2025

Excessive Heat in Arizona, July 9, 2025

July 9, 2025 · NWS VEF · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

High pressure building overhead pushed temperatures well above normal.

Where it happened

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  • Floods
  • Wind
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS VEF wrote it up.

High pressure building overhead pushed temperatures well above normal.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave

When
July 9, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
35.704, -113.758 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.

Excessive Heat, Northwest Deserts

When
July 9, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Northwest Deserts forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.

Excessive Heat, Lake Mead National Recreation Area

When
July 9, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Lake Mead National Recreation Area forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on one day.

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

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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: 1286132, 1286133, 1286134.