Arizona, 2025

Excessive Heat in Arizona, June 14 to 15, 2025

June 14 to 15, 2025 · NWS TWC · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were near 6 to 10 degrees above normal with Major HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for 3 individuals in Tucson was heat contributed and 1 individual in Bisbee was heat caused.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
4
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 TWC wrote it up.

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were near 6 to 10 degrees above normal with Major HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for 3 individuals in Tucson was heat contributed and 1 individual in Bisbee was heat caused. An Extreme Heat Warning was in effect for all of the lower elevations each day.

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Event by event

3 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When
June 14, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 2 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 6 degrees above normal with Major HeatRisk. An Extreme Heat warning was in effect from 10 AM through 8 PM. The high temperature at Tucson International Airport was 108 degrees Fahrenheit. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for 2 individuals in Tucson were heat contributed.

Excessive Heat, Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains

When
June 14, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
31.834, -110.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were near 6-10 degrees above normal with Major HeatRisk. The high temperature at a CWOP site in Bisbee was 87 degrees Fahrenheit. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for an individual in Bisbee was heat caused.

Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When
June 15, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where
Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
County Official
Coordinates
32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 10 degrees above normal with Major HeatRisk. An Extreme Heat warning was in effect from 10 AM through 8 PM. The high temperature at Tucson International Airport was 112 degrees Fahrenheit. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that the cause of death for an individual in Tucson were heat contributed.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area2025-06-1434MaleOutside/Open AreasIndirect
Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area2025-06-1485MalePermanent HomeIndirect
Excessive Heat, Dragoon/Mule/Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains2025-06-1477FemaleMobile/Trailer HomeDirect
Excessive Heat, Tucson Metro Area2025-06-1578MaleMobile/Trailer HomeDirect

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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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: 1271119, 1283168, 1283169.