Heat in Arizona, June 13 to 17, 2026

Name: Heat in Arizona, June 13 to 17, 2026
Start: 2026-06-13T10:00
End: 2026-06-17T20:00
Location: Arizona

June 13 to 17, 2026 · NWS TWC · 8 events in 3 counties and zones

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 2 to 8 degrees above normal with Minor to Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was a factor in the cause of death for 16 individuals, with 10 having heat as the primary factor and 6 as a secondary factor in their deaths.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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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The toll

Deaths: 14
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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.

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 Tucson, AZ wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:26 AM MST, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:26 AM MST, 8 hours 34 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

8 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When: June 13, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
Deaths: 2 direct, 3 indirect
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 7 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the deaths of 2 individuals and a contributing factor in the cause of death for 3 individuals in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Additionally, the overnight low temperature recorded was 82 degrees.

Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation

When: June 14, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Tohono O Odham Nation forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 32.501, -111.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 6 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the deaths of an individual in San Miguel. The Sells RAWS recorded a high temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Western Pima County

When: June 14, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Western Pima County 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 6 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the death of an individual in Ajo. An Ajo CWOP recorded a high temperature of 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When: June 15, 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 near normal with Minor HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was a contributing factor in the deaths of 2 individuals in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation

When: June 15, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Tohono O Odham Nation forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 32.501, -111.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 3 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the death of an individual in Vamori. The Sells RAWS recorded a high temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Tucson Metro Area

When: June 16, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
Deaths: 2 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 4 degrees above normal with Minor HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the deaths of 2 individuals in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Western Pima County

When: June 16, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Western Pima County 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 4 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the death of an individual in Ajo. An Ajo CWOP recorded a high temperature of 106 degrees Fahrenheit.

Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation

When: June 17, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
Where: Tohono O Odham Nation forecast zone
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 32.501, -111.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 3 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the primary factor in the death of an individual in Sells. The Sells RAWS recorded a high temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit.

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.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-13	77	Female	Mobile/Trailer Home	Indirect
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-13	47	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-13	41	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Indirect
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-13	53	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Indirect
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-13	71	Female	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation	2026-06-14	34	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Western Pima County	2026-06-14	63	Female	Permanent Home	Direct
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-15	74	Male	Mobile/Trailer Home	Indirect
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-15	83	Male	Permanent Home	Indirect
Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation	2026-06-15	25	Female	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-16	82	Female	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct
Heat, Tucson Metro Area	2026-06-16	69	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Western Pima County	2026-06-16	29	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation	2026-06-17	25	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Arizona in 2026 Every state in 2026 This day in weather history Warnings in Arizona, June 2026

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: 1352538, 1352553, 1352576, 1352542, 1352577, 1352592, 1352596, 1352599.