Arizona, 2026Heat in Arizona, June 2 to 6, 2026
June 2 to 6, 2026 · NWS TWC · 5 events in 2 counties and zones
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 2 to 5 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 6 individuals, with 3 having heat as the primary factor and 3 as a secondary factor in their deaths.
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- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 2 to 5 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 6 individuals, with 3 having heat as the primary factor and 3 as a secondary factor in their deaths.
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 2, 2:40 AM MST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:40 AM MST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
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</html>Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- June 2, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona were 2 to 5 degrees above normal with Minor HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the cause of death for an individual and a contributing factor for an individual in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 99 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- June 3, 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 were 2 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the cause of death for an individual in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat, Tohono O Odham Nation
- When
- June 4, 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 were 2 to 4 degrees above normal with Moderate HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the cause of death for an individual in Vamori. The Sells RAWS recorded a high temperature of 103 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- June 5, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 3 degrees above normal with Minor HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was the cause of death for an individual in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 102 degrees Fahrenheit.
Heat, Tucson Metro Area
- When
- June 6, 10:00 AM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tucson Metro Area forecast zone
- Deaths
- 0 direct, 1 indirect
- Reported by
- County Official
- Coordinates
- 32.097, -111.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Temperatures in Southeastern Arizona was 2 degrees above normal with Minor HeatRisk. The Pima County Medical Examiner found that heat was a factor the cause of death for an individual in Tucson. The Tucson International Airport ASOS recorded a high temperature of 101 degrees Fahrenheit.
- 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.
- Flash Flooding and Flood in South Dakota, June 2 to 3, 2026$2.5 million · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, June 2, 2026$37,000 · 2 in hail · 26 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 2, 20262 injured · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 2 to 3, 2026$30,000 · 53 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Texas, June 2, 2026$25,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 2, 2026$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 2026$20,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Rip Current in Florida, June 2, 20262 injured · 1 event
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 2, 2026$18,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 2, 202656 kt wind · 11 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 2, 20261.75 in hail · 8 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 2, 202652 kt wind · 8 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1350132, 1350133, 1350137, 1350139, 1350140.