Pennsylvania, 2026

Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, June 11 to 12, 2026

June 11 to 12, 2026 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A strong southwesterly flow ahead of a cold front brought hot humid air northward into the region. The front's passage heralded the end of the heat.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 PHI wrote it up.

A strong southwesterly flow ahead of a cold front brought hot humid air northward into the region. The front's passage heralded the end of the heat.

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 Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 1:03 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:03 PM EST, 57 minutes before
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The radar

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

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Event by event

2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Philadelphia

When
June 11, 2:00 PM EST to June 12, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Philadelphia forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.008, -75.134 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index at Philadelphia International Airport reached 105 degrees on June 11th and 106 degrees on June 12th.

Excessive Heat, Delaware

When
June 11, 2:00 PM EST to June 12, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Delaware forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index at Philadelphia International Airport reached 105 degrees on June 11th and 106 degrees on June 12th.

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

More

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1341194, 1341195.