Excessive Heat in Western Pima County, Arizona

Excessive Heat July 10, 2022 – July 11, 2022 · Western Pima County, Arizona

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Very hot high temperatures around 10 degrees above normal occurred on July 10 and 11, causing the High Heat Risk category to be reached. Ajo reached 114 degrees on the 10th and broke a record high on the 11th with 115 degrees while Organ Pipe National Monument reached 109. The Pima County Medical Examiner determined that heat was the primary cause of death for one individual found outdoors in Ajo on the 10th.

The wider storm

Very hot temperatures 5 to 10 degrees above normal were experienced across the western deserts of southeast Arizona on July 10 and 11. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for one individual found in outdoors in Ajo on the 10th and for four individuals found the desert on the 11th: two on the Tohono O'odham Nation; one in east central Pima County; and one in Santa Cruz County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1050399. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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