Excessive Heat — Northern Sacramento Valley, California

2022-09-04 to 2022-09-09 · Northern Sacramento Valley, California

Event narrative

The Northern Sacramento Valley saw daily records broken, with high temperatures reaching 110 to 115 degrees, and with low temperatures reaching up to 90. Redding Airport reached 115 degrees on the 6th (old record 111 in 2020), with Red Bluff peaking at 114 (old record 113 in 2020). On the 8th Redding Airport reached 112 degrees (old record 109 in 1923), with Red Bluff peaking at 113 (old record 112 in 1944). On the 9th Redding Airport reached 112 degrees (old record 110 in 1944), with Red Bluff peaking at 112 (tying the old record of 112 in 1944). On the 9th Redding recorded a daily record high minimum temperature of 87 degrees and Red Bluff 82 degrees.

Wider weather episode

Strong high pressure over interior northern California brought widespread high to very high heat risk to the region. Triple-digit high temperatures were observed across most of the Central Valley, Delta, and foothills through the first 9 days of September. The hottest temperatures were on September 5 and 6, when temperatures exceeding 110 were observed at many locations. All-time records were set on the 6th for Sacramento stations and tied in Stockton. Numerous daily and monthly record high-temperature were also set in the area. There was one death attributed to the heat in Sacramento County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1057707. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.