Heat — Mountains Southwestern Shasta County To Western Colusa County, California

2023-07-01 to 2023-07-02 · Mountains Southwestern Shasta County To Western Colusa County, California

Event narrative

Daytime highs were in the mid 90s to 105 degree range. Overnight lows were in the low 70s to low 80s.

Wider weather episode

Excessive heat in early July led to record breaking temperatures and Major HeatRisk. Sacramento tied the record high of 109 degrees for July 1st and 2nd. A record high temperature of 109 was set at Stockton Airport where the previous record was 108 for July 1st.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1132269. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.