Excessive Heat — Southern Sacramento Valley, California

2024-07-02 to 2024-07-13 · Southern Sacramento Valley, California

Event narrative

Dangerously hot daytime high temperatures of 100 to 115 degrees were observed from July 2nd through July 13th. Little relief from the heat was observed overnight, with low temperatures around the 60s to mid 70s over the same timeframe. Multiple daily high temperature records were tied or broken at Downtown Sacramento and Sacramento Executive Airport. Temperatures cooled slightly on July 8th and 9th, but conditions were still hot. Temperatures ramped back up again on the 10th and continued through the 13th. The Sacramento County Coroner reported two direct fatalities with this excessive heat event, one on July 6th, and the other on July 7th.

Wider weather episode

A long-duration heat event brought dangerously hot conditions with widespread Major to Extreme HeatRisk to interior Northern California over the first two weeks of July. Multiple temperature records were broken or tied over this timeframe. The Sacramento County Coroner reported two fatalities due to the extreme heat, one on July 6th and one on July 7th. Temperatures cooled slightly for a brief period in the Southern Sacramento Valley, Delta and Carquinez Straight, and Northern San Joaquin Valley on July 8th and 9th, but conditions were still hot, before ramping up again on July 10th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1193288. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.