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Excessive Heat in Western Mojave Desert, California
Excessive Heat August 11, 2025 – August 13, 2025 · Western Mojave Desert, California
What the National Weather Service wrote
Extreme Heat Warning criteria were reached on three straight days.
The wider storm
High pressure slowly strengthening overhead pushed temperatures in the Mojave Desert to dangerous levels.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1293171. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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