Excessive Heat in Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona

Excessive Heat August 1, 2008 – August 3, 2008 · Greater Phoenix Area, Arizona

Deaths

What the National Weather Service wrote

Very warm temperatures were reported throughout Maricopa County. Low temperatures in Phoenix for the first three days of August were records: 95, 91 and 89 degrees. There were 2 heat-related deaths reported in the county during this period.

The wider storm

Minimum temperatures in Phoenix for the first three days of August were the warmest on record.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 132184. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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