Excessive Heat — Delaware, Pennsylvania

2010-07-16 to 2010-07-18 · Delaware, Pennsylvania

Wider weather episode

Another heat wave brought high temperatures into the upper 90s on the 16th and five days in a row of 90 plus temperatures to Southeastern Pennsylvania. While July 16th was the hottest and most humid day (afternoon heat indices of around 100F). It took a series of cold fronts to whittle away at the heat. The last front passed on the night of the 19th. There were four heat related deaths, two in Philadelphia (an 85-year old woman and a 91-year-old woman) and two in Delaware County (an 81-year-old man in Havertown) and a 61-year-old man in Chester).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 250391. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.