Heat — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2011-08-01 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wider weather episode

The end of the last heat wave of the summer of 2011 claimed two more lives in the city of Philadelphia in early August. The high temperature on August 1st in Philadelphia was 96 degrees. While the high temperature on the 2nd was 91 degrees, humidity levels were lower as a cold front and severe thunderstorms moved through southeastern Pennsylvania the night before. There were thirty-three heat related deaths in Philadelphia in 2011.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 339211. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.