Heat — Montgomery, Pennsylvania

2012-05-29 · Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Wider weather episode

The first back-to-back 90 degree days in and around Philadelphia during 2012 claimed the lives of two men, one within Philadelphia and the second in Montgomery County. In Philadelphia, an 81-year-old man was found dead on the third floor of a row home with the windows closed on the 28th. The next day, an 87-year-old man from Roslyn (Abington Township in Montgomery County) died from heat stroke while pulling weeds in his vegetable garden during the afternoon of the 29th. Because of the early heat, schools in Philadelphia dismissed children early (at 130 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday the 29th. The high temperature at the Philadelphia International Airport reached 91 degrees on the 28th and 92 degrees on the 29th. A cold frontal passage preceded by strong to locally severe thunderstorms ended the early heat.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 382714. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.