Excessive Heat — Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

2013-06-09 · Yavapai County Valleys and Basins, Arizona

Event narrative

Cottonwood-Tuzigoot tied the record high of 107 for the day last set in 1996.

Wider weather episode

A strong ridge of high pressure developed over California and Arizona for several days. This brought very hot conditions to northern Arizona with many locations breaking daily high temperature records.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 477863. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.