Heat — St. Louis, Missouri

2001-04-08 to 2001-04-09 · St. Louis, Missouri

Wider weather episode

Four residents of a nursing home in University City died from heat related causes. The air conditioning at the facility failed causing the temperature in some rooms to rise well into the 90s. The high temperature on the 8th was 87, and on the 9th it hit 91, which set a new record for that day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5243226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.