Heat — Montgomery, Pennsylvania

1998-06-25 to 1998-06-26 · Montgomery, Pennsylvania

Wider weather episode

Excessive heat for two days brought some of the highest temperatures of the summer and caused three heat related deaths in Southeast Pennsylvania. The hot weather ended abruptly with severe thunderstorms during the late afternoon of the 26th. In Philadelphia, two women died from the heat (a 65-year-old and an 80-year-old). In Montgomery County, a 75-year-old man was found dead in the room of a Pennsburg motel. There was no air conditioning in the room and the room temperature at the time of discovery was 110 degrees. The highest temperatures mainly occurred on the 26th and included 97 degrees in Crum Creek (Delaware County), 95 degrees in Neshaminy Falls (Bucks County) and at the Philadelphia International Airport (The highest temperature of the year.), 94 degrees in Valley Forge (Montgomery County), 93 degrees at the Northeast Philadelphia Airport and 92 degrees in Perkasie (Bucks County).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5665821. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.