Excessive Heat — Central Sacramento Valley, California

2017-06-17 to 2017-06-23 · Central Sacramento Valley, California

Event narrative

Glenn County had 4 heat related hospital visits, with two fatalities where heat was a contributing factor, along with hypo-tonic dehydration. One of the fatalities was located in a mobile home without air conditioning, found on 06/17/2017 at 1926 PDT. The temperature of the house was over 100 inside. The other individual was located outside, in an orchard, found on 06/20/2017 at 1816 PDT. This person was not homeless. An Excessive Heat Warning was in effect for the area. High temperatures in downtown Sacramento were 111 on the 18th (record), 113 on the 19th (record), 110 on the 20th (record), 110 on the 21st (record), 110 on the 22nd, 109 on the 23rd, and 112 on the 24th.

Wider weather episode

High pressure ridging brought an unusually long and strong heat wave for the month of June, with a remarkable 24 new record high temperatures and 16 record high minimum temperatures being set in the area. At the peak of the heat wave on the 21st, Redding reached 112, Red Bluff 113, Marysville 112, downtown Sacramento 108 and Stockton 108. A heat related fatality was reported in Sacramento County, two in Glenn County, as well as multiple people hospitalized due to the heat. There were nine cooling centers opened at the peak of the heat event in Sacramento County. Several power outages were reported at a hospital in Sacramento, and one roadway may have had damage due to the heat.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 702637. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.