Excessive Heat — San Francisco, California

2017-09-01 · San Francisco, California

Event narrative

Three San Francisco residents died over the weekend as a result of the heat.

Http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Death-toll-from-Bay-Area-heat-wave-hits-6-12180514.php.

Http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-six-deaths-heat-wave-bay-area-20170908-story.html.

Wider weather episode

A strong upper level ridge brought widespread hot temperatures to the Bay Area leading up to and through Labor Day Weekend. Numerous daily and monthly records were broken as well as a few all time record max temperatures. Six Bay Area residents died as a result of the heat.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 717956. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.