Excessive Heat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Excessive Heat July 5, 2018 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Heat related death reported by the Health Department. Victim was not identified and the time and exact cause of death was not disclosed, but heat was a significant contributing factor to the death.

The wider storm

Temperatures in the middle to upper 90s and dew points in the upper 60s to lower 70s led to excessive heat across portions of southeastern Pennsylvania. Heat indices reached 110 degrees at the Doylestown ASOS at 2 pm on July 3rd.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 755558. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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