Excessive Heat — Dawson, Montana

2018-06-26 to 2018-06-28 · Dawson, Montana

Event narrative

The Billings Gazette newspaper reported that a 2 year old male child suffered death by heatstroke hyperthermia after being left in a vehicle through the middle of the day in Glendive on June 26th. The high temperature was 83 degrees, but likely reached 125 degrees inside the enclosed vehicle. Alcohol played a part in this negligent homicide. The boy's body temperature reached 107 degrees and he was removed from life support on June 28th. Link to newspaper article: https://billingsgazette.com/news/crime/glendive-woman-accused-of-negligent-homicide-in-son-s-hot/article_c05d03ea-e68c-50ff-90b0-caea4eba8933.html

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Wider weather episode

Hot temperatures and sunny skies increased the temperature inside of vehicles and contributed to the heatstroke death of a child in Glendive.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 767237. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.