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Heat in Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys, Arizona
Heat June 22, 2018 – June 23, 2018 · Upper Santa Cruz River and Altar Valleys, Arizona
What the National Weather Service wrote
Well above normal temperatures occurred in southeast Arizona on June 22nd and 23rd. Temperatures as hot as 108 degrees occurred at Ajo, Picacho and Safford Airport with 107 at Sasabe (record) and Sells and 106 at Tucson International Airport and Green Valley. The Pima County Medical Examiner confirmed that heat was the primary cause of death for two adults, one west of Ruby in Santa Cruz County on the 22nd and another on the Tohono O'odham Nation in southwest Pinal County on the 23rd.
The wider storm
Hot temperatures were experienced in parts of southeast Arizona on June 22nd and 23rd. Two heat-related fatalities occurred--one on the Tohono O'odham Nation and another in western Santa Cruz County.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 861910. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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