Excessive Heat — Coachella Valley, California

2021-06-14 to 2021-06-21 · Coachella Valley, California

Event narrative

Extreme heat occurred across the Coachella Valley with temperatures over 120 degrees. Thermal reported a high of 119 twice along with a morning low temperature of 90. Palm Springs tied their all-time record high temperature of 123 degrees on June 17th and reported a low temperature of 90 the following morning. There was one heat-related fatality on June 19th in Palm Springs, where a man simply collapsed while walking down the city streets.

Wider weather episode

A long lasting heat wave occurred across Southern California from June 14th through the 20th, where many daily records were broken. A wildfire also broke out in the Riverside County Mountains on the 13th, which led to damages and road closures. Isolated thunderstorms also produced gusty winds.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 966943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.