The Dexes / Heat & Excessive Heat / 107395
Eventdex · Heat & Excessive Heat
NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
107395
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| Event typeevent_type | Heat |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 107,395 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 18,352 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2008-05-15T08:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2008-05-16T07:59:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | CALIFORNIA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 1 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | ASOS |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A strong high pressure ridge over the region produced hot temperatures across interior Northern California from May 14th to May 17th, with many new daily high temperature records set. Record daily high minimum temperatures were also set as clouds and northerly winds maintained the heat overnight. The hot temperatures lingered into the 19th, especially for the northern San Joaquin Valley (see Episode for May 18th and 19th). |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | The temperature at Stockton Airport reached 100 degrees, breaking the previous daily high temperature record of 97 degrees set in 2006. The temperature at Modesto Airport reached 101 degrees, breaking the previous daily high temperature record of 98 degrees set in 2006.||A 17 year old pregnant farmworker collapsed from heat exhaustion at 1430PST on May 14th while pruning at a vineyard east of Stockton, in the town of Farmington. The high temperature at Stockton Airport that day was 93 degrees, and the heat index was lower than the temperature, well below heat advisory criteria. She later died in a hospital, on May 16th. |
| Yearyear | 2,008 |
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