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2022 North American heat waves
A map provided from NOAA of the temperature anomalies across the Contiguous United States in July 2022
Start date
May 13, 2022
End date
September 21, 2022
Peak temp.
127 °F (53 °C)
Losses
Deaths
117[1]
Damages
$9.3 billion (2022 USD)[1]
From late spring to late summer heat waves in 2022 smashed many records in North America between May and September of that year. Dozens of temperature records were surpassed in the United States.[2]
^ ab"Events Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters". National Centers for Environmental Information. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
^"Hundreds of temperature records broken as heat wave scorches the U.S." July 24, 2022.
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