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Extreme Cold Warning 1, NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

January 7, 2026Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Clara County, California

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 7, 2026, 11:54 PM PST for Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Clara County, California. It took effect at Jan 9, 2026, 1:00 AM PST. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2026, 11:54 PM PST (07:54 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 9, 2026, 1:00 AM PST
Expired
Jan 9, 2026, 9:00 AM PST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA

Counties Monterey County, CA, San Benito County, CA, Santa Clara County, CA

The radar

The San Francisco radar (KMUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this extreme cold warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this extreme cold warning went out at Jan 7, 8:55 PM PST, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 8:55 PM PST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS San Francisco Bay Area, CA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 11:54 PM PSTCold Weather AdvisoryMTRAlameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Benito and 4 more33 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in California, 2026Every extreme cold warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.