Cold/Wind Chill, Surprise Valley
- When
- January 13, 12:00 AM PST to January 15, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Surprise Valley forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.590, -120.725 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in California, January 13 to 15, 1997
Please see narrative under NVZ001-005 for the same time period.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS REV wrote it up.
Please see narrative under NVZ001-005 for the same time period.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra
- When
- January 13, 12:00 AM PST to January 15, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Lassen/Eastern Plumas/Eastern Sierra forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.086, -120.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Greater Lake Tahoe Area
- When
- January 13, 12:00 AM PST to January 15, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Greater Lake Tahoe Area forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.935, -120.458 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mono
- When
- January 13, 12:00 AM PST to January 15, 12:00 AM PST
- Where
- Mono forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.939, -118.887 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5589945, 5589946, 5589947, 5589948.