Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Sacramento Valley
- When
- December 4, 4:00 AM PST to 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Cold in California, December 4, 1998
A substantial freeze occurred as valley temperatures dropped into the middle to upper 20s. Both Redding and Red Bluff set/tied low temperature records.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 STO wrote it up.
A substantial freeze occurred as valley temperatures dropped into the middle to upper 20s. Both Redding and Red Bluff set/tied low temperature records. The low of 28 degrees in Redding tied a record that was originally set in the early 1900's.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, December 4 to 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 4, 1998
- Dense Fog in Florida, December 4, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Montana, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, December 4 to 7, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, December 4 to 6, 1998
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 4, 1998
- High Surf in California, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Heat in Arkansas, December 4 to 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Rhode Island, December 4, 1998
- Heat in Georgia, December 4, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, December 1998
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: 5676285.