Cold/Wind Chill, Deschutes/Sw Crook
- When
- August 30, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Deschutes/Sw Crook forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
Cold in Oregon, August 30, 1999
A deep trough with unseasonably cold air for late August brought snow and record low temperatures for the last two days of August. 5 inches of snow fell at an elevation of 6300 feet at Paulina Lake in Deschutes County.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PDT wrote it up.
A deep trough with unseasonably cold air for late August brought snow and record low temperatures for the last two days of August. 1.5 inches of snow fell at an elevation of 6300 feet at Paulina Lake in Deschutes County. A trace of snow fell at an elevation of 6400 feet at Mt Bachelor and also at Black Butte, which is located northwest of Sisters. The ASOS site at the Pendleton Arpt. measured a record low high temperature of 58 degrees on the 30th. This was 3 degrees lower than the previous lowest high temperature ever recorded for Pendleton in August.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw
- When
- August 30, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- C Morrow/Ws & Nc Umatilla/S Gilliam T X Sw forecast zone
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
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
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- Damaging Wind in Utah, August 30, 1999
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 30, 1999
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Hurricane in South Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 30, 1999
- Cold in Oregon, August 30 to 31, 1999
- Cold in California, August 30 to 31, 1999
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: 5713494, 5713495.