The daily low maximum temperature records were broken at Sacramento and Stockton. The Sacramento maximum temperature only reached 68 degrees which broke the previous record of 75 degrees set in 1966.
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.
The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.
The daily low maximum temperature records were broken at Sacramento and Stockton. The Sacramento maximum temperature only reached 68 degrees which broke the previous record of 75 degrees set in 1966. The Stockton maximum temperature reached only 75 degrees which broke the previous record of 77 degrees, also set in 1966.
2 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, August 2000
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: 5171164, 5171394.