California, 2000

Heat in California, September 18, 2000

September 18, 2000 · NWS STO · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Daily maximum temperature records were tied and broken across the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys. The Redding temperature reached 104 degrees, which broke the previous record of 103 degrees set in 1995.

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 STO wrote it up.

Daily maximum temperature records were tied and broken across the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin valleys. The Redding temperature reached 104 degrees, which broke the previous record of 103 degrees set in 1995. The Red Bluff temperature reached 106 degrees, which broke the previous record of 105 degrees set in 1984. The Sacramento temperaturer reached 101 degrees, which tied the record previously set in 1984. The Stockton temperature reached 102 degrees, which tied the record previously set in 1939.

Event by event

4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, P Sc Shasta/C Tehama

When
September 18, 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
P Sc Shasta/C Tehama forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat, Central Sacramento Valley

When
September 18, 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Central Sacramento Valley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat, Southern Sacramento Valley

When
September 18, 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Southern Sacramento Valley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat, Northern San Joaquin Valley

When
September 18, 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
Where
Northern San Joaquin Valley forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

What these are

Heat
Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2000

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: 5171407, 5171408, 5171409, 5171410.