Heat, Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter
- When
- September 20, 12:01 AM PST to 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- Yolo T W/Ne Solano/Sacramento T X Sw/X W Placer/X W Amador/S Sutter forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Heat in California, September 20, 2000
breaking the previous record of 101 degrees set in 1994.
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.
The daily high maximum temperature record was set in Sacramento when it reached 102 degrees...breaking the previous record of 101 degrees set in 1994.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Rip Current in Florida, September 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 20, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Georgia, September 20, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, September 20, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, September 20, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, September 20, 2000
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: 5171411.