Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Trego
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Trego forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.914, -99.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Kansas, September 24 to 26, 2000
Less than one week after temperatures of around 100 degrees, an unseasonable and record setting cold airmass moved across the region. On the 24th, many stations recorded high temperatures in the 40s which set a record for minimum highs.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 27 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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 DDC wrote it up.
Less than one week after temperatures of around 100 degrees, an unseasonable and record setting cold airmass moved across the region. On the 24th, many stations recorded high temperatures in the 40s which set a record for minimum highs. Following on the morning of the 25 and 26th, record low minimums were record across many areas. Some records had been established for 125 years! Some lows include 21 at Kinsley; 26 at Syracuse; 27 and Ashland; 28 and Garden City, Jetmore and Montezuma; 29 at Cedar Bluff, Healy and Wilmore; 30 at Hays, Ness City, Scott City and the Medicine Lodge airport; and 31 at Elkhart, Greensburg, Dodge City, Richfield, Sublette, Ulysses and Hays.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
27 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Barber
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Barber forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.229, -98.685 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Clark
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.236, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Comanche
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Comanche forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -99.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Edwards
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Edwards forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.888, -99.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ellis
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ellis forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Finney
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Finney forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.044, -100.737 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ford
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Grant
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -101.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gray
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Gray forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hamilton
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.999, -101.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Haskell
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Haskell forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.562, -100.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hodgeman
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hodgeman forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.088, -99.898 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kearny
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kearny forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.000, -101.320 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kiowa
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Kiowa forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.558, -99.286 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lane
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Lane forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.481, -100.466 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Meade
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Meade forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Morton
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Morton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.191, -101.799 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Ness
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Ness forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.479, -99.916 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pawnee
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.181, -99.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Pratt
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Pratt forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.648, -98.740 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rush
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Rush forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.523, -99.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Scott
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Scott forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.482, -100.907 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Seward
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Seward forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.193, -100.851 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stafford
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Stafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 38.031, -98.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stanton
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.563, -101.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Stevens
- When
- September 24, 12:00 PM CST to September 26, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Stevens forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 37.192, -101.312 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Texas, September 24, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, September 24 to 25, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, September 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, September 24, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 24 to 25, 2000
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, September 24 to 25, 2000
- Flash Flood in Alaska, September 24, 2000
- Heavy Rain in District of Columbia, September 24 to 25, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 24, 2000
- Hail in Alabama, September 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, September 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, September 24, 2000
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: 5174630, 5174631, 5174632, 5174633, 5174870, 5174871, 5174872, 5174873, 5174874, 5174875, 5174876, 5174877, 5174878, 5174879, 5174880, 5174946, 5174947, 5174948, 5174949, 5174950, 5174951, 5174952, 5174953, 5174954, 5174955, 5174956, 5174957.