Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Jackson
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in North Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2000
December, 2000 will long be remembered for the brutal hold that cold weather had on the region. Temperatures ran 6 to 8 degrees below normal for the entire month.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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
- 29
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 GSP wrote it up.
December, 2000 will long be remembered for the brutal hold that cold weather had on the region. Temperatures ran 6 to 8 degrees below normal for the entire month. At Charlotte, it was the coldest month in 83 years.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
29 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Polk
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rowan
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Rowan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rutherford
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Jackson
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Swain
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Transylvania
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Alexander
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Avery
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Buncombe
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Burke
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Burke forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cabarrus
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Catawba
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Catawba forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Cleveland
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Davie
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Davie forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Gaston
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Gaston forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Graham
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Haywood
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Iredell
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Iredell forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lincoln
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Macon
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mecklenburg
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell
- When
- December 1, 12:00 AM EST to December 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (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
- Dense Fog in California, December 1 to 4, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Avalanche in Wyoming, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Cold in West Virginia, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Cold in Iowa, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, December 1, 2000
- Extreme Cold in South Carolina, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Cold in Illinois, December 1 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, December 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, December 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5167623, 5167624, 5167625, 5167626, 5167627, 5167628, 5167629, 5167630, 5167631, 5169334, 5169335, 5169336, 5169337, 5169338, 5169339, 5169340, 5169341, 5169342, 5169343, 5169344, 5169345, 5169346, 5169347, 5169348, 5169349, 5169350, 5169351, 5169352, 5169353.