Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Athens
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Ohio, January 22, 2000
A clear and calm night, combined with a fresh snow cover, to produce dawn temperatures mostly between zero and minus 10. The coldest reading was 11 below zero from New Lexington.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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
- 7
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 RLX wrote it up.
A clear and calm night, combined with a fresh snow cover, to produce dawn temperatures mostly between zero and minus 10. The coldest reading was 11 below zero from New Lexington. Athens had minus 8, McConnelsville registered minus 6, Marietta had minus 4, and Jackson observed 3 below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Meigs
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Morgan
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Perry
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Vinton
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- January 22, 3:00 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (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
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Ice Storm in Alabama, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, January 22 to 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 22, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 22, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 22, 2000
- Ice Storm and Heavy Snow in South Carolina, January 22 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 22, 2000
- Heavy Rain in California, January 22 to 24, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 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: 5127753, 5127754, 5127755, 5127756, 5127757, 5127758, 5127759.