Cold/Wind Chill, Athens
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Ohio, October 8, 2000
Daybreak temperatures were mostly in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. Athens, Waterloo, and Jackson all observed 28 degrees for the coldest.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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.
Daybreak temperatures were mostly in the upper 20s to the lower 30s. Athens, Waterloo, and Jackson all observed 28 degrees for the coldest.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Gallia
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gallia forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Meigs
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Morgan
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Perry
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Vinton
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- October 8, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 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
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, October 8 to 13, 2000
- Cold in West Virginia, October 8, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Nebraska, October 8 to 9, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, October 8 to 9, 2000
- Cold in Kentucky, October 8, 2000
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, October 8 to 9, 2000
- Ice Storm in Texas, October 8 to 9, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, October 8, 2000
- Cold in Virginia, October 8, 2000
- Waterspouts in Maine, October 8, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Alabama, October 8, 2000
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, October 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: 5158216, 5158217, 5158218, 5158219, 5158220, 5158221, 5158222, 5158223, 5158224.