Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- July 3, 2:42 PM PST to July 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold in Oregon, July 3 to 4, 2000
A Frost Warning was issued for the above zones. although no reports were received.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 MFR wrote it up.
A Frost Warning was issued for the above zones. Reported low temperatures were mostly in the 30s, so frost likely occurred on this night...although no reports were received. Fort Rock reported a low of 27 degrees and Sprague River reported 29 degrees, but temperatures this cold were quite isolated.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County
- When
- July 3, 2:42 PM PST to July 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -121.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central & Eastern Lake County
- When
- July 3, 2:42 PM PST to July 4, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central & Eastern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
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
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, July 3 to 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3 to 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, July 3, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, July 3, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, July 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: 5153700, 5153701, 5153702.