Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- June 8, 5:31 AM PST to June 9, 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, June 8 to 9, 2000
A Frost Warning was issued for the zones listed above at the time listed above. Reported low temperatures were sufficient for frost formation in all three zones, but no frost was reported.
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 zones listed above at the time listed above. Reported low temperatures were sufficient for frost formation in all three zones, but no frost was reported. A Freeze Warning probably should have been issued for Zone ORZ030 as reported low temperatures there satisfied the warning criteria.Station Zone Reported LowKlamath Falls ORZ029 35Chiloquin ORZ029 34Chemult ORZ030 25Sprague River ORZ030 30Lakeview ORZ031 37Silver Lake ORZ031 30Paisley ORZ031 35
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
- June 8, 5:31 AM PST to June 9, 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
- June 8, 5:31 AM PST to June 9, 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 in Florida, June 8, 2000
- Hail in Michigan, June 8 to 9, 2000
- Flood and High Wind in California, June 8, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, June 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 8, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8 to 9, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, June 8, 2000
- Extreme Cold in California, June 8 to 9, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, June 8, 2000
- High Wind in Utah, June 8, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, June 8, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, June 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: 5148130, 5148131, 5148195.