Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- September 22, 5:24 PM PST to September 23, 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, September 22 to 23, 2000
A Frost Warning was issued for the above areas at the above times. Reported low temperatures were in the 20s.
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 areas at the above times. Reported low temperatures were in the 20s. It appears that this was the "killing frost" for the fall season. One station, Klamath Falls, verified a freeze warning (the low was15 degrees below normal),but temperatures this far below normal were 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
- September 22, 5:24 PM PST to September 23, 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
- September 22, 5:24 PM PST to September 23, 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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Carolina, September 22 to 23, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 22 to 23, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 22, 2000
- Flood and High Wind in Georgia, September 22, 2000
- Tornado in Georgia, September 22, 2000
- Tornado in Florida, September 22, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 22, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 22, 2000
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Michigan, September 22 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, September 22 to 24, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, September 22, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, September 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, September 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: 5156710, 5156711, 5156712.