Heat in Texas, August 29 to 31, 2000

Name: Heat in Texas, August 29 to 31, 2000
Start: 2000-08-29T06:00
End: 2000-08-31T23:59
Location: Texas

August 29 to 31, 2000 · NWS HGX · 23 events in 23 counties and zones

23 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 23 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 3
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 23

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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

23 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Wharton

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wharton forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.278, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Excessive heat occurred over southeast Texas during the last 3 days of August. High temperatures reached well over 100 degrees over inland areas, with Galveston reaching 100 degrees on the 31st. The high temperature of 107 degrees at Houston Intercontinental on the 31st tied the all-time record high temperature observed in Houston up to that date. College Station recorded a high temperature of 109 degrees on the 31st. All 3 heat related deaths were in Harris County.

Heat, Houston

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Houston forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 31.318, -95.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Jackson

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 28.954, -96.578 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Liberty

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Liberty forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.152, -94.812 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Madison

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.966, -95.928 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Matagorda

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Matagorda forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 28.786, -96.004 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Montgomery

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Montgomery forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.300, -95.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Polk

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.793, -94.830 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, San Jacinto

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: San Jacinto forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.580, -95.167 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Trinity

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Trinity forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 31.089, -95.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Walker

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Walker forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.739, -95.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Waller

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Waller forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.011, -95.988 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Washington

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.215, -96.403 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Austin

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Austin forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.887, -96.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Brazoria

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Brazoria forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.168, -95.434 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Brazos

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Brazos forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.661, -96.302 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Burleson

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Burleson forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.493, -96.621 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Grimes

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Grimes forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 30.544, -95.985 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Harris

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Harris forecast zone
Deaths: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Chambers

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Chambers forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.708, -94.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Colorado

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Colorado forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.621, -96.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Fort Bend

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Fort Bend forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.528, -95.771 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Galveston

When: August 29, 6:00 AM CST to August 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Galveston forecast zone
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL
Coordinates: 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heat, Harris	2000-08-29	81	Female	Permanent Home	Direct
Heat, Harris	2000-08-30	86	Male	Permanent Home	Direct
Heat, Harris	2000-08-29	42	Male	Permanent Home	Direct

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, August 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: 5156338, 5156992, 5156993, 5156994, 5157058, 5157059, 5157060, 5157274, 5157275, 5157328, 5157329, 5157330, 5157331, 5171155, 5171156, 5171157, 5171218, 5171454, 5171455, 5171638, 5171639, 5171640, 5171641.