Heat, Nueces
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 5, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Nueces forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 27.735, -97.516 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Texas, September 1 to 5, 2000
Stagnant high pressure, light winds and several months of below normal rainfall, allowed temperatures to reach extreme levels for the first 5 days of September. High temperatures remained above 100 degrees for most locations.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 CRP wrote it up.
Stagnant high pressure, light winds and several months of below normal rainfall, allowed temperatures to reach extreme levels for the first 5 days of September. High temperatures remained above 100 degrees for most locations. Aside from Corpus Christi and Victoria setting all time record highs, 109 and 111 respectively, on September 5th, Alice, Cotulla, Kingsville and Laredo reached 111, 112, 110 and 111 degrees respectively. Additional evidence that September 5th was the hottest day ever recorded for South Texas, coastal sites Rockport and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station reported 107 and 106 degrees respectively.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Victoria
- When
- September 1, 12:00 AM CST to September 5, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Victoria forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 28.796, -96.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Heat in Texas, September 1 to 23, 2000
- Heat in Texas, September 1 to 6, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, September 1 to 3, 2000
- Heat in Missouri, September 1 to 3, 2000
- Drought in Nebraska, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Drought in Iowa, September 1 to 6, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Michigan, September 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Drought in Kansas, September 1 to 30, 2000
- Wildfire in California, September 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Kansas, September 1 to 25, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, September 1 to 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 5172862, 5172863.