Excessive Heat, Jefferson
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jefferson forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.308, -77.863 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
S. coast turned winds southerly over the Mid-Atlantic region on the 2nd, starting a conveyer belt of warm air that would remain over the region through the 4th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 8
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 LWX wrote it up.
High pressure off the Southeast U.S. coast turned winds southerly over the Mid-Atlantic region on the 2nd, starting a conveyer belt of warm air that would remain over the region through the 4th. With ample sunshine, high temperatures reached the lower 60s to lower 70s. Normal high temperatures for the first week of January are in the lower 40s. On the 2nd, high temperatures included 69 degrees in Martinsburg, 71 degrees in Romney, 67 degrees in Keyser, 70 degrees in Petersburg, and 64 degrees at Sugar Grove. On the 3rd, high temperatures included 64 degrees in Martinsburg, 65 degrees in Romney, 63 degrees in Keyser, 68 degrees in Petersburg, and 58 degrees in Sugar Grove. On the 4th, high temperatures included 69 degrees in Martinsburg, 67 degrees in Romney, 65 degrees in Keyser, 67 degrees in Petersburg, and 62 degrees in Sugar Grove. During the evening of the 4th, a strong cold front moved across the region, bringing an end to the unseasonably warm weather.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Pendleton
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pendleton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Excessive Heat, Grant
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Grant forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Excessive Heat, Hardy
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hardy forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.008, -78.858 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Mineral
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mineral forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Excessive Heat, Hampshire
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hampshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.317, -78.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Morgan
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.560, -78.258 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Berkeley
- When
- January 2, 8:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Berkeley forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.464, -78.027 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in California, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 2, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Maryland, January 2 to 4, 2000
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 4, 2000
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130027, 5131352, 5131353, 5131354, 5131355, 5131356, 5131357, 5131358.