California, 2001Drought in California, January 1 to 31, 2001
January 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS HNX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 drought, as filed by the National Weather Service.
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hanford, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 31, 8:15 PM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 8:15 PM PST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
INTERIOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY - HANFORD CA
815 PM PST SUN DEC 31 2000
SHORTWAVE OFF THE CENTRAL COAST AND UPPER LOW WEST OF BAJA WERE
TRANSPORTING BKN CI ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA THIS EVE.
HOWEVER...00Z PROGS ARE SIMILAR AND APPEAR REASONABLE SHOWING
MOISTURE EXITING OVERNIGHT AS UPPER RIDGE ONCE AGAIN BUILDS OVER THE
ERN PAC.
OTHERWISE...RATHER TRANQUIL WX NIGHT OVER THE DISTRICT AS OFFSHORE
SURFACE GRADS REMAIN WITHOUT ANY UPPER SUPPORT. SJ VALLEY AIRMASS
HAS UNDERGONE LITTLE CHANGE DURING THE PAST 24 HOURS AND...WITH ONLY
THIN CI...CURRENT FOG/FROST ADVISORIES APPEAR ON TRACK.
WITH RIDGE STRENGTHENING ONCE AGAIN ON MON...LITTLE CHANGE TO
CURRENT PATTERN IS INDICATED. DESPITE INCREASING HEIGHTS...PROGS
DON/T SHOW ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN THICKNESSES OVER THE CWA. THIS
SHOULD KEEP MONDAY/S MAXES NEAR OR A LITTLE ABOVE TODAY/S READINGS.
CURRENT PACKAGE HAS ADDRESSED THE ABOVE AND NO UPDATES ARE REQUIRED
AT THIS TIME.
.HNX...DENSE FOG ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN
VALLEY FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 1100 AM NEW YEARS DAY.
...FROST ADVISHORY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
LATE TONIGHT UNTIL 900 AM NEW YEARS DAY.Drought, S Sierra Mtns
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM PST to January 31, 11:59 PM PST
- Where
- S Sierra Mtns forecast zone
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
The months of November and December were essentially dry for the area and January's rainfall/snowfall was still struggling to overcome the water year deficit. The month ended with still less than 60% of the seasonal precipitation average to date for Northern and Central California. Effectively significant rains did not start until January 8th with precipitation activity primarily centered from the 8th to the 12th and the 23rd through the 26th.
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 2001$25 million · 8 events
- Frost and Freeze in Florida, January 1, 2001$5.1 million · 15 events
- Extreme Cold in Florida, January 1, 2001$6.0 million · 5 events
- Winter Storm in Louisiana, January 1, 20014 injured · $55,000 · 2 events
- Heavy Snow in Texas, January 1 to 5, 200148 events
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 1 to 2, 200140 events
- Extreme Cold in Missouri, January 1 to 3, 200134 events
- Winter Weather in Georgia, January 1, 200125 events
- Extreme Cold in Kansas, January 1 to 2, 200123 events
- Extreme Cold in Kentucky, January 1 to 4, 200122 events
- Extreme Cold in Illinois, January 1 to 4, 200119 events
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, January 1, 200114 events
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: 5230140.