Extreme Cold in Idaho, June 2 to 5, 2001

Name: Extreme Cold in Idaho, June 2 to 5, 2001
Start: 2001-06-02T23:00
End: 2001-06-05T10:00
Location: Idaho

June 2 to 5, 2001 · NWS PIH · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 extreme cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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 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 Pocatello, ID wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 8:10 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:10 PM MST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

SOUTHEAST IDAHO AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POCATELLO/IDAHO FALLS ID
910 PM MDT SAT JUN 02 2001

SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASSED THROUGH MIDDAY BUT MAIN TROUGH AXIS HANGING
BACK TO PASS THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY WITH SHORTWAVE SWINGING THROUGH
MAIN TROUGH.  THIS SHORTWAVE JUST CROSSING INTO OREGON THIS EVENING.
CONVECTION AND STRIKES AHEAD OF THIS SHORTWAVE IN NORTH CENTRAL
OREGON.  CURRENT PIH ZONES MENTION RW AND TSTMS IN EVENING AND
TONIGHT.  WILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING CONVECTION AS ANY ACTION IS
UPSTREAM AT THIS TIME.  NEW ETA JUST COMMING IN AND TAKES THE SHORT
WAVE RIGHT OVER CWA SUNDAY WITH CLOSED SURFACE AND H5 LOWS PASSING
THROUGH. CHANCES LOOK BETTER FOR SHOWERS TOMORROW EARLY MORNING AND
WILL TAKE ALL POPS UP A CATAGORY FROM PREVIOUS ZONES. LOWEST H5
HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 18Z SUNDAY THEN RIDGE BUILDING IN AGAIN. GULF
OF ALASKA LOW LIFTING INTO ALASKA PANHANDLE HELPING TO BUILD THE RIDGE
THAT WILL LAST INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
ALDEN

BYI 46/61/37/63 4411

.KSFX WSR-88D...OPERATIONAL...VCP 21.

.PIH...NONE.

PIH NB 046/059 035/062 035 04331

Event by event

3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, South Central Highlands

When: June 2, 11:00 PM MST to June 5, 10:00 AM MST
Where: South Central Highlands forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Extremely cold temperatures which occurred during the nights of June 2nd through the morning of June 5th brought a series of freezes to rural areas of southeastern Idaho. the freezes combined with drought conditions to damage a large portion of crop production. The Pocatello airport set an all-time record low of 29 degrees on the morning of the 5th. Rural areas in Bannock, Power, Caribou, and Oneida counties dropped to as low as the upper teens and lower 20s on the morning of the 5th. This was the third straight night os sub-freezing temperatures. Bannock County estimated a 65 percent loss of the first crop of hay and a 85 to 90 percent loss of fall wheat and a 75 percent loss of spring wheat. Caribou County reported a 50 percent loss of the hay crop and a 50 percent loss of dryland barley. No estimates of the monetary amount of damage has been made available.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Caribou Highlands

When: June 2, 11:00 PM MST to June 5, 10:00 AM MST
Where: Caribou Highlands forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lower Snake River Plain

When: June 2, 11:00 PM MST to June 5, 10:00 AM MST
Where: Lower Snake River Plain forecast zone
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Extremely cold temperatures which occurred during the nights of June 2nd through the morning of June 5th brought a series of freezes to rural areas of southeastern Idaho. The freezes combined with drought conditions to damage a large portion of crop production. The Pocatello airport set an all-time record low of 29 degrees on the morning of the 5th. Rural areas in Bannock, Power, Caribou, and Oneida counties dropped to as low as the upper teens and lower 20s on the morning of the 5th. This was the third straight night of sub-freezing temperatures. Bannock County estimated a 65 percent loss of the first crop of hay and a 85 to 90 percent loss of fall wheat and a 75 percent loss of spring wheat. Caribou County reported a 50 percent loss of the hay crop and a 50 percent loss of dryland barley. No estimates of the amount of monetary damage is presently available.

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

Every storm in Idaho in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Idaho, June 2001

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: 5248107, 5248108, 5248174.