Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Klamath Basin
- When
- October 9, 2:58 PM PST to October 10, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold in Oregon, October 9 to 10, 2001
A Freeze Warning was issued this night for the above zones. Reported lows ranged from 19 to 24 degrees, except for a suspect outlier of 44 at Malin, so the warning verified.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MFR wrote it up.
A Freeze Warning was issued this night for the above zones. Reported lows ranged from 19 to 24 degrees, except for a suspect outlier of 44 at Malin, so the warning verified.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County
- When
- October 9, 2:58 PM PST to October 10, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -121.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central & Eastern Lake County
- When
- October 9, 2:58 PM PST to October 10, 8:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central & Eastern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
See below.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, October 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, October 9, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, October 9, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, October 9, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 9, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, October 9, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 9, 2001
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 9, 2001
- Hail in Kansas, October 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Oregon in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Oregon, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5271645, 5271646, 5271647.