Oregon, 2013Frost and Freeze in Oregon, September 18, 2013
September 18, 2013 · NWS MFR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
Clearing skies and a cold air mass allowed temperatures to drop below freezing in some areas east of the Cascades.
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.
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- Floods
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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- 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.
Clearing skies and a cold air mass allowed temperatures to drop below freezing in some areas east of the Cascades.
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 Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 17, 7:00 PM PST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 7:00 PM PST, 5 hours before
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</html>Frost/Freeze, Klamath Basin
- When
- September 18, 12:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Klamath Basin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.686, -121.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures ranged from 25 to 32 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County
- When
- September 18, 12:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Northern & Eastern Klamath County & Western Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.740, -121.018 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The only reported low temperature was 28 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Central & Eastern Lake County
- When
- September 18, 12:00 AM PST to 7:00 AM PST
- Where
- Central & Eastern Lake County forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.793, -120.387 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures ranged from 30 to 46 degrees.
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, September 18, 20131 death · 1 in hail · 8 events
- Flooding in Nebraska, September 18 to 29, 20131 injured · $567,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, September 18, 2013$145,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in New Mexico, September 18, 2013$101,000 · EF0 · 7 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, September 18 to 19, 2013$5,000 · 2 in hail · 36 events
- Hail in North Dakota, September 18, 20131.75 in hail · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, September 18, 2013$2,000 · 1.25 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 18, 2013$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Minnesota, September 18 to 19, 20131.25 in hail · 3 events
- Dense Fog in West Virginia, September 18, 20132 events
- Debris Flow and Hail in Utah, September 18, 20130.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 18 to 19, 2013$500 · 56 kt wind · 2 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 469599, 469601, 473244.