Cold in California, June 25, 2024

Name: Cold in California, June 25, 2024
Start: 2024-06-25T17:00
End: 2024-06-25T18:00
Location: California

June 25, 2024 · NWS STO · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Two fatalities were reported due to cold and fast moving waterways along the North Fork American River near Auburn on June 25th, 2024.

The toll

Deaths: 2
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 happened

The episode as NWS STO wrote it up.

Two fatalities were reported due to cold and fast moving waterways along the North Fork American River near Auburn on June 25th, 2024.

Event by event

1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland

When: June 25, 5:00 PM PST to 6:00 PM PST
Where: Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland forecast zone
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: Broadcast Media

Crews responded to the report of a possible drowning at Lake Clementine Trail before 5:30 p.m on June 25th, 2024. A communications manager for California State Parks said three people had attempted to swim across the river and were swept downstream by the current. A 33-year-old man was found dead in the water, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office said. Officials said a 15-year-old boy was found, and CPR was performed by State Parks lifeguards and Cal Fire. He was taken to Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital where he later died. State parks said another teenage male was pulled from the water and was uninjured. Water temperatures were in the low to mid 60's.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Cold/Wind Chill, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland	2024-06-25	33	Male	In Water	Direct
Cold/Wind Chill, Motherlode/Camptonville to Groveland	2024-06-25	15	Male	In Water	Direct

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill: Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1178604.