2000 Southern United States heat wave
 MERRA2 data showing 2-meter temperature (in °C) and 500-millibar height fields at 7 p.m. CDT on September 5, 2000. | |
| Duration | August–September 2000 |
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Aided by drought, a heat wave persisted in the late summer of 2000 along the southern tier of the United States from August to early September.[1] Near the end of the period, daily, monthly, and even all-time record high temperatures were broken, with highs commonly peaking well over 100 °F (38 °C). On September 4, Houston hit 109 °F (43 °C) and Dallas peaked at 111 °F (44 °C).[2][failed verification] On September 5, Corpus Christi peaked at 109 °F (43 °C)[3] and San Antonio rose to an all-time high of 111 °F (44 °C),[4][failed verification] while College Station and Austin reached 112 °F (44 °C).[3] Damage totaled $4 billion, mainly due to wildfires and crop losses, and there were 140 deaths.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Drought - Summer (JJA) 2000 | State of the Climate". NCEI. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Weather History for Dallas/Ft Worth, TX". Weather Underground. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ a b Ross, Tom. "September 2000 City/State Extremes". NCDC. Archived from the original on May 11, 2017. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ "Weather History for San Antonio, TX". Weather Underground. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
- ^ Ross, Tom; Lott, Neal (December 2003). "A Climatology of 1980-2003 Extreme Weather and Climate Events" (PDF). NCDC. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
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