2000 Southern United States heat wave

Extreme weather event May 2025 July 2019 August - September 2000 500mb Height Field & 2m Temperature at 0z September 6th, 2000 - Central US Heat Wave.jpg MERRA2 data showing 2-meter temperature (in °C) and 500-millibar height fields at 7 p.m. CDT on September 5, 2000. 112 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.https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/drought/200016#Heat Drought - Summer (JJA) 2000 State of the Climate NCEI en 2017-05-04 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. On August 30, Memphis saw its second highest temperature of 107 degrees, just one degree short of its all time high of 108 degrees set in 1980. On September 4, Houston hit 109 F and Dallas peaked at 111 F.https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KDFW/2000/9/5/MonthlyHistory.html Weather History for Dallas/Ft Worth, TX Weather Underground 2017-05-04September 2018 On September 5, Corpus Christi peaked at 109 Fhttps://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/2000/september/septemberext2000.html#TEMPERATURE September 2000 City/State Extremes Ross Tom NCDC 2017-05-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20170511172133/https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/extremes/2000/september/septemberext2000.html#TEMPERATURE 2017-05-11 dead and San Antonio rose to an all-time high of 111 F,https://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KSAT/2000/9/5/MonthlyHistory.html Weather History for San Antonio, TX Weather Underground 2017-05-04September 2018 while College Station and Austin reached 112 F. Damage totaled $4 billion, mainly due to wildfires and crop losses, and there were 140 deaths.https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/monitoring-content/billions/docs/lott-and-ross-2003.pdf A Climatology of 1980-2003 Extreme Weather and Climate Events Tom Ross Neal Lott December 2003 NCDC en 2018-09-01 References autocollapse Category:Meteorological events in 2000 Category:2000s heat waves Southern United States Heat Wave, 2000 Category:Heat waves in the United States