Heat, Muscogee
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM EST to February 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Muscogee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.510, -84.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Georgia, February 23 to 27, 1996
The last five days of February were very warm with above normal temperatures and several new high temperature records set. Records set included:Feb.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 BMX wrote it up.
The last five days of February were very warm with above normal temperatures and several new high temperature records set. Records set included:Feb. 23 Columbus 83Feb. 26 Columbus 80The warm weather set the stage for serious agricultural damage with cold weather that occurred in March.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Chattahoochee
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM EST to February 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chattahoochee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.347, -84.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Stewart
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM EST to February 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stewart forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.079, -84.835 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Quitman
- When
- February 23, 8:00 AM EST to February 27, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Quitman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 31.867, -85.019 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Alabama, February 23 to 27, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, February 23, 1996
- Winter Weather in Wisconsin, February 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, February 23 to 25, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 23 to 24, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 23 to 24, 1996
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, February 1996
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5541440, 5541441, 5541442, 5541443.