Cold/Wind Chill, Fulton
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fulton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.554, -89.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 1996
A 76-year-old man died of hypothermia after he apparently wandered away from his home. A late-season cold snap held temperatures in the teens for most of the day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 22 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
- 22
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 PAH wrote it up.
A 76-year-old man died of hypothermia after he apparently wandered away from his home. A late-season cold snap held temperatures in the teens for most of the day.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
22 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Hickman
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hickman forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.678, -88.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Carlisle
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Carlisle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.853, -88.971 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ballard
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ballard forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.058, -88.999 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McCracken
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCracken forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.054, -88.713 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Graves
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Graves forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.723, -88.651 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Livingston
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Livingston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.210, -88.354 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Marshall
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.884, -88.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Calloway
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Calloway forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.621, -88.272 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Crittenden
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crittenden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.353, -88.097 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lyon
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.019, -88.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Trigg
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Trigg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.806, -87.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.145, -87.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.659, -87.945 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.518, -87.683 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Hopkins
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hopkins forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.309, -87.541 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Christian
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Christian forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.894, -87.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.796, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Daviess
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Daviess forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.732, -87.087 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McLean
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- McLean forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.529, -87.264 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Muhlenberg
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muhlenberg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.216, -87.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Todd
- When
- March 8, 5:00 AM CST to March 9, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Todd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.836, -87.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Cold in North Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, March 8, 1996
- Cold in Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 8, 1996
- Cold in New York, March 8 to 10, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Virginia, March 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 8, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5547097, 5547098, 5547099, 5547100, 5547101, 5547102, 5547103, 5547104, 5547105, 5547106, 5547107, 5547108, 5547109, 5547110, 5547111, 5547112, 5547113, 5547114, 5547115, 5547116, 5547117, 5547118.