Cold/Wind Chill, Pointe Coupee
- When
- March 7, 6:00 PM CST to March 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pointe Coupee forecast zone
- Property damage
- $7.2 million
- Coordinates
- 30.709, -91.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Louisiana, March 7 to 10, 1996
A late Spring freeze caused extensive damage to the sugarcane crop in three parishes. Newspaper accounts reported that a sugarcane industry spokesman estimated damage near 7 million dollar.
Where it happened
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7.2 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 LIX wrote it up.
A late Spring freeze caused extensive damage to the sugarcane crop in three parishes. Newspaper accounts reported that a sugarcane industry spokesman estimated damage near 7 million dollar. Temperatures remained below freezing for 6 to 8 hours each night. The 23 degree reading at Baton Rouge, the morning to the 9th, set a daily record minimum temperature, breaking the previous record by 7 degrees. Several daily records were set and came within a few degrees of establishing minimum record temperatures for the month.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Iberville
- When
- March 7, 6:00 PM CST to March 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Iberville forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 30.259, -91.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, West Baton Rouge
- When
- March 7, 6:00 PM CST to March 10, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- West Baton Rouge forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 30.463, -91.313 (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 Alabama, March 7 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Maine, March 7 to 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Louisiana in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Louisiana, March 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5543806, 5543807, 5543808.