Cold/Wind Chill, Cecil
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1996
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into the area behind the February 2nd-3rd snow storm. Some schools along the Eastern Shore were closed on Monday the 5th, the result of both the dangerously cold wind chill and the ongoing snow removal.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 PHI wrote it up.
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into the area behind the February 2nd-3rd snow storm. Some schools along the Eastern Shore were closed on Monday the 5th, the result of both the dangerously cold wind chill and the ongoing snow removal. Low temperatures on both the 5th and 6th hovered around zero degrees. The low of -1F at Baltimore-Washington International Airport set a new record for the 5th, smashing the old mark of 7F set in 1955. There were no reports of serious injuries from the cold.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Kent
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Queen Annes
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Talbot
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caroline
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (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
- Ice Storm in Texas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Flood in California, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, February 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, 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: 5551592, 5551593, 5551594, 5551595, 5551596.