Cold/Wind Chill, Ontonagon
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ontonagon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.778, -89.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Michigan, February 3, 1996
Extreme cold air outbreak continued over most of Upper Michigan. Some low temperatures included Iron River, which set a 20thcentury low with -45 degrees, Stephenson -45, Amasa -47, Ironwood -37, Bergland -36, Escanaba -36, Alberta -36.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 11
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 MQT wrote it up.
Extreme cold air outbreak continued over most of Upper Michigan. Some low temperatures included Iron River, which set a 20thcentury low with -45 degrees, Stephenson -45, Amasa -47, Ironwood -37, Bergland -36, Escanaba -36, Alberta -36.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Houghton
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Houghton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.992, -88.652 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Baraga
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Baraga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.700, -88.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Marquette
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Alger
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alger forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Gogebic
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gogebic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.496, -89.796 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Iron
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Iron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.209, -88.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Dickinson
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dickinson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.009, -87.870 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Menominee
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Menominee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.525, -87.510 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Delta
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delta forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.792, -86.871 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Schoolcraft
- When
- February 3, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Schoolcraft forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.043, -86.177 (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 Virginia, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Ice Storm in Oregon, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 3 to 4, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 3 to 6, 1996
- Cold in Alabama, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Avalanche and Flood in Alaska, February 3 to 10, 1996
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, February 3, 1996
- Flood in California, February 3 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, February 3 to 5, 1996
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5575426, 5575427, 5575428, 5575606, 5575607, 5575608, 5575609, 5575610, 5575611, 5575612, 5575613.