Cold/Wind Chill, Broome
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in New York, February 4, 1996
Arctic air settled into central New York during the morning of the 4th. The low temperature of 4 below zero in Binghamton broke the previous record low of 2 below zero set in 1981.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 BGM wrote it up.
Arctic air settled into central New York during the morning of the 4th. The low temperature of 4 below zero in Binghamton broke the previous record low of 2 below zero set in 1981.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
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 New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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: 5545838.