Cold/Wind Chill, Steuben
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Steuben forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.268, -77.384 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in New York, March 8 to 10, 1996
Arctic air filtered into central New York behind a winter storm which moved into the Canadian Maritimes. In Binghamton, the low temperature of zero on the 9th broke the previous record low of 2 degrees above zero set in 1984.
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 BGM wrote it up.
Arctic air filtered into central New York behind a winter storm which moved into the Canadian Maritimes. In Binghamton, the low temperature of zero on the 9th broke the previous record low of 2 degrees above zero set in 1984.
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, Schuyler
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Schuyler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.394, -76.875 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Chemung
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chemung forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.141, -76.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tompkins
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tompkins forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.452, -76.474 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cortland
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cortland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.595, -76.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Chenango
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Chenango forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.494, -75.612 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Otsego
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Otsego forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.634, -75.033 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tioga
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tioga forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -76.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Broome
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broome forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.160, -75.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Delaware
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.198, -74.966 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sullivan
- When
- March 8, 10:00 PM EST to March 10, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -74.768 (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 Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 8, 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
Every storm in New York in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5546047, 5546048, 5546049, 5546050, 5546051, 5546052, 5546053, 5546054, 5546055, 5546056, 5546057.