Cold/Wind Chill, Alamance
- When
- February 3, 10:00 PM EST to February 5, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alamance forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.044, -79.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, February 3 to 5, 1996
As the previous storm ended, the coldest air mass in several winters blasted into central North Carolina. Temperatures fell dramatically and may areas fell to around zero by the morning of the 5th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 RAH wrote it up.
Please Note...this description applies to all central North Carolina counties during the February 3-5 extreme cold event.As the previous storm ended, the coldest air mass in several winters blasted into central North Carolina. Temperatures fell dramatically and may areas fell to around zero by the morning of the 5th. Raleigh recorded zero degrees, Greensboro one degree, and Fayetteville reached six degrees. For several days, the temperature remained 25 degrees or lower, which was far below normal. The combination of bitter cold and snow/ice cover kept many schools and businesses closed.
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
- 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 North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 5544136.