Cold/Wind Chill, Avery
- When
- March 20, 9:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
Very cold air continued to surge into the northern mountains creating near blizzard conditions.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 GSP wrote it up.
Very cold air continued to surge into the northern mountains creating near blizzard conditions.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- March 20, 9:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey
- When
- March 20, 9:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell
- When
- March 20, 9:00 PM EST to March 21, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (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
- High Wind in Wisconsin, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Vermont, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Georgia, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in New York, March 20, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20, 1996
- Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 20 to 23, 1996
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 20 to 21, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Illinois, March 20, 1996
- High Wind in Michigan, March 20, 1996
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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: 5541418, 5541419, 5541420, 5541421.