Cold/Wind Chill, Ashe
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ashe forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.434, -81.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, March 8 to 12, 1996
Record breaking low temperatures from the 8th through the 12th severely damaged the peach, nectarine and berry crops and damaged the apple crop. Low temperatures were mainly in the single numbers above zero in the mountains and mainly from 5 to 15 degrees above zero east of the mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- $204,000
- Events
- 9
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 RNK wrote it up.
Record breaking low temperatures from the 8th through the 12th severely damaged the peach, nectarine and berry crops and damaged the apple crop. Low temperatures were mainly in the single numbers above zero in the mountains and mainly from 5 to 15 degrees above zero east of the mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Alleghany
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Alleghany forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.491, -81.127 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Surry
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Surry forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 36.415, -80.687 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Stokes
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Stokes forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.402, -80.240 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Rockingham
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rockingham forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.396, -79.775 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caswell
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caswell forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 36.393, -79.334 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Watauga
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Watauga forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 36.231, -81.696 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wilkes
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Wilkes forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 36.206, -81.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yadkin
- When
- March 8, 1:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yadkin forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 36.161, -80.665 (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 Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 8, 1996
- Cold in New York, March 8 to 10, 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 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: 5548040, 5548041, 5548042, 5548043, 5548044, 5548045, 5548046, 5548047, 5548048.