Cold/Wind Chill, Starr
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Starr forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.562, -98.738 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Texas, January 7 to 8, 1996
Temperatures in the 20s were the coldest in six years. Tropical ornamental plants and some commercial leafy vegetables were damaged.
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 BRO wrote it up.
Temperatures in the 20s were the coldest in six years. Tropical ornamental plants and some commercial leafy vegetables were damaged.
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, Hidalgo
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.397, -98.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Willacy
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Willacy forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.477, -97.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cameron
- When
- January 7, 10:00 PM CST to January 8, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -97.453 (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
- Blizzard in Maryland, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Cold in Georgia, January 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 7, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 7 to 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Texas in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 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: 5536084, 5536085, 5536086, 5536087.