Cold/Wind Chill, Wayne
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.146, -82.427 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in West Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1996
A fresh snow cover combined with an arctic cold wave to droptemperatures well below zero on 2 consecutive mornings. Greenbank had 25 degrees below zero.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 28 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 34
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 RLX wrote it up.
A fresh snow cover combined with an arctic cold wave to droptemperatures well below zero on 2 consecutive mornings. Greenbank had 25 degrees below zero. Many rural areas in thewestern lowlands were 15 to 20 below zero. Along LockhartFork in northern Jackson County it was minus 22 and minus 23on the 2 dawns. Readings of around 10 below zero were commonalong the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. For the western lowlands,these temperatures were among the coldest for any February,since the infamous cold wave of 1899. The minus 22 at Elkins on the 5th tied the monthly low setback in 1977. The minus 12 at Charleston was the coldest onrecord for February.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
34 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Cabell
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cabell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -82.242 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mason
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mason forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -82.026 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.835, -81.675 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wood
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.211, -81.515 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pleasants
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pleasants forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.371, -81.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Tyler
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Tyler forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.465, -80.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lincoln
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.175, -82.070 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Putnam
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam forecast zone
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 38.509, -81.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kanawha
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kanawha forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 38.337, -81.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Roane
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Roane forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.714, -81.348 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wirt
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wirt forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.022, -81.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Calhoun
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Calhoun forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.845, -81.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Ritchie
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Ritchie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.178, -81.063 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Doddridge
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Doddridge forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 39.269, -80.707 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mingo
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Logan
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Boone
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Clay
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.463, -81.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Braxton
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Braxton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -80.719 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Gilmer
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gilmer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.924, -80.857 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lewis
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.996, -80.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Harrison
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Harrison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.284, -80.380 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Taylor
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wyoming
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Raleigh
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Raleigh forecast zone
- Property damage
- $15,000
Cold/Wind Chill, Fayette
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Nicholas
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nicholas forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Upshur
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Upshur forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.898, -80.233 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Barbour
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Barbour forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.133, -80.003 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Pocahontas
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Randolph
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM EST to February 5, 12:00 PM EST
- Where
- Randolph forecast zone
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
- Ice Storm in Texas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Flood in California, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, February 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, February 4 to 5, 1996
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5548154, 5548155, 5548156, 5548157, 5548158, 5548159, 5548160, 5548161, 5548162, 5548163, 5548164, 5548165, 5548166, 5548167, 5548168, 5548169, 5548170, 5548171, 5548172, 5548173, 5548174, 5548175, 5548176, 5548177, 5548178, 5548179, 5548180, 5548181, 5548182, 5548183, 5548184, 5548185, 5548186, 5548187.