Cold/Wind Chill, Mercer
- When
- March 8, 12:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.406, -81.111 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in West Virginia, March 8 to 12, 1996
Record breaking low temperatures from the 8th through the 12th damaged some fruit trees and berry crops. Low temperatures during this period were mostly in the single numbers.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $20,000
- 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 RNK wrote it up.
Record breaking low temperatures from the 8th through the 12th damaged some fruit trees and berry crops. Low temperatures during this period were mostly in the single numbers. Some of the higher elevations reported low temperatures below zero.
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, Summers
- When
- March 8, 12:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Summers forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.656, -80.859 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Monroe
- When
- March 8, 12:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 37.560, -80.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Greenbrier
- When
- March 8, 12:00 AM EST to March 12, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greenbrier forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
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 North Carolina, March 8 to 12, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, March 8 to 9, 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 West Virginia in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5547865, 5547866, 5547867, 5547868.