Heat, Muscogee
- When
- September 19, 1:00 PM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Muscogee forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 32.510, -84.877 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The record of 96 degrees was tied at the Columbus airport.
Heat in Georgia, September 19, 1997
1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, September 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, September 19, 1997
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, September 19, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Illinois, September 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 19, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
- Heat in Alabama, September 19, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, September 1997
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: 5619052.