Cold/Wind Chill, McHenry
- When
- January 10, 6:58 AM CST
- Where
- McHenry forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.324, -88.452 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Illinois, January 10, 1997
A man died while clearing snow at a High School.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS LOT wrote it up.
A man died while clearing snow at a High School.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cold/Wind Chill, McHenry | 1997-01-10 | 58 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
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 Ohio, January 10 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 10 to 11, 1997
- Storm Surge in Maine, January 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10 to 12, 1997
- Lake-Effect Snow in New York, January 10 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in Tennessee, January 10, 1997
- Cold in Missouri, January 10 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 10 to 14, 1997
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 10, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 10 to 20, 1997
- Cold in Kentucky, January 10 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Illinois in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, January 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: 5586542.