Heat, Greenup
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Kentucky, January 1 to 5, 1997
A prolong warm spell from late December carried over into thenew year. The warmest temperatures were on the 4th and 5th,with mid 60s to lower 70s.
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 RLX wrote it up.
A prolong warm spell from late December carried over into thenew year. The warmest temperatures were on the 4th and 5th,with mid 60s to lower 70s. Overnight low readings were mostlyin the upper 40s and 50s.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Carter
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Boyd
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Lawrence
- When
- January 1, 12:00 AM EST to January 5, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Flooding in Nevada, January 1 to 17, 1997
- Flooding in Washington, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flooding in California, January 1 to 17, 1997
- Storm Surge in California, January 1, 1997
- Flooding and High Wind in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997
- Drought in Texas, January 1 to 31, 1997
- Flood in California, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 1, 1997
- Flooding and High Wind in California, January 1 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flood in California, January 1, 1997
- Flood in Oregon, January 1 to 5, 1997
- Flood in California, January 1 to 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5584916, 5584917, 5584918, 5584919.