Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kentucky, November 1 to 30, 1997
The monthly average temperature was 2 to 4 degrees below normal, making it the third consecutive November that was unusually cold.
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.
The monthly average temperature was 2 to 4 degrees below normal, making it the third consecutive November that was unusually cold.
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, Carter
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Greenup
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- November 1, 1:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.068, -82.735 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Tornado and Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in New York, November 1, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, November 1 to 30, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Hail in Mississippi, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Vermont, November 1, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, November 1, 1997
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in Rhode Island, November 1, 1997
- High Wind in Maine, November 1 to 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 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: 5623042, 5623043, 5623044, 5623045.