Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd
- When
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Boyd forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.360, -82.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Kentucky, September 4 to 5, 1997
Dawn temperatures on both the 4th and 5th were in the 40 to 45 degree range across northeast Kentucky. The coolest reading was 40 degrees from Olive Hill and Grayson.
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.
Dawn temperatures on both the 4th and 5th were in the 40 to 45 degree range across northeast Kentucky. The coolest reading was 40 degrees from Olive Hill and Grayson.
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
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.318, -83.049 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Greenup
- When
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Greenup forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.546, -82.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- September 4, 6:00 AM EST to September 5, 8:00 AM 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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Kansas, September 4 to 15, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in California, September 4, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 4, 1997
- Cold in Ohio, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 4, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, September 4, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, September 4 to 5, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 4, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, September 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Colorado, September 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5614090, 5614091, 5614092, 5614093.