Cold/Wind Chill, Caroline
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Maryland, April 9 to 11, 1997
An unseasonably cold air mass from Canada moved across the Maryland Eastern Shore from April 9th through the 11th. Low temperatures those three mornings were below the freezing mark in most areas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 5
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 PHI wrote it up.
An unseasonably cold air mass from Canada moved across the Maryland Eastern Shore from April 9th through the 11th. Low temperatures those three mornings were below the freezing mark in most areas. Unseasonably warm weather for most of late February and March preceding this cold spell had plants blooming ahead of schedule and some of the vegetation susceptible to the cold was damaged. The lowest temperatures during this cold snap included 26F at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport the morning of the 10th and 30F in Salisbury the morning of the 11th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Cecil
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Kent
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Queen Annes
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Talbot
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (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
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 9 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, April 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Kansas, April 9 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, April 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: 5604365, 5604366, 5604367, 5604368, 5604369.