Heat, Caroline
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to January 6, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Maryland, January 3 to 6, 1997
A persistent west to southwest flow throughout the start of 1997 led to unseasonably warm weather from the 3rd through the 6th across the Maryland Eastern Shore. The warmest day was the 5th.
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.
A persistent west to southwest flow throughout the start of 1997 led to unseasonably warm weather from the 3rd through the 6th across the Maryland Eastern Shore. The warmest day was the 5th. A weak backdoor cold front brought mostly cloudy skies and slightly cooler temperatures to the northern part of the Eastern Shore on the 4th. In spite of a cold frontal passage on the 6th, some locations in the southern part of the Eastern Shore still managed to reach into the 60s. Warmest readings from around the area included 70 degrees in Salisbury (on the 4th), 69 degrees in Georgetown (on the 4th) and at the Baltimore-Washington International Airport (on the 5th).
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Cecil
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to January 5, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cecil forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.562, -75.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Kent
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to January 5, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Queen Annes
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to January 5, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Annes forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Talbot
- When
- January 3, 10:00 AM EST to January 6, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (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
- Flash Flood in Utah, January 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Flood in California, January 3, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, January 3 to 5, 1997
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 3, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 3 to 4, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 3 to 4, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Ice Storm in South Dakota, January 3 to 4, 1997
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5596247, 5596248, 5596249, 5596250, 5596251.