Ice Storm, Cheboygan
- When
- January 4, 8:00 AM EST to January 5, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cheboygan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.473, -84.492 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Ice Storm in Michigan, January 4 to 5, 1997
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WISCONSIN ALLOWED WARM AIR TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. INTO THE MORNING OF THE 5TH.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 1
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 APX wrote it up.
LOW PRESSURE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS WISCONSIN ALLOWED WARM AIR TO OVERRUN A SHALLOW LAYER OF COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. FREEZING RAIN BEGAN DURING THE MORNING OF THE 4TH AND CONTINUED...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO THE MORNING OF THE 5TH. ICE ACCUMULATED 1 TO 2 INCHES ON EXPOSED SURFACES IN MOST AREAS...WITH LOCALIZED REPORTS OF IN EXCESS OF 3 INCHES OF ICE. MANY TREES...BRANCHES AND POWERLINES WERE DOWNED. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ALSO OCCURRED...WITH SOME AREAS REMAINING WITHOUT POWER FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS AFTER THE EVENT. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS WERE REPORTED DUE TO THE ADVERSE DRIVING CONDITIONS.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Ice Storm
- Freezing rain accumulating a quarter inch or more of ice, or less where it caused significant damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 4 to 5, 1997
- Tornado in Kentucky, January 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, January 4, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 4, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 4 to 5, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 4, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 4 to 5, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 4 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, January 4, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, January 4, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, January 4 to 5, 1997
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, 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: 5585805.