Cold/Wind Chill, Alexander
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in North Carolina, April 1 to 18, 1997
Several cold snaps following the relatively warm late winter caused temperatures to dip well into the 20s at times yielding substantial damage to the apple crop and perhaps other crops.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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
- 29
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 GSP wrote it up.
Several cold snaps following the relatively warm late winter caused temperatures to dip well into the 20s at times yielding substantial damage to the apple crop and perhaps other crops.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
29 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Avery
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Buncombe
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Burke
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burke forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Cabarrus
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cabarrus forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.387, -80.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Caldwell
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Catawba
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Catawba forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.663, -81.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cleveland
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cleveland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.334, -81.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Davie
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Davie forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.929, -80.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Gaston
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gaston forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.294, -81.180 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Graham
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Haywood
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Henderson
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Iredell
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Iredell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.807, -80.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lincoln
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.486, -81.224 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Macon
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Madison
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Mecklenburg
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mecklenburg forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.247, -80.833 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mitchell
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Jackson
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Polk
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Rowan
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rowan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.640, -80.525 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Rutherford
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Jackson
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Swain
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Transylvania
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 34.988, -80.531 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Yancey
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 18, 12:00 AM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (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
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 1, 1997
- High Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 1997
- Drought in Texas, April 1 to 30, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Rhode Island, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 1, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, April 1 to 20, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 10, 1997
- Winter Storm and Hail in Kansas, April 1 to 29, 1997
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, April 1, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, April 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 30, 1997
- High Wind in New York, April 1, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5592823, 5592824, 5592825, 5592826, 5592827, 5592828, 5592829, 5592830, 5592831, 5592832, 5592833, 5592834, 5592835, 5592836, 5592837, 5592838, 5592839, 5592840, 5592841, 5592842, 5592843, 5592844, 5592845, 5592846, 5592847, 5592848, 5592849, 5592850, 5592851.