Sleet, Avery
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Avery forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.077, -81.922 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet in North Carolina, January 8, 1997
19 sleet, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 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
- 19
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
19 sleet. Local standard time, as filed.
Sleet, Caldwell
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Caldwell forecast zone
Sleet, Alexander
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Alexander forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.921, -81.177 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Madison
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Madison forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.858, -82.706 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Yancey
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Yancey forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.899, -82.308 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Mitchell
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 36.013, -82.163 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Swain
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Swain forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.487, -83.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Haywood
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Haywood forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.556, -82.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Buncombe
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Buncombe forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.611, -82.530 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, McDowell
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
Sleet, Burke
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Burke forecast zone
Sleet, Graham
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Graham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.350, -83.834 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Northern Jackson
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Macon
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Macon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.150, -83.422 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Southern Jackson
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.287, -83.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Transylvania
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Transylvania forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.202, -82.798 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Henderson
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Polk
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
Sleet, Rutherford
- When
- January 8, 12:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Rutherford forecast zone
What these are
- Sleet
- Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Montana, January 8 to 10, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Missouri, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in Georgia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Kentucky, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Ice Storm in West Virginia, January 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 8, 1997
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5586093, 5586094, 5586095, 5586096, 5586097, 5586098, 5586099, 5586100, 5586101, 5586102, 5586103, 5586104, 5586105, 5586106, 5586107, 5586108, 5586109, 5586110, 5586111.