Cold/Wind Chill, Perry
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Ohio, May 11, 1997
Temperatures in the lower 30s and frost were widespread across southeast Ohio. Athens had 29 degrees for the coldest.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- 9
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 RLX wrote it up.
Temperatures in the lower 30s and frost were widespread across southeast Ohio. Athens had 29 degrees for the coldest. New Lexington felt 30 degrees, while McConnelsville and Waterloo registered 31 degrees near dawn.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Morgan
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Athens
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Washington
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Jackson
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Vinton
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Meigs
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Gallia
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gallia forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Lawrence
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in California, May 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Nevada, May 11, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 11, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Kentucky, May 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wisconsin, May 11 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, May 11, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, May 11, 1997
- Flood in Washington, May 11 to 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, May 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 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: 5598167, 5598168, 5598169, 5598170, 5598171, 5598172, 5598173, 5598174, 5598175.