Cold/Wind Chill, Perry
- When
- May 23, 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 23, 1997
Dawn temperatures were in the mid 30s for much of southeast Ohio.
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.
Dawn temperatures were in the mid 30s for much of southeast Ohio.
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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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 23, 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
- Flash Flooding in Texas, May 23, 1997
- Cold in West Virginia, May 23, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 23, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 23, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 23, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, May 23, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 23, 1997
- Flood in U.S. Virgin Islands, May 23, 1997
- Waterspout in Florida, May 23, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in Louisiana, May 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 23, 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: 5598307, 5598308, 5598309, 5598310, 5598311, 5598312, 5598313, 5598314, 5598315.