Cold/Wind Chill, Lancaster
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lancaster forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.042, -76.248 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
3 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $25 million
- Events
- 3
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
3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Adams
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.872, -77.218 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Warm, sunny weather during the preceding week forced many trees into early bloom, then temperatures fell into the 20's and 30's overnight on the 9th and 10th. Unusually cold temperatures caused significant damage to fruit trees across south central Pennsylvania. State-wide estimates of up to $25 million in losses to peach, apricot, nectarine and other fruit crops were predicted due to bud damage to trees.
Cold/Wind Chill, York
- When
- April 9, 1:00 AM EST to April 11, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- York forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -76.726 (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
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 9 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, April 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Kansas, April 9 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 9 to 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5597978, 5597979, 5597980.