Cold/Wind Chill, Castro
- When
- April 24, 12:00 PM CST to April 27, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Castro forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -102.262 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Texas, April 24 to 27, 1997
A prolonged wet and unseasonably cold/windy period killed at least several hundred head of cattle in Castro and Parmer Counties. The same area suffered damage to its wheat crop.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $400,000
- Events
- 2
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 LUB wrote it up.
A prolonged wet and unseasonably cold/windy period killed at least several hundred head of cattle in Castro and Parmer Counties. The same area suffered damage to its wheat crop.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Parmer
- When
- April 24, 12:00 PM CST to April 27, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Parmer forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -102.784 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm and High Wind in New Mexico, April 24 to 25, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, April 24 to 25, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 24, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 24, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1997
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, April 24, 1997
- Hail in New Mexico, April 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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: 5598363, 5598364.