Cold/Wind Chill, Starr
- When
- January 12, 2:00 PM CST to January 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Starr forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.562, -98.738 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Texas, January 12 to 14, 1997
Temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30 and extensive freezing drizzle caused damage to tropical ornamental plants, sugar cane, aloe, and some citrus.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 BRO wrote it up.
Temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30 and extensive freezing drizzle caused damage to tropical ornamental plants, sugar cane, aloe, and some citrus.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Hidalgo
- When
- January 12, 2:00 PM CST to January 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hidalgo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.397, -98.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Willacy
- When
- January 12, 2:00 PM CST to January 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Willacy forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.477, -97.592 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cameron
- When
- January 12, 2:00 PM CST to January 14, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cameron forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -97.453 (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
- Winter Storm in Arizona, January 12 to 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 12 to 14, 1997
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 12 to 14, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 12, 1997
- Winter Weather in Texas, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Winter Storm in California, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 12 to 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in California, January 12 to 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 12 to 15, 1997
- Cold in Nebraska, January 12, 1997
- Cold in Wyoming, January 12 to 13, 1997
More
Every storm in Texas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5589144, 5589145, 5589146, 5589147.