Cold/Wind Chill, Mingo
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mingo forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.726, -82.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1997
6 cold/wind chill, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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
6 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Logan
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Logan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.832, -81.935 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Boone
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.023, -81.711 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Taylor
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.336, -80.046 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, McDowell
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- McDowell forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.379, -81.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Wyoming
- When
- May 1, 1:00 AM EST to May 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wyoming forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 37.610, -81.549 (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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 1 to 29, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 1, 1997
- Drought in Texas, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Ohio, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in Montana, May 1 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 1, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, May 1 to 9, 1997
- Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 9, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, May 1, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, May 1, 1997
More
Every storm in West Virginia in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in West Virginia, 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: 5598427, 5598428, 5598429, 5598430, 5598431, 5598432.